Investment banks don't do any apprenticeships for their front office roles, you'll mostly find only some accounting firms that do that sort of thing.
Generally, the path to an IB is quite simple:
Get good grades ---> get into a good uni ---> amass a breadth of work experience/leadership experience along the way --> get on the 'path' by getting through thw assessment stages (tests, assessment centres, interviews etc)
The path referring to spring week in your first year, summer in penultimate year and convert the summer to a grad job offer. If you want to do work at a fundamental hedge fund then you'd have to go through a further 2-4 years within the investment banking division or research division before reaching out to recruiters/your network of friends for roles at hedge funds.
Alternatively, some asset management firms recruit out of undergrad for investment analyst roles - namely the likes of: Schroders, M&G, Fidelity, Aberdeen, BlackRock etc..
Some i-banks have asset management divisions that will follow the same 'path' noted above.
For now I think you need to research which roles you'd rather do: be that research, IBD or investment analysis within asset management.
Peruse these links:
Mergers and Inquisitions, the
Unofficial Guide to Banking,
TargetCareers - Banking,
AllAboutFinanceCareers and the
Investment Banking Guide by Vault,
Wall Street Oasis - FAQ,
How to get a spring weekThere's also a how to get a job in finance post stickied in this forum which I posted.
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