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You DON’T need a LinkedIn profile to get a job!
LinkedIn has done a great job convincing everyone that it’s a must have and without it you are going to miss opportunities or not be able to be found by potential employers, talent acquisition teams or pesky recruiters. Not true. If you are good at what you do you will get noticed, and LinkedIn has…
Read MoreMeet Melbourne’s investment leaders from CIO’s 40 under forty 2016
Three of Melbourne’s top investment professionals are represented in Chief Investment Officer (CIO) Magazine’s 2016 global 40 Under Forty list and all three currently work at industry superannuation funds. Making the list were Brett Chatfield from CBUS, James Harman from HESTA and Matt Kempton from ESS Super. They are standout performers and worthy of their…
Read MoreDo you want to be a Chief Investment Officer of a superannuation fund?
Ok let’s be clear, there is no one path to lead you to a Chief Investment Officer (CIO) position. However, if recent appointments of CIOs in superannuation are anything to go by, then spending part of your career in investment consulting will certainly help your cause. The recent appointment of Leigh Gavin from Frontier Advisors…
Read MoreIs NAB Asset Services still a good career option?
There have been plenty of articles of late providing updates on the custodian market, highlighting increased competition from international players (Northern Trust, BNP and others), largely taking market share from NAB (the last domestic custodian). As a specialist recruiter with 12 years of experience in the Melbourne Financial Services market, I have often wondered where…
Read MoreAustralian Super continues to grow its Investment team, now employing over 115 investment professionals.
By David Rowley, Investment Magazine, 23 April, 2015 Australian Super is rapidly redefining the limits of what a large Australian institutional fund can be. Projected to double its $84 billion size in four to five years’ time, it is turning itself increasingly into a self-sufficient investor. While many in the industry might marvel or be…
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