Financial Services Job Market Update – Jan To March 2020
What a difference a pandemic can make. Coming off our busiest December period in memory, the abundance of work flowed into the new year before easing in February. Some of our clients have taken a conservative approach during March and suspended recruitment activity even for processes that were in very advanced stages. By contrast, other…
Tips On How To On-board New Staff And Contractors During COVID-19 – Working From Home
So, you’ve managed to hire a new team member during these unprecedented times and are now faced with the challenge of onboarding them in a virtual sense. The team at Kaizen are currently faced with this challenge as are several of our clients who are either crying out for resources to cater for increased customer…
Leaders In Funds Management – Ezinne Udeh Martinez, Executive Manager, Investments – VFMC
Brief overview of career to date I have been working over ten years in finance with a particular focus in asset management, institutional banking and corporate strategy. I came to Australia to study my Bachelor of Commerce and then moved straight into the world of finance. Over the years I have worked across multi-asset class…
Leaders In Funds Management – Shali Lingaretnam Head Of Investments – CCI
Brief overview of career to date I started out my career in investments in 2001 at Bendigo Bank whilst completing my undergraduate degree. Over the years I have held a range of investment roles at Aviva, IOOF, Lonsec, Macquarie Bank and now CCI. These have covered equities, fixed interest and derivatives. In 2012, I completed…
The Golden Era Of Investment Operations Is Now
The 2020 investment operations conference, organised by Conexus Financial, brought forward many key factors shaping the industry including the ever evolving careers of those within it. To sum up the current state of investment operations in the words of Mine Super chief investment officer, “The golden era of investment operations is now.” Instrumental drivers of…
2020 Job Market Outlook For Investment Performance Analysts
Over the course of 2019, we saw an increase in demand for performance analysts – largely driven by superannuation funds from growing internalisation of middle office functions, and increased regulatory pressure for transparency in performance returns. We expect this trend to continue in 2020. We are also seeing asset owners and managers outsource aspects of…
Financial Services Job Market Update – End Of 2019 Start 2020
We cannot recall a busier recruitment period during the final weeks of 2019 and the pace has increased in 2020. We had jobs being filled on Christmas Eve, clients calling in work on 31 December and more roles to fill as soon as New Years kicked over. We forecast increasing demand in the first half…
Case Study: Chief Investment Officer, Superannuation
CLIENT legalsuper is the super fund for Australia’s legal community. It manages over $4 billion on behalf of 45,000 members. CHALLENGE Due to a sudden departure of their former chief investment officer (CIO), Kaizen Recruitment was engaged to recruit both an interim CIO, while concurrently conduct an executive search process across the Australian market. This…
Kaizen Recruitment Hosts Annual Wealth Management Leaders’ Round Table Discussion
Kaizen Recruitment recently hosted the annual luncheon for leaders in wealth management. The meeting drew together representatives from a range of wealth management and superannuation firms, with the aim of providing a networking forum for senior professionals, and an opportunity to examine current environmental challenges. Kaizen Recruitment sincerely thanks Andrew George from Elixir Consulting for…