We know funds management
The Australian funds management sector is thriving with exceptional talent and 30 June 2016 has been Kaizen Recruitment’s best year ever. It is a privilege to work with so many Melbourne based, national and global organisations and we would like to thank those clients who partnered with us this year: Equity Trustees, IFM Investors. VFMC,…
Thank you from Kaizen Recruitment
On behalf of the team at Kaizen I wanted to say a sincere thank you. The financial year 2015/2016 was our best year ever. – Thank you to all our clients that trusted and partnered with us to represent their brand. – Thank you to all candidates that put faith in us to find…
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…
Meet 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…
Do 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…
Careers in superannuation – Andrew Proebstl – CEO, LegalSuper
Overview of career to date I have worked around and in the superannuation industry since leaving university. I started with Arthur Andersen in their audit practice. I left Arthur Andersen to work with a client – Jacques Martin Industry – initially managing their fund accounting department and then in an account management role. From there…
Leaders in funds management– Lewis Bearman – COO, Prodigy Investment Partners
Overview of career to date. I have worked in the financial services industry since 1983 when I left school and joined the Reserve Bank. I left the RBA in 1986 to join County Investments and that is when my career in financial services and investment management really began. I worked at County from 1986 until…
Is 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…
Careers in funds management – Hylton Mathews
Overview of your career to date: I qualified as a Chartered Accountant in South Africa in 1991, completing my articles at Deloitte and then PwC. Post that, I worked for Standard Bank of South Africa mainly in corporate and structured finance and then for a start-up infrastructure funding corporation as General Manager of Finance. On…