The Changing Landscape of Investment Operations – 2022
It was a pleasure to host the Investment Operations Round Table in Sydney this week with a number of leaders within the industry. The agenda traversed People – Retention and Attraction, Operational Alpha and Adapting to Regulatory Changes. Growth of Private Markets: Skills, Systems and Processes One of the key insights gleaned from the discussion…
ESG Landscape – ACSI Annual Conference 2022
Kaizen Recruitment’s ESG & Responsible Investment consultant, Simon Gvalda and Director Nupur Gill were privileged to attend the 2022 ACSI Annual Conference. ESG issues continue to be at the top of the agenda for businesses, as Debbie Blakey, CEO HESTA, indicated, divestment will not drive change, engagement will. The key areas of focus for the…
Financial Advisor Salary Guide
Diminishing adviser numbers, increased client referrals, adviser experience gaps, business mergers, book purchases, compliance burden, licensee costs, business exits, and a wide array of other structural and strategic business changes have been key points raised in conversations these past 12 months. It is not news to wealth management firms, that securing new talent, and retaining…
Investment Operations Salary Guide 2022
We are very grateful to be serving an industry that has stayed strong through the pandemic. The employment market has stayed buoyant and resilient thus far as Kaizen Recruitment expressed in its recent market update, which is a consistent theme across investment operations as well. As with other areas of the market, demand for investment…
Investment Accounting Career Guide
Investment and fund accountants continue to be in greater demand than the depth of strong talent in the market, despite the pandemic. Here is a career guide if you are looking to grow your career within the industry, along with the latest market update and salary guide that you may refer to. Investment accountants are…
Fund Accounting Salary Guide 2022
Investment accountants have been, and for the foreseeable future, will continue to be in great demand. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, talent shortages have heightened within investment accounting with demand outstripping the supply of quality candidates. A war for local talent has ensued with Australian borders being closed, a pan-industry theme, including as…
Kaizen Recruitment Welcomes Fiona Lu As Senior Recruitment Consultant
Kaizen Recruitment is thrilled to introduce the newest member of our team, Fiona Lu. Growing up in Sydney, Fiona has always been deeply entrenched in the financial services industry. Fluent in no less than three Chinese dialects,…
Leaders in Investment Management, Hannah Pietsch – Head of Communications, Bennelong Funds Management
Brief overview of your career to date. I started out as a market analyst at a not-for-profit organisation after an executive noticed my spreadsheet skills. That led to a position as a research and evaluation manager, but I knew a life of statistics wasn’t for me and had a minor quarter-life crisis. I took a…