Leaders In Funds Management: Brett Jollie, Managing Director, Aberdeen Asset Management
Brief overview of Brett Jollie’s career to date: After completing my degree in 1993, jobs were quite scarce as I had timed my graduation to coincide with the “recession we had to have” (Paul Keating). This was a challenging time for the Australian economy, and for my job opportunities! Many months passed but I was…
Business Development Salary Guide Financial Services 2020
The outcomes of the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry and changes to financial advice education standards has resulted in a slowdown across the financial advice industry. The follow on effect has been a decreased demand for business development professionals within retail funds management and retail life insurance. There…
Zenith Fund Awards – 2019
On behalf of Kaizen Recruitment, I would like to personally acknowledge and congratulate all the winners of the Zenith Fund Awards 2019. It was a privilege to share a room with the most successful and highest performers in our industry. Kaizen attended the awards ceremony and are proud to have supported a number of this…
Financial Services HR Leaders Gather At Kaizen Luncheon
A number of key issues facing human resources leaders were discussed at Kaizen’s HR luncheon held this week. The session was chaired by Johanna Neilsen, Head of People at VFMC and former Executive Manager People and Culture at Cbus. The luncheon drew together representatives from a range of financial services organisations, with the aim of…
Kaizen Recruitment One Of Five Finalists In The SEEK SARA Awards 2019
Kaizen is extremely honored to be nominated as one of five finalists in the prestigious SEEK Annual Recruitment Awards (SARA) for Small Recruitment Agency of the Year. Winners will be announced at SEEK’s gala event in Melbourne on 14 November. We are very humbled to receive the nomination and would like to thank SEEK, the…
Onboarding Processes And Steps Checklist
Your newest employee is due to start this week. What do you have ready for them to make sure they have an unforgettable first day and leave feeling happy and most importantly, welcomed? Recently, Kaizen Recruitment listened to Jay Munro, from Indeed, talk about the importance of onboarding. The key tasks indicated that without a…
Tickets to FINSIA’S YFP: Leadership In Financial Services Industry With Simon McKeon
Kaizen Recruitment is proud to partner with FINSIA for their YFP: Leadership in Financial Services industry with Simon McKeon AO. This event will be held Thursday evening 3 October from 6:30pm. This is a unique opportunity to come along and find out what drives and motivates former Australian of the Year Simon McKeon, who has…
Employment Market Outlook For Investment Professionals
The current job climate remains very positive for investment professionals in the Melbourne financial services industry. Demand is the strongest for junior investment analysts between two and five years’ experience. At this level, along with a strong passion for financial markets, most firms are increasingly wanting programming (such as SQL, R, Python) and financial modelling…
Financial Services Marketing Leaders Examine Brand Trust Post Royal Commission
Kaizen Recruitment recently hosted a roundtable discussion comprising a diverse group of marketing leaders to examine brand trust in financial services post royal commission. The group included heads of marketing across funds management, banking, superannuation, trustee services, investment research and insurance. The issue of brand trust is always top of the marketing agenda but to…