Financial Services Job Market Update – January To March 2018
We would like to thank our clients MTAA Super, IFM Investors, PIMCO, Generation Life, CCI Insurance, Equity Trustees, CPA Advice, Centuria Life, Anne Street Partners, DPM Wealth Management, Bell Asset Management, Invesco, Vanguard, First Super, Strata Community Insurance, and Victoria Funds Management Corporation for giving us the opportunity to partner with their businesses on a…
Fund Manager of The Year Awards Winners – 2018
On behalf of Kaizen Recruitment, I would like to personally acknowledge and congratulate all the winners of the 2018 Money Management / Lonsec Fund Manager of the Year Awards. It was a particulary tough competition this year packed with the very best firms and individuals at the top of their game. Kaizen attended the awards…
The Current And Future State Of Advice In Superannuation
Kaizen recently took part in AIST’s Advice in Super Symposium and would like to share a number of important key themes. There was an outstanding cross-section of industry leaders exchanging their experiences, views and predictions around the state of advice in superannuation. On a whole, the message was that there is a growing demand for…
Careers In Superannuation: Stephen Huppert, Head Of Product Innovation, Trustee Partners
Overview of career to date From maths teacher to partner at Deloitte, social media expert, to his new challenge as Head of Product Innovation at Trustee Partners. How did you get your first position in the industry? I had been teaching for about 4½ years and looking ahead could not see a great future. I did…
Case Study: Investment Consultant – Funds Management
CLIENT Frontier Advisors is one of Australia’s leading independent asset consultant firms. Frontier has been providing institutional investors with advisory services in superannuation, charity, public sector and higher education sectors, and collectively managing more than $235 billion in assets. CHALLENGE The debt market remains as one of the more appealing asset classes because it is…
Case Study: Business Development Manager – Funds Management
CLIENT A leading global fund manager, Vanguard Investments engaged Kaizen Recruitment on a search recruitment assignment to find a recognised business development manager with well-developed IFA relationships and sound investment management knowledge. Cultural fit for Vanguard was paramount as their distribution team operates in a collaborative team-based environment. CHALLENGE In the competitive and well-networked funds…
Kaizen presents to aspiring professionals at CFA luncheon
Many thanks to the CFA for inviting Kaizen to speak at yesterday’s CFA community luncheon. Our MC Leila Lee and my co-presenter Robyn Robertson from HESTA were fantastic to work with and overall it was a really valuable session. Personally it was great opportunity to present and meet with so many passionate and aspiring…
Kaizen Hosts Financial Services Leaders At Inaugural COO Luncheon
Kaizen Recruitment recently hosted the first of a series of luncheons of chief operating officers and senior operations professionals from Kaizen’s financial services community. The meeting drew together representatives from a range of investment firms and service providers, with the aim of providing a networking forum for senior professionals, and an opportunity to share and…
Please Help Kaizen Support Children With Rare Disease By Donating To This Years Captains Ride
Kaizen’s talented marketing executive, Katie Gold is about to set off cycling with immortal cricket player Steve Waugh and other business leaders in The Captain’s Ride to raise money for children living with rare disease. I wanted to reach out to the financial services community and ask them to join us in supporting 400,000 aussie…