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Insurance industry on hiring spree

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2010
... recruiters' lists. "There is also a real shortage in group insurance as this area is booming and there is a very small talent pool to draw from," he said. But the story is not as compelling for the asset management and advice markets. According to the ...

ASX power handover to ASIC heralds new trading rules

PRESS RELEASES  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2010
... management model," he said. "We have built and trained a quality market and participation supervision team, consisting of ASIC talent and external people with specialist market experience. The team will be complemented by ASX surveillance staff that ...

The disappearing act of lose-lose funds

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
Fund managers and super funds are responding to the 'credibility gap' in the wake of the GFC with major reforms to the way they structure fees, create products and meet their fiduciary duties, research found. This week, UK-based CREATE-Research released ...

AFA calls for top advisers

AFA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
... education and contribution to the community," said Jim Taggart, AFA president. "We believe there is a lot of extraordinary talent amongst AFA advisers and we are looking to acknowledge the best of the best." Graham Campbell, who was last year's recipient ...

Martin Currie buys $480m hedge fund

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2010
... Willie Watt, chief executive at Martin Currie, said the market is providing an opportunity to attract the world's best talent. "This acquisition enables us to further strengthen our expertise in European equities, fill an obvious gap in our long/short ...

Australian Ethical CIO resigns

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2010
... Harding-Davis said Halloran's contribution leaves the firm in a very strong position. "He's done a good job in building the talent of the team and strengthening the tools we have in place. The average investment experience here is still 15 years," he ...

Changing of the guard at Temasek

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2010
... chief executive, Ho Ching. Hsieh's mandate includes working closely with the chief executive and leadership team across talent development and succession planning strategies. He was previously the chief executive and a non-independent director of Singapore ...

Local jobseekers enjoy strong executive search market

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2010
... find employment elsewhere," he said. Johnson said the window of opportunity for financial services firms to attract top talent at the lower end of salary expectations is closing. Jobseekers today have a better chance of negotiating higher bonus payouts ...

AMP hires planner recruitment head

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2010
... "An immediate priority for Julia will be refining our assessment process for prospective candidates and identifying new talent pools for attracting high calibre candidates to the program nationally," he added. The appointment follows the Academy's ninth ...

PM repeats calls to make Australia a fin services hub

... representatives of this industry, have an extraordinary opportunity before you... to take what is an extraordinary critical mass of talent and ability represented in this industry at home and turn it into a major export industry for Australia." "The ...