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Hakan Enver 09.01.2012

Financial Services, Middle Office & Operations 2012 Salary Guide

Middle Office & Operations SalariesAsset Management & Private Banking SalariesPermanent RolesThe recruitment market for operations and middle office roles was challenging in 2011. Companies focused on performance excellence and client services under a constant pressure for cost efficiencies and reduction. Basic salaries remained stable and

David Leithead 09.01.2012

Financial Services, Compliance 2012 Salary Guide

CompliancePermanentThere was a strong appetite to hire experienced compliance professionals throughout 2011, with a number of seasoned professionals receiving multiple offers.Availability of roles was high, although there was a slight dip in the second half of the year. Front office compliance, in particular was a key area of hiring for a number

Victoria Walmsley 09.01.2012

Financial Services, Front Office 2012 Salary Guide

Asset ManagementPermanentIn 2011, asset management front office salaries remained relatively stable for the second year running as the markets struggled to recover. Consequently, hiring in the front office was kept to a minimum, with replacement and strategic hires more commonplace. Despite this, senior investment professionals with strong

Victoria Walmsley 09.01.2012

Financial Services, Human Resources 2012 Salary Guide

Human ResourcesPermanentThe human resources permanent jobs market in 2011 was busier in some areas than others. Recruitment in compensation and benefits was strong due to FSA regulation and the structure of bonus payments involving complex processes for implementing deferred compensation schemes.The specialist areas of reward and learning &

Helen Firth 09.01.2012

Financial Services, Insurance 2012 Salary Guide

Insurance - ActuarialPermanentThe actuarial jobs market continued to grow for permanent positions throughout 2011, leading to higher basic salaries at job offer stage. There will always be demand for experienced actuaries, especially in the build up to Solvency II and possibly Solvency III and beyond. We have also noticed an increase in graduates

Victoria Walmsley 09.01.2012

Financial Services, Marketing Communications 2012 Salary Guide

Marketing & CommunicationsPermanentThe marketing and communications jobs market was relatively stable in 2011, resulting in few marked fluctuations in salary levels. Compared to 2010, hiring shifted away from marketing generalists and more towards communications and PR professionals and online specialists. Mid- level PR and media relations

Hakan Enver 09.01.2012

Financial Services, Secretarial & Support 2012 Salary Guide

Secretarial & SupportPermanentSalaries within the secretarial & support jobs market within financial services held steady in 2011.There was however, greater demand for senior level candidates compared to 2010. These senior level roles are increasingly becoming team support focused and not always one-to-one positions. Secretarial &

Hakan Enver 09.01.2012

Financial Services, Taxation 2012 Salary Guide

TaxationPermanentThe first half of 2011 saw a continuation of the recovery witnessed over the course of 2010. There was hiring activity in all areas of group tax across the banking and wider financial services market, including some notable senior appointments. Whereas the bulk of recruitment in 2010 was for replacement hires, an increasing number

Helen Firth 09.01.2012

Financial Services Accounting & Finance 2012 Salary Guide

Asset ManagementPermanentAsset management accounting recruitment showed some positive signs in the early part of 2011, but continued to be a challenging market in H2.Strong regulatory and control environments continue to be a theme for large and small asset managers alike, but basic salaries have remained relatively static and will remain so