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MARKET OVERVIEW London Technology professionals in Financial Services in London continue to be in high demand as Automation continues to change traditional back, middle and front office departments. Development teams are growing and new tech is being introduced daily, so forward thinking financial services clients are continuing to look for new talent and skills. We…

MARKET OVERVIEW It was a buoyant start to Q4 in Operations, which became slower and more unpredictable as the quarter went on. This was due to a number of factors including the general election and uncertainty around the UK’s exit from the European Union. Bonus season on the horizon also meant that some companies put…

MARKET OVERVIEW As we welcome 2020, let’s look back and assess how the investment market faired in Q4 and what trends we witnessed across 2019. With fee pressure becoming ever more prominent in 2019, assets managed by index funds have smashed through the $10trn mark reported at $11.4trn in November 2019. Index funds were initially…

MARKET OVERVIEW Levels of recruitment during the final quarter of 2019 echoed that of the rest of the year; unpredictable and sporadic. Whilst there was still the need for firms to hire technical specialists into niche roles across the City, the London market was significantly impacted by political and economic factors. The General Election on…

Market Overview: As we enter 2020, we have remarkably noticed that in Q4 there has been a steady stream of new job opportunities released up until the very end of the year, with a considerable number of clients that continued to engage in the interview process with the view to identify the right hire by…

MARKET OVERVIEW The final quarter of 2019 saw a job flow with a bias towards Asset Management over Banking and Insurance. With a last snap general election called in December there was a cost sensitive mentality industry wide towards the start of the quarter. This elongated hiring processes which were more consensus driven, resulting in…

MARKET OVERVIEW Q4 continued on trend with previous quarters; hiring mangers wanting to grow their teams to meet demand for automation, efficiencies and increased productivity, meet hesitation and procrastination when it comes to the sign off on permanent hires. Talent in the areas of Compliance, Risk, Regulatory Reporting, Operations roles (in Insurance and Asset Management…

INTRODUCTION With the 31st October Brexit deadline being extended by 3 months, and the subsequent general election, one might have thought that this increased uncertainty would have a detrimental impact on job flow. However, the fourth quarter of 2019 saw a 15% year-on-year increase in job flow for the Credit, Risk and Quantitative Analytics desk…

MARKET OVERVIEW There has continued to be a steady demand for Legal Counsel from firms that were active during the first 3 quarters of 2019, with particular demand across Funds, Company Secretarial, Commercial & Corporate M&A. We also saw demand for Paralegals through the first half of the year tailing off in Q4. The majority…