LEGAL MARKET COMMENTARY, Q1 2021
Market Overview The second half of 2020 was a comparatively quieter market for in-house legal roles. We saw a reduction in open roles and noticed that whilst in-house teams had seen an increase in workload, overall headcount in the main remained flat apart from a few replacement hires. We have continued to speak with a…
PROJECTS & CHANGE MARKET COMMENTARY, Q1 2021
Market Overview INTRODUCTION The past 12 months has seen the global workforce forced to change it’s working practices drastically. These contingency plans are now the future of how asset managers will engage with their workforce as it has shown both productivity at work and a work-life balance can go hand-in-hand. There was a sense of apprehension about how 2021 would…
INVESTMENT & FRONT OFFICE MARKET COMMENTARY, Q1 2021
Market Overview Equities After a turbulent 2020, Global Equities started the new year positively as COVID-19 Vaccine rollouts motored along in the UK, US and in Europe. The NASDAQ and Dow Jones continued to test all-time high’s throughout the quarter, whilst the FTSE100 rose on the back of an extremely efficient Vaccination programme but dropped in the latter parts of the…
OPERATIONS & MIDDLE OFFICE MARKET COMMENTARY, Q1 2021
Introductions Q1 of 2021 was a very busy quarter for middle office and operations recruitment, this continued the increase in recruitment we saw at the end of the previous year. There is more confidence returning to the job market and to candidates looking to move into new roles after an uncertain year in 2020. Some clients reassessed their teams over the Christmas to New…
FINANCE MARKET COMMENTARY, Q1 2021
Market Overview The Finance, Audit & Tax teams here at Bruin could not have asked for much more of a positive start to 2021. Albeit starting the year off in a third national lockdown, the Financial Services industry has showed clear signs recovery when it comes to recruitment with the team having a record quarter. …
EUROPE MARKET COMMENTARY, Q1 2021
INTRODUCTION Last year was a different year with many challenges. Working from home became the norm and meetings were taking part virtually. Employees are having to adapt, working from home is a key decision factor for many people when searching for new positions. Fortunately we are seeing a thriving market once again across Europe.…
BROKING, UNDERWRITING & CLAIMS MARKET COMMENTARY, Q1 2021
I think it is safe to say that we were all glad to see the back of 2020. Whilst entering 2021 with more optimism on many fronts one positive remained from our market was how buoyant recruitment was. The start of the year continued as it had ended, lots of recruiting, lots of opportunity…
COMPLIANCE MARKET COMMENTARY, Q1 2021
INTRODUCTION Not many people brought in 2021 with fireworks however Q1 for the Compliance Desk started with a BANG! It was great to see the confidence growing in the market and interestingly the majority of new roles being released were due to growth rather the replacement hires. With the increase of live roles and the high volume of skilled and available candidates, speed has become an…
CREDIT & RISK MANAGEMENT MARKET COMMENTARY, Q1 2021
Market Overview INTRODUCTION As the first quarter of 2021 comes to a close, we reflect on what has overall been a very busy hiring market for Risk professionals. With the Brexit deal concluded, and uncertainty around hiring in the context of the global pandemic seemingly now a thing of the past for many firms, January saw a blistering pace set…
HR & SECRETARIAL MARKET COMMENTARY, Q1 2021
Market Overview Q1 2021 has seen a extremely busy start to the year within HR across Financial Services as the market continues to be robust during this current climate. The market is certainly currently candidate driven with sought after talent in multiple processes and current employers willing to counter offer to retain existing talent. Continued from Q4 2020 we are seeing…