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How to recruit top talent for your family office in Singapore

Family Offices, Finance, General, News, Recruitment

The Somers Partnership’s founder Mark Somers explains how to recruit for a family office in Singapore, as the country rightly becomes an increasingly popular destination for wealthy families, and competition for talent intensifies. In the centre of the ecosystem of Southeast Asia, Singapore has plenty to entice family offices and experienced family office international executives …

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How to Harness the Power of Compound Talent

Family Offices, Finance, Newsletter, Recruitment, Wealth Management

Times are changing in the wealth management, private banking and family office sectors in the wake of Covid and with Brexit looming on the horizon. We are experiencing unforeseen changes to customer and employee behaviour and with many firms forced to make fundamental changes to their business model, we urge employers to consider harnessing the …

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How To Pivot Your Business For Growth

Family Offices, Finance, General, News, Newsletter, Recruitment, Wealth Management

The global pandemic has opened up new opportunities for businesses able to adapt, improvise and overcome the many challenges. For many, this will involve reacting to changes in customer behaviour, maybe taking their business in a new direction, pivoting towards a different set of goals rather than continuing in a straight line. By taking a …

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How To Pivot Your Career

Family Offices, Finance, General, News, Newsletter, Recruitment, Wealth Management

Shift happens, here’s how to deal with it… This year has seen some dramatic changes in the Wealth Management, Private Banking and Family Office sectors, not least working from home and working flexibly, which is what we have been advocating. The effects of COVID-19 and Brexit are already being felt across the industry and the …

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Recruiting in the Time of Covid – How to Write the Perfect CV

Finance, General, Recruitment, Wealth Management

Writing the perfect CV is somewhat of a dark art. There is information abound on how to write a CV but it seems that there is an enormous amount of contradiction and confusion surrounding the subject. As expert recruiters for the Wealth Management, Family Office and Private Banking sectors, we have encountered what must amount …

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How To be a Good Leaver – Joining Your New Employer

Finance, General, News, Recruitment, Wealth Management

Welcome to those of you who have opened this article ‘Joining Your New Employer’ – it is the last in a four-part series of articles we commissioned leading HR lawyer, David Hunt, Partner at Farrer & Co to write for us. This feature is aimed at giving advice to employees if you are approaching the end of …

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How To be a Good Leaver – Gardening Leave

Finance, General, News, Recruitment, Wealth Management

As part of our continuing ‘How to be a Good Leaver’ series of articles, we asked leading human resources lawyer, David Hunt, a partner at Farrer & Co, to give his advice to employees about what you are, and more importantly are NOT allowed to do during your gardening leave. This is the third in a series …

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How To be a Good Leaver – Resigning

Finance, General, News, Recruitment, Wealth Management

It is important to set the right professional tone when resigning, after all, how you act when leaving your employer defines how you will be remembered and this is a small industry so being respectful and professional is vital. We are often asked whether or not candidates should be frank during the HR exit interview …

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How to be a Good Leaver – Interviews

Finance, General, News, Recruitment, Wealth Management

When considering moving companies, employees do still have a duty of care to their existing employer during interviews and the entire recruitment process. We asked leading human resources lawyer, David Hunt, a partner at Farrer & Co, to give his advice to employees and employers about this process. This is the first in a series …

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Recruiting in the Time of Covid – How to Video Interview

All, Finance, General, News, Recruitment, Wealth Management

The wealth management, private banking and family office sectors are adjusting to the new norm. With markets dropping by 25% since the start of the year, big private banks are seeing 25% less AuM and 25% less revenue with the same level of costs, in fact the only variables are the discretionary bonuses paid to …

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How to recruit top talent for your family office in Singapore

Recruiting in the Time of Covid – How to Write the Perfect CV

How To be a Good Leaver – Joining Your New Employer

How To be a Good Leaver – Gardening Leave

How To be a Good Leaver – Resigning

How to be a Good Leaver – Interviews

Recruiting in the Time of Covid – How to Video Interview

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