What To Do about Female Talent in SA Financial Services?
Everybody wants it. But it’s hard to find, and even harder to keep. While female representation has improved generally across the Financial Services sector, most Board, CEO and C-suite roles remain male-dominated. Whether it is to achieve BEE targets, driven by a moral imperative or rooted in the fact that diversity is good for business […]
SA Financial Sector transformation in the spotlight
It has been a year since President Cyril Ramaphosa signed the Employment Equity Amendment Act into law which has empowered Thulas Nxesi, the Minister of Employment and Labour to update thresholds for employment equity for each of the country’s national economic sectors. The minister republished these five-year targets on 1 February 2024, giving 90 days […]
Three leadership pressures that will only intensify for asset managers in 2023
In her last column for Citywire for 2022, Phryne Williams looks at the challenges facing company leaders. View this Article on LinkedIn Performance under pressure is a hallmark of the C-suite, but 2022 has been a relentlessly tough-all-round year. By many accounts, there seem to be some cracks appearing in the usually implacable facade of […]
What value are asset managers delivering to employees that will attract rare talent?
EVP – In her latest column for Citywire, Phryne Williams explores the importance of an employee value proposition. View this Article on LinkedIn Businesses differ on what they define as delivering value to their employees. And while some key aspects of an employee value proposition (EVP) are clearly defined, such as remuneration and benefits, other […]
How can asset managers set new hires up for success in the era of hybrid work?
In her latest column for Citywire, Phryne Williams looks at how the new way of working is changing what employees want. View this Article on LinkedIn The future of the office is currently being shaped in different ways as companies grapple with employees’ hopes and expectations for more flexible work conditions. Before Covid, the hybrid […]
Hiring for culture-fit: How can asset managers get this right?
In her latest column, Phryne Williams examines how to find the right candidates to either fit or change a corporate culture. View this Article on LinkedIn Organisational culture was once widely accepted as abstract, intangible and indefinable – akin to a person’s charisma. You can’t exactly say what this ethereal ‘thing’ is, but you can […]
Are SA Asset Managers any good at hiring for diversity, equity and inclusion?
In her latest column for Citywire, Phryne Williams asks what the industry could be doing better to develop truly inclusive cultures. View this Article on LinkedIn Across the western world, asset management companies, which are traditionally white-male dominated, are under sustained pressure to achieve measurable diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) results. This is not just […]
Asset management hiring practices are not keeping up with a changing world
In her latest column for Citywire, Phryne Williams looks at the challenges asset management firms face in hiring – and retaining – scarce, tech-focused skills. View this Article on LinkedIn In 26 years of recruiting in the investment industry, I have never seen such a high volume of hiring as today. And, unfortunately, a lot […]
How will asset managers find the future skills they need when they are unsure what to look for?
View this Article on LinkedIn By now everyone is aware that the transformation to processes driven by artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) is a journey. And no one has yet been able to describe the destination. What we do know is that the transformation to the human-and-machine workforce is inevitable. It will bring […]
Do our smart devices dumb us down?
For as long as we have had the internet; then, globally-connected mobile phones rapidly transforming into all-knowing devices, we’ve also had congruent scientific studies looking at whether or not this is actually good for us. Our phones can accurately tell us when we need to get to bed. Google Maps can get us round a […]
