A career in financial services doesn't mean you'll never work anywhere else. Penny Pryor talks to three professionals whose skill sets learnt in the industry have made them perfect for roles as diverse as board directorships and art gallery executives.
Are the Big Four still the workplace of choice for new graduates? Penny Pryor talks to Kelly Pfeffer from Suncorp Group and Sarah Fletcher from The University of Sydney Business School about the laws of attraction, for both graduates and the companies wanting to recruit them...
The big superannuation funds have been concerned about rollouts to self managed superannuation funds for some time now.
Our stock market may represent less than 3% of the world's global equities, and population wise we may be way down the scale compared to countries like China and India, but when it comes to funds management we punch well above our weight.
Corporate philanthropy has moved way beyond the occasional company donation, raffle or charity gala. It is now a very real staff retention policy with as many as 35 per cent of organisations offering volunteering leave.
It's the perennial question across all industries and sectors. Is bigger better?
When Vanessa Stoykov started evolution media group 15 years ago, it was partly as a result of her exasperation with the financial services sector's inability to tell its story well.
An extended period out of the job market, particularly at a senior level, used to mean the death of some executives' careers.
Penny Pryor speaks to Chris Cuffe, Patrick Farrell and Peter Sumner about the role of 'stars' in a post-GFC industry...
Industry Moves is an online hub tracking people on the move in the Australian institutional and retail finance industry.