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Why risk and compliance are becoming a route to the top
Pre-meltdown, risk and compliance used to be seen by many as one of the more unglamorous, and certainly unsung, ends of investment banking… not any more. With Nordic banks sailing through this summer’s stress tests, and wanting to keep it that way, and the new Basel III capital adequacy standards continuing to focus minds, a [...]
These are the schools that will get you a job in Scandinavian financial services
The Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden, and the Copenhagen Business School, Denmark, feature heavily in the wish list of most Nordic financial employers. A couple of others jostle for top position, too. Kaare Bringa, managing partner of Boyden Global Executive Search, Norway, considers the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration to be a top [...]
Changing regulatory landscape spurring demand for compliance staff
The European-wide focus on compliance and regulation is making hiring and retaining compliance and risk expertise a much greater priority for Nordic banks. European banks are currently battling with a whole raft of new regulations, such as MiFID II and Basel III. On top of this a more robust approach by financial regulators, such as [...]
Ireland would like to hear from Nordic financial services professionals
The Celtic Tiger may have whimpered into the corner some time ago, but Ireland is still keen to attract Nordic financial professionals for roles on the emerald isle. According to recruiters on the ground, there are still opportunities to be had for ambitious Nordic bankers, with the much stricter regulatory, capital requirements and compliance climate [...]
Basel III advantages unlikely to ease battle for risk and compliance talent
Nordic banks may be better placed than many of their European contemporaries to implement the new Basel III capital and liquidity reforms thrashed out this week, according to analysts, but in the long run this is unlikely to make a huge amount of difference when it comes to attracting the best risk and compliance talent, [...]
Nordic banks look to pull in regulatory experts
There is going to be greater demand for people with high-level economic or legal expertise to help banks navigate the tougher regulatory climate in Europe in the years to come, the head of Nordea’s new unit to provide guidance on regulatory issues has predicted. Leena Mörttinen, currently head of savings Finland at Nordea, will take [...]
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