Meraki Insights
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Scotland’s Investment Operations market, steady in face of political change
As I slowly awoke on Friday 24th of June to discover the UK had voted to leave the EU, my instincts, as it was for many I’m sure, was “what will this mean for me?” As a Financial Services recruiter the levels of activity and revenues in my sector are an acute indicator of both market and employer confidence and I must confess significant political change isn’t normally that good for business.
The year was 2006. Scotland’s Fund Management Houses were outsourcing their Operations to allow them to focus on growth. Big name Service Providers came to the market with a thirst for talented Investment Operations professionals. Fund Houses sought the “best of the best” to carry out oversight of their new business partners.
