by Paul Scott, Director of Consulting The FSA’s first attempt at the Mortgage Market Review was roundly criticised, so much so that Adair Turner took a personal interest, thinking it important enough to write the introduction to the latest Consultation Paper. This time, the proposals have received general acceptance, but will still mean major changes [...]
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Mortgage lending: the bar is moving up
Posted in Huntswood, Huntswood Consulting, Paul Scott, tagged consulting, Huntswood, Mortgage Market Review, Treating Customers Fairly on February 22, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The distributor’s dilemma
Posted in Huntswood, Huntswood Consulting, Paul Scott, tagged consulting, financial services, FSA, Huntswood, Paul Scott, product intervention on January 30, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
This article was first published in FS FOCUS issue 56 www.icaew.com/fsf… If financial advisers thought that they would be unaffected by the Financial Services Authority’s (FSA) latest intervention in product regulation, they will be disappointed. The regulator not only plans to tighten rule relating to the development of products, but also their distribution to customers. [...]
How to get a Consultancy job after you finish an MBA
Posted in Huntswood, Huntswood Mangement Consultancy, Huntswood Recruitment, management consultancy, MBA, tagged Consultancy jobs, consulting, executive consulting, financial services, Huntswood, Huntswood Recruitment, jobs, management consultancy, MBA, recruitment on January 12, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
We have just entered 2012 and as an MBA student you are probably thinking it’s time to start the job hunt and if not, you should be! Competition is always fierce for the best jobs on the market and there are a few things to do before you start applying for them to give yourself [...]
CMCs – Starve the Beast
Posted in Huntswood Consulting, tagged CMCs, consulting, executive consulting, Huntswood, management consultancy, Paul Scott, Risk and Compliance Consultant on August 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
by Paul Scott, Director of Consulting, Huntswood As I explained in the last blog I believe that claims management companies (CMCs) are here to stay. Many consumers seem to like using them, even if it means getting less compensation; and there are many potential causes of complaints out there. If you want to reduce the [...]
Dealing with CMCs: Achieving Operational & Service Excellence in Dealing with Complaints
Posted in Huntswood, Huntswood Consulting, tagged CMCs, Complaints management, consulting, Dealing with Complaints, Huntswood, Paul Scott on July 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Written by Paul Scott, Director of Consulting, Huntswood Claims management companies (CMCs) are highly controversial at the moment. The sheer number of people with potential claims due to the mis-selling of payment protection insurance, structured products and pension switching is enormous. They are all ripe pickings for CMCs who have been very successful in recruiting [...]
Join Our LinkedIn Groups!
Posted in Huntswood Recruitment, tagged consulting, financial services, Huntswood Recruitment, jobs, linkedin, linkedin groups, management consultancy, recruitment on April 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Huntswood Recruitment LinkedIn Group has officially been split into two, more focused, subgroups! You can now join us in the Huntswood Financial Services Recruitment and the Huntswood Management Consulting Recruitment subgroups and participate in targeted and focused discussions with our recruitment experts, as they announce new opportunities and answer questions. LinkedIn describes subgroups as [...]
The State of the Management Consultancy Market – Q2 2011
Posted in Huntswood Recruitment, tagged consulting, consulting market, economy, jobs, management consultancy, state of the market on April 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Last quarter I began by talking about growth. At the time of writing in January, the country‟s GDP was falling. However, at this point of writing, the Office for National Statistics shows that the fall was smaller than initially thought. George Osborne has delivered a “budget for growth”. I am optimistic for the next set [...]
State of the Market: Defence and Security Consulting
Posted in Huntswood Recruitment, tagged consulting, defence, Huntswood Recruitment, jobs, management consultancy, Mod, recruitment, resourcing, security, stephen humphreys on March 30, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Consultancy in defence and security is full of paradoxes. It is both heavily public sector (MoD, security services, NATO), and heavily private sector (BAE Systems, Lockheed Martin). It is high profile and steeped in secrecy. It is restricted to a limited number of firms, but many different firms work on projects at the same institutions. [...]
Consultancy in Pharmaceuticals
Posted in Huntswood Recruitment, tagged consulting, executive consulting, Huntswood, Huntswood Recruitment, jobs, management consultancy, recruitment, resourcing on February 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In the latest of the current series of editorials for top-consultant.com, Stephen Humphreys from Huntswood reviews the consultancy market in pharmaceuticals. Pharmaceuticals is a sector, perhaps even more than Oil & Gas, where the industries minnows are still behemoths. Never is this clearer than when looking at the revenue figures of the top 50 global [...]
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