The UK's Employment Rights Bill: An Update
A Seismic Shift in the WorkplaceThe UK government's recent announcement of significant reforms to worker rights marks a pivotal moment in the nation's employment landscape. Businesses and individua...
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How are traditional banks competing with alternative providers?
The banking and finance industry is a competitive shared space between traditional and alternative providers. While the industry is a haven for innovation hungry competitors, they must be technolog...
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Employment Law Reforms: What you need to know
Read the update on this following the Government's October 2024 announcement here >With a new Labour government now firmly in place, employers across England, Wales and Scotland should expect seve...
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Tackling APP fraud: A guide to the UK’s mandatory reimbursement regulations
As of October 7 2024, new UK government regulations mandate that payment service providers reimburse victims of Authorized Push Payment (APP) fraud. This development follows an announcement made b...
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A complete guide to hiring Claims professionals
Hiring skilled claims professionals in the UK right now is proving a challenge for many businesses. Whether the main cause of this is a talent shortage, increased demand, shifting candidate expecta...
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Case Study: Two Finance Leaders in Engineered Polymer Solutions
MERJE identifies two senior finance professionals as part of a global organisation's evolution strategy.Download as PDFAt a GlanceThe ChallengesStringent experience, qualification, and technic...
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How EU regulatory changes will impact operational resilience from 2025 and how companies can prepare now
The EU's recent Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) signifies a change in its strategy for ensuring the strength and dependability of digital operations in the financial sector. Designed to ...
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RiskSmart & MERJE: the latest in the Risk Management & Compliance Recruitment Market
If you aren’t already familiar with Richard Abelson (unlikely! He's infamous on LinkedIn for his proud dad posts and his time on Dogs Behaving Badly with lively maltipoo, Queenie), he is Managing ...
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ESG and Wealth Management
The wealth management landscape is experiencing a seismic shift. Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) investing is no longer a niche concern – it's becoming a core focus for investors, part...
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Case Study: Growing a Credit Risk, Data & Analytics function
MERJE supports a growing Motor Finance business in hiring a Head of Credit Risk and expanding its analytical capabilities.Download as PDFAt a GlanceThe ChallengesNiche technical skillsetsIncre...
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How Consumer Duty has challenged Wealth Management firms
Wealth management firms are currently facing many challenges which they are being forced to navigate almost single handedly. Alongside the effects of continued economic hardship, increasing inflati...
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Catch up with Head of Client Services, Kirstie Burn
At MERJE, we believe in fostering long-term client partnerships. That's why, in recent months, Kirstie Burn has taken on the role of Head of Client Services.This sits alongside her usual duties of ...
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How to hire your C-Suite team (part 2)
When it comes to hiring at a senior level, companies will be placed in the position of hiring from a much smaller talent pool than usual, which in itself is a challenging task. With little margin f...
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MERJE Markets: Chat to Sam Anderson, Wealth Management Recruitment Expert
As part of our focus on the world of Wealth Management recruitment, we caught up with Sam Anderson, one of our Compliance & Financial Crime experts. Since Sam's promotion to consultant in summer 20...
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Marc Ireland on the FCA's Motor Finance Commission Investigation
“...the only question is how far and wide the FCA and Skilled Person can reasonably rationalise going from a remediation and redress perspective...”Download the PDFForeword from MERJESince the ...
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Neurodiversity in Insurance
Our very own Actuarial recruitment expert, Adam Jones, has contributed to a neurodiversity article in The Journal, a publication by the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII).In collaboration with Dr...
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Financial Crime Recruitment - What's Going On?
Our expert Financial Crime recruitment consultant, Pritesh Chudasama, has shared his musings on the market at this moment in time. In short, it's different. It's not the usual bustling scene with o...
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MERJE Markets: Catch up with Tom Cook
We continue our focus on Data Analytics by sitting down with MERJE’s very own Data & Analytics specialist - Consultant Tom CookAs we shine a light on the state of play across the Data Analytics ar...
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Emerging job titles in Data & Analytics
Let's take a look at popular Data & Analytics job titles right now, their associated salary ranges and top locations around the UKIn recent years, the part that data and analytics has to play in t...
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The top data analytics skills professionals need in 2024
Data analytics, as we know, is a rapidly evolving landscape and that’s why it’s vital that professionals in this sphere keep abreast of the latest trend to future proof their career. In 2024, the ...
