In Conversation with David Semmens, Chief Investment Officer at Wealthify
At the frontier of Direct-to-Consumer digital investing: In Conversation with David Semmens, Chief Investment Officer of Wealthify, one of the UK FinTech sector’s most exciting and successful businesses, on the firm’s extraordinary innovations, the regulatory implications of democratising finance, and the importance of a positive corporate culture. David, thanks for agreeing to catch up with […]
In Conversation with Sarah Gordon, CEO of the Impact Investing Institute
AK: Sarah, for the benefit of readers to whom the Institute is a new development, can you explain the background to its formation and…
In Conversation with James Ritchie of Eiger Regulatory Partners
The financial services industry continues to grapple with zealous regulators and the ongoing fallout from legacy and new conduct issues, whilst facing a fast-evolving regulatory environment and attempting to manage costs as far as possible across infrastructure functions. In this environment, it seems as though optimising the functionality, robustness and ‘value-add’ of compliance functions should […]
In Conversation with Paul Shotton: Managing Market Risk in an Age of Profound Uncertainty
In Conversation with Paul Shotton, founder of White Diamond Risk Advisory and former Group Head of Market Risk and Group Head of Risk Methodology at UBS, and Global Head of Market Risk at Lehman Brothers H/K: Paul, thank you for taking the time to speak to us in these unusual times. As a highly experienced […]
Hiring for Potential: In Conversation with Karis Stander, Managing Director, Investment 20/20
Halsey Keetch talk again to Karis Stander, Managing Director of Investment 20/20, on ‘Hiring for Potential,’ and a look at the recent work and progress of the initiative. Following a lengthy early career in the training sector supporting the financial services industry working with bodies such as the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment and […]
Making progress towards inclusion for the good of the industry and society: A Conversation with Linda Russheim
After studying economics and law at Durham University, Linda Russheim began her career in marketing with Mercer and went on to spend twelve years with the firm, latterly as Global Head of Marketing for Mercer Investment Consulting, before starting her own marketing and communications business in 2013. She has worked with a range of financial […]
A Culture Of Kindness: In Conversation with Nahla Summers & Valeria Locatelli
Nahla Summers spent fifteen happy years as a senior leader in the corporate sphere working all over the world. Then in just a moment, her personal life circumstances took a tragic but ultimately life-changing turn. She is now a social change maker, a transformative coach, a podcaster, an accidental adventurer and a speaker. She is […]
People Management & Conduct: A Conversation with Stephen Sidebottom
Stephen Sidebottom has held HR leadership roles for major wholesale financial institutions since the early 1990s, culminating in his most recent role as Global Head of HR for Wholesale Banking at Standard Chartered plc, where spent eight years based at the firm’s global headquarters in Singapore. Previously he worked with Nomura International, Dresdner Kleinwort and […]
Christmas Book Club: ‘I will honour Christmas in my heart…’
One of the pleasures of this year has been our Halsey Keetch Book Club. Launched last November, as a bit of a luxury item amongst our schedule of company events, it has become a firm favourite of ours, and we have a number of dedicated members who have been along for every single session. The […]
Halsey Keetch in the Community: Sponsorship of local Youth FC
As we approach five successful years since our rebrand to Halsey Keetch, we have started to think very carefully not only about what we hope to achieve as a business, but also about what we want to give back – to the community, to our own hardworking team, and also to the industry that we […]
