Join us for a Breakfast CPD event with 3 speakers: Alex Merrick, Annabel Gray and Richard Barker. The event will start at 8:00am for networking and breakfast with the presentations / Q&A starting at 9am and finish at 10am.

Synopsis:

Learning Objectives

Understand what the adviser recruitment market looks like
How to recruit compliantly under FCA expectations.
The employment law backdrop and your legal responsibilities when hiring (or moving)
What advisers are really looking for in a firm.

Timetable

8.00 - 8.30am - Arrival

8.30 - 9am - Networking with tea, coffee breakfast rolls, pastries and fruit pots

9.00 - Introductions, Geoff Guerin - Managing Director - Financial Services, IDEX Consulting Ltd.

9.05 - The employment law environment - Richard Barker, Partner - Employment Law, Mills & Reeve LLP:

The impending biggest employment law reform in a generation.
How employment law legislation is reacting and responding to societal trends.
Horizon scanning of future potential changes and how businesses need to be able to react.

9.20am - The current Financial Services recruitment market, Alex Merrick, Client Director, IDEX Consulting Ltd.

Overview of the current financial services recruitment market.
What key trends are being seen in the market.
What process should businesses follow to ensure they are attracting top talent to enable their organisations to grow.
How to attract top talent into a financial services business.

9.35am - Meeting the regulatory requirements for new hires, Annabel Gray, Compliance Consultant, Sentinel Compliance Consultants.

How to ensure your recruitment and onboarding processes are fit for SMCR compliance.
What checks need to be in place before someone starts in your business to ensure the organisation is FCA compliant.
How using compliance checks can secure top talent and give them confidence in the organisation.

9.50am - Q&A / Close, Geoff Guerin, Managing Director - Financial Services, IDEX Consulting Ltd.

10am - Event concludes

Speaker:

Alex Merrick, IDEX Consulting

Annabel Gray, Sentinel Compliance Consultants

Richard Barker, Mills & Reeve LLP

Breakfast CPD event: The reality of growth through recruitment