Attracting Our Future Talent

Building a sustainable pipeline

Sustaining a future talent pool requires long term solutions that build a narrative of inclusion and belonging with potential candidates. This strategy requires patience, with impact increasing over time. Promoting vacancies alone isn’t enough to connect with a generation that is increasingly looking at culture and values when making career decisions.

Investment20/20’s talent attraction approach positions the purpose of investment management, and our outreach activities communicate the values of the sector and those of our members. Pipeline development is an important part of our remit providing our members with advice and guidance on strategy through to implementation, enabling them to work towards their own early talent priorities.

_{At Aviva Investors, we dedicate a lot of time to careers outreach and the partnership we have with Investment20/20, not only in collaboration with our Trainee programme but throughout the year with local communities, plays a significant role in enhancing those efforts. The calibre of support is professional and kind. One of our values is confidence, fostering the future talent of our firm and strengthening the industry for the future, we have that value aligned to this partnership with ease.}

Lesley Bigby, Early Careers Consultant, Aviva Investors

Talent attraction and recruitment is not separate to culture. Culture is the driving force behind successful equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) strategies. Understanding the culture of our members enables us to authentically reflect this in the talent attraction activities that we deliver to drive candidates to trainee programme vacancies. Supporting our members to embed their EDI priorities in talent attraction is at the heart of Investment20/20 and resonates strongly throughout our work.

Investment Ambassadors from Lombard Odier Investment Managers

_{Lombard Odier Investment Managers hosted 20 female students from Haggerston School in Hackney this summer. The insight sessions spark students’ interest in sustainable investing, which is a true conviction of Lombard Odier Investment Management. We strongly believe in the power of the next generation to help tackle the sustainability challenges our planet is facing. Exciting, harnessing and educating a diverse talent pool is crucial to meet this unprecedented global challenge. We continue to support the many Investment20/20 initiatives which help students understand our industry and access careers.}

Jasbir Nizar, Head of Business Development, Lombard Odier Investment Managers

Our long-term partnership approach builds a critical bridge between the sector and education. Through delivering activities that add value to schools, colleges and universities, we build trust with teachers who become our ambassadors with their students – our future pipeline. In June we hosted a two-day insight experience for teachers from The Charter School East Dulwich, collaborating with three Investment20/20 members – Schroders, AllianceBernstein and Columbia Threadneedle Investments, to build a narrative about the sector with teaching and careers staff.

_{We really value our partnership with Investment20/20. By collaborating with our teaching staff and our careers department to promote the investment management industry as a richly viable career option, our young people are inspired to investigate a wide range of opportunities, including the Investment20/20 trainee and apprenticeship positions. Investment20/20 is incredibly proactive in coming into our schools, for example, to present "Careers in the City" insight days and support our Apprenticeship Fair.}

Andrew Somerville, Director of Careers & Destinations, The Charters Schools East & North Dulwich

Working at a community level enables Investment20/20 to engage with schools in a range of local areas.

_{I'm delighted that Investment20/20 is working with schools in my constituency of Hampstead and Kilburn, helping local students explore the many varied career opportunities on offer in investment management. I applaud Investment20/20 for their proactive approach in assisting people begin a career in one of the UK’s world leading industries and for supporting the sector in developing a diverse pipeline of future talent.}

Tulip Siddiq MP, for Hampstead and Kilburn, Shadow Economic Secretary to the Treasury, UK

With the new academic year underway, there continues to be strong demand for Investment20/20’s talent attraction provision, connecting the sector to a new community of potential applicants. Investment20/20 members are encouraged to join us at these events and share their experiences of working in the sector.

For more information on Investment20/20’s talent attraction and careers outreach provision please contact Jenny Barber.

Workplace Visits

Workplace visits are an integral part of Investment20/20’s approach to attracting a pipeline of future talent. Last academic year we worked with many of our member firms, bringing in students to experience workplaces, meet people working in the sector and to build their awareness and understanding of career pathways.

Thank you to all our members that hosted workplace visits for students last academic year. Here are just four of those that took place!

AllianceBernstein

Schroders

Cambridge Associates

Vanguard

To find out more about Workplace Visits please contact Jenny Barber.