Clearcut Consulting is a specialist search firm for senior commercial, distribution and proposition roles in UK financial services. Most of what I write goes on LinkedIn, a few times a week, and comes from the briefs and conversations I'm in at the time. These are the posts worth keeping, republished here with the date they first went out.
The person we want isn't doing the job yet
31 August 2026. Neobanks, digital platforms and even a price comparison site are selling investments to people who never had an adviser. Targeted support made it urgent, and the people to run it mostly aren't doing the job yet.
No hiring process has a box for undecided
11 August 2026. He'd seen the ad. He didn't apply. He was one of the strongest people in that market, and most firms only ever see the part of it that applied.
When service turns into flows
25 May 2026. If scale always wins, Parmenion shouldn't be doing this well. Record flows, a top three service ranking, and what it says about the platforms gaining ground.
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