Financial services battle flight of talent to lucrative sectors

Attrition is accelerating in the financial services segment with the total departure of employees in the first nine months of 2022 pegged at nearly 25%, showed an exclusive HR trend analysis done by consulting firm Aon.

The Aon analysis also showed that overall attrition in the banking segment is 24.7% between January and September, with domestic banks showing 30.6% attrition and foreign banks 16.3%. Fintech players also contributed to high attrition levels of 27.4%. Wealth management players, too, saw a significantly high number of employee departures at 26.4%, while investment banks saw exits at 21.8%. The lowest exits in the BFSI space were recorded with asset management companies at 16.3%.

Within the banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI) space, the life insurance segment recorded the worst attrition at 47% followed by general insurance at 33%. Domestic banks continued to record high attrition levels at nearly 31% followed by fintechs at 27%.

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