Expertise

Financial markets, from risk-taking to infrastructure.

We recruit across the traded-markets ecosystem: front office, middle office, infrastructure, and the technology around them. Retail banking, retail advisor recruiting, and generic technology staffing are not the practice.

Specialty pages

The searches Emerald can explain.

Case studies

The work, without the logos.

  • Eight fund-accounting hires

    How Emerald filled eight VP and Director fund-accounting seats at major administrators in one season, without lowering the bar.

  • Prime brokerage buildouts

    How Emerald helps firms build prime-brokerage functions by keeping financing, clearing, stock loan, coverage, risk, and operations apart.

01

Front Office

  • Portfolio Management & Trading (Equities, Credit, Quant, Multi-Strategy)
  • Research & Analytics (Quantitative, Fundamental, Macro, Thematic)
  • Structuring & Origination (Private Credit, Securitized Products, CLOs)
  • Business Development across platforms

02

Middle Office

  • Product Control & PnL
  • Risk Management (Market, Credit, Counterparty, Operational)
  • Treasury, Collateral & Liquidity Management
  • Client Onboarding & Relationship Management

03

Back Office / Infrastructure

  • Finance, Fund Accounting & Fund Administration
  • Operations (Trade Support, Settlements, Reconciliations, Corporate Actions)
  • Financial, Regulatory & Management Reporting
  • Compliance, AML/KYC & Internal Audit

04

Technology & Transformation

  • Trading Systems & Risk Technology
  • Data Science, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
  • Business Technology & Transformation
  • Process Reengineering & PMO

Who we know

Buy side, sell side, and the platforms between.

Investment Banks
Asset Managers
Hedge Funds
Private Equity
Alternative Asset Managers

A specific mandate?

Send us the hard one.

Permanent leadership hire, specialist contributor, or consulting team: start with the outcome, not a pile of keywords. We look beyond titles and keywords to understand what a firm actually needs, what makes a candidate successful, and whether the fit will hold up long after the placement is made.

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