Financial Markets & Alternatives

INTRODUCTION The main trend throughout 2022 has been a candidate driven market . Good candidates have been in high demand across many areas within Global Markets. We have seen many candidates with multiple opportunities. Banks who are nimble and can make decisions in a timely fashion will be the winners, when it comes to the…

MARKET OVERVIEW The final quarter of 2022 was a period where talk was often centred around economic and political uncertainty, stemming from the ‘mini-budget’ back in September. The early stages of Q4 for the Contract market were dominated by the back-and-forth IR35 legislation announcements, with the result of Rishi Sunak’s budget being that the April…

INTRODUCTION “69% of CEO’s saying that availability of talent was their most pressing threat for the next 12-18 months ahead of political instability and recessionary fears” During Q4, candidate availability continued to turn from active to passive with candidates citing several reasons to stay put. As was expected we saw the first time economic instability…

The recruitment market throughout the summer remained relatively buoyant, against a backdrop of economic uncertainty. Clients were still actively recruiting across the front office space with a continued emphasis across FICC and Electronic Trading. Fund performance has remained relatively strong, however, we are seeing an uptick in the number of redemptions from some Funds /…

INTRODUCTION Q1 cyclicality slows down some hiring decisions. As we approach the end of Q1,  having gone through the usual bonus round, unless you are at an Asian or Antipodean bank. The general consensus around bonuses  has been mainly on the positive side, however, some banks have had a torrid 2021 and suffered through the…