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Financial Services Recruitment

Sell side and buy side, front office through control functions. The practice Aster was built on.

Practice overview

Financial services is where Aster began and where our network runs deepest. We recruit across the sell side, the buy side, commercial and private banking, insurance and digital assets, covering both the revenue seats that carry a number and the risk, compliance and control functions that keep the licence intact.

Hong Kong remains the centre of gravity for the region’s capital markets, but mandates increasingly span Singapore, Tokyo, Shanghai and Sydney. We run searches wherever the talent sits.

What we hire

Roles we fill

Global Markets (Sell Side)

  • Institutional equity sales and sales trading
  • Cash equity, delta one and ETF trading
  • Equity derivatives and structured products
  • Rates, credit and FX sales and trading
  • Commodities and emerging markets
  • Prime brokerage and capital introduction
  • Securities lending and financing
  • Equity, credit and macro research

Investment Banking & Capital Markets

  • Industry and country coverage
  • Head of investment banking and country head
  • M&A origination and execution
  • Restructuring and special situations
  • Equity capital markets and IPO execution
  • Debt capital markets and bond syndicate
  • Leveraged and acquisition finance
  • Private capital and pre-IPO placements

Banking

  • Corporate and commercial relationship management
  • Financial institutions coverage
  • Syndicated and leveraged loans
  • Project, structured and trade finance
  • Transaction banking and cash management
  • Treasury sales and corporate risk solutions
  • Retail, priority and premier banking
  • Credit analysis and underwriting

Private Banking & Wealth

  • Private bankers and relationship managers
  • Market and team heads
  • Investment advisors and counsellors
  • Discretionary portfolio management
  • Wealth planning, trust and fiduciary
  • Family office coverage
  • Lombard and structured lending
  • Product specialists across asset classes

Buy Side

  • Chief investment officers and portfolio managers
  • Equity, fixed income and multi-asset PMs
  • Buy-side research and manager research
  • Quantitative and systematic strategies
  • Private equity, venture capital and private credit
  • Portfolio operations and value creation
  • Institutional and wholesale distribution
  • Capital formation and investor relations

Insurance & Digital Assets

  • Life, general and reinsurance underwriting
  • Actuarial, pricing, valuation and IFRS 17
  • Bancassurance, agency and broker channels
  • Claims and loss adjusting
  • Employee benefits and MPF
  • Digital asset trading and market making
  • Exchange, custody and prime services
  • Tokenisation and Web3 product

Risk, Compliance & Control

  • Chief risk and chief compliance officers
  • Market, credit, liquidity and operational risk
  • Regulatory compliance and compliance advisory
  • Financial crime, AML, sanctions and KYC
  • Trade surveillance and market abuse
  • SFC and HKMA licensing and regulatory affairs
  • Conduct, governance and controls
  • Internal audit and model validation

Operations & Finance

  • Trade support and middle office
  • Settlements, clearing and confirmations
  • Corporate actions and reconciliations
  • Client onboarding, KYC and static data
  • Fund operations and NAV oversight
  • Product control and valuation control
  • Financial and regulatory reporting
  • Fund finance, treasury and ALM
Where we hire

Sectors we cover

BankingSales & TradingInvestment BankingInvestment Bank (Firmwide)Private Banking & WealthAsset ManagementHedge FundsPrivate Equity & VCFunds & Fund ServicesInsurance & ReinsuranceDigital Assets & CryptoFintech & Payments
What clients say
“They mapped the whole market for a hard-to-fill portfolio role and came back with people who weren’t even looking. That is the difference between a search partner and a job board.”
Managing DirectorAsset Management
How we work

A partner, not a vendor

Step IBrief and map

We take the time to understand the skills, the team and the working style, then map the market properly.

Step IISearch and screen

Database, direct search, referrals and international partners, followed by competency-based interviews.

Step IIIShortlist and support

A short, considered list with candidate reports, referencing, and follow-up at one and three months.

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