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What We Do
MACRO
As our core area of expertise, we have unparalleled access to the best macro & cross-asset portfolio management and research talent in the market, ranging from fundamentally-driven to systematic, across developed and emerging markets. Our coverage includes Rates, FX, Cross-Asset, and Vol
Global Credit
We have a strong track record of succesfully placing credit portfolio managers, analysts, and traders with our clients. Our areas of focus include HY/Stressed Credit, Macro Credit, Buy & Maintain and Total Return
EQUITIES
Within Equities, we specialize in placing Equity Analysts (generalists and sector-specialists), as well as Portfolio Managers (directional and long/short) with our hedge fund, asset management and sell-side clients.
ESG
We have a strong understanding of the importance that ESG plays in the investment processes for many of our clients. We ensure to ask all relevant candidates in our network about their ESG experience and we have begun growing out our ESG practice within the business.
OUR TEAM
Founded in 2017 by Alex Lazaridis, Laz Partners has since built a distinguished track record, completing over 150 successful search assignments across a variety of asset classes & strategies within portolio management, research and trading.
To keep up with our rapid growth and to provide an even higher level of service to our clients, we are expanding our team. We invite you to meet the rising stars who make Laz Partners one of the go-to executive search firms on our ‘Meet the Team’ page.
Alex Lazaridis, Founder, Laz Partners
Latest Blogs & Insights
Buy-Side Hiring: Where do we see the most growth?
𝐁𝐮𝐲-𝐒𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐨 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐇𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑 As someone deeply involved in the ever-shifting landscape of financial markets, I think it's important to share some of the trends we are currently seeing in front-office hiring, especially among Hedge Funds,...
The Ebbing Enthusiasm for ESG: A Trend Shift in Asset Management?
If there's one trend in the investment world that took everyone by storm in recent years, it's the rush toward ESG integration. As an executive search firm, Laz Partners, specializing in placing talent with some of the world's foremost asset managers and hedge funds,...
Hedge Funds: H1 2023 Trends
Overview: In the H1 2023, large Hedge Funds (especially the large Multi-Strat Platforms) maintained robust hiring activity, primarily focusing on portfolio managers, analysts, and quants across asset classes. This hiring spree is primarily due to impressive...
Championing Your Success: The Power of Choosing the Right Executive Search Firm in Your Hedge Fund Career Journey
Introduction Embarking on a career journey in the hedge fund industry is both exciting and rewarding. This path becomes even more fulfilling when supported by a well-vetted executive search firm dedicated to championing your ambitions. This partnership, built on...
Hiring Trends and Dynamics in a fast-moving market
We have noticed that strong candidates are usually involved in multiple processes (and sometimes have several offers), which is driving many firms to go over budget in order to land talent. It is also a very fast-moving market, with many of our clients now having to...
Counteroffers – our view
We have been increasingly noticing top-tier candidates across all types of roles (PMs, Traders, Analysts etc) and asset classes being offered crazy counteroffers when they resign to move on to their next challenges. In some instances, we even hear of firms offering to...
Why work with us?
Enhance your Returns
We make it our mission to help our clients achieve superior investment returns, introducing them to the top 5% of portfolio management and research talent in the market.
Strong Track Record of Success
We have an exceptional track record of placing portfolio managers and analysts/strategists for our select group of Tier-1 buy-side clients. View our testimonials here.
Exceptional Precision
You can rest assured that we will only introduce candidates that have been very well-vetted and that are a strong fit for our clients, both in terms of experience, as well as cultural considerations and motivation to move.
Extensive Network
Our network in the front-office Macro, Credit, and Multi-Asset space is unparalleled. More recently, we have also begun expanding this network to include ESG specialists.
Business Partnership
We work in very close partnership with our clients, building a thorough understanding of their business and being seen as trusted advisors for any key decisions related to talent aquisiton or team structuring.
Meticulous Search Process
We follow an extremely diligent and thorough 12-step process for every engaged search assignment that we take on for our clients.
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