How Market Volatility is Impacting Investment Management Hiring
About this episode
What does volatility mean for public and private markets candidates? Should they be concerned about the volatility of their seats?
In this week’s episode of the Searching Smarter podcast, we speak with Nicholas Saglimbene, Head of Investment Management at Selby Jennings, to unpack the latest trends impacting hiring and retention in investment management.
This episode rounds out our mini-series which unpacks the results from the 2025 Talent Report. We uncover how candidate sentiment is being shaped by recent bonus and salary results, how firms are adapting their hiring strategies, and what investment management professionals can expect for the rest of 2025.
Covered in this episode:
- 00:00 – Intro
- 00:47 – Bonus and salary trends within investment management.
- 3:07 - Sentiment around bonus and salary expectations for candidates.
- 07:13 – How volatility within investment management is affecting hiring decisions.
- 10:24 – Flexible working and benefits trends in investment management.
- And more…
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LEARN MORE
Download the 2025 Talent Report - https://hubs.la/Q03mGjz-0
Selby Jennings - https://www.selbyjennings.com/
Phaidon International - https://www.phaidoninternational.com/
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Jesse Skaff on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jesse-skaff-0783645b/
Nicholas Saglimbene on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholas-saglimbene-0a8b3657/
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