Financial Services

Banking

Asset & Wealth Management

Insurance

Industries | Financial Services

From rapid developments in technology and regulation to ever more exacting customer demands, financial services organisations are facing an increasingly complex set of challenges and opportunities.

At Bray Lloyd we are constantly looking at which businesses, geographies, and functions offer the greatest growth potential and which skills are required to thrive within the changing financial services market. Inevitably ‘hot areas’ arise when organisations compete for the same pool of talent at the same time. By understanding our clients’ needs and the wider trends in the market we are able to help them find the right candidates, at the right time, in the most competitive and demanding markets.

Bray Lloyd deliver tailored executive search solutions across the full spectrum of financial services. We have deep understanding of the particular dynamics of each of the following industry sectors:

Banking

The global financial crisis has changed the banking industry fundamentally and permanently. During 2009 many banks focussed on stabilising their businesses. Forward looking banks are now planning how to adapt their strategy to the new business, capital and regulatory environment that is emerging from the turmoil. They recognise the need for a different set of skills, the smart deployment of talent and the realignment of compensation structures in order to prosper in this new environment.

Global Markets | Investment Banking | Corporate Banking | Transaction Banking

Asset & Wealth Management

Investment managers are facing a new level of complexity with the many recent changes in the regulatory landscape. Despite the rally in asset values from the lows of the credit crisis, senior executives across the sector are all grappling with new ways to conduct their businesses in the ever-changing global markets. In this environment there are significant opportunities for those individuals who embrace change.

Asset Management | Hedge Funds | Private Equity | Wealth Management

Insurance

Insurers are striving to sustain profitability in the face of regulatory changes, capital constraints, suppressed asset values, softening premiums and the slowdown in the economy. The move to EU Solvency II and changes to IFRS for insurance contracts also presents a fundamental shake-up in reporting and regulation. In this climate there is heightened demand for effective risk and financial management.