Niche Talent Solutions

What We Offer

Expert resourcing and consultancy for our clients

Bespoke Candidate Search

In today’s highly competitive investment landscape, securing exceptional talent for hedge funds and investment management firms is more challenging and more critical than ever. At O'Connell Resourcing, we specialise in bespoke executive search, identifying and securing high performing professionals who drive meaningful impact.

Whether you require a research-driven mandate or a targeted, discreet approach, we adapt to your needs. Senior hiring projects begin with a clear understanding of the exact individual, or team you want to attract. However, direct outreach is often not possible or appropriate. We step in to represent your firm confidentially and professionally, engaging the right individuals while protecting your anonymity and intent.

With a transparent process and a true partnership led mindset, we act as an extension of your team, managing every stage of the search with precision, discretion, and care. The result is a seamless, efficient hiring experience that delivers the right people, every time.

Benchmarking & Training Services

Retaining top talent starts with ensuring your key staff are compensated competitively and fairly. We provide tailored compensation analysis to help you understand how your salary and benefits packages compare across the hedge fund and investment management industry. By aligning your offerings with market standards, you support long-term retention, employee satisfaction, and a stronger organisational culture.

We also deliver customised interview training for both individuals and hiring teams. Our programmes are designed to create a positive, efficient, and professional interview experience on all sides—helping your team assess candidates effectively while ensuring the time invested in the process is both strategic and worthwhile.

Hiring Process Review

A coordinated, well-structured hiring process saves time, reduces costs, and delivers better results. Many organisations struggle with inefficient recruitment workflows, leading to frustration, delays, and unnecessary expense.

At O'Connell Resourcing, we leverage decades of recruitment experience to help you design and implement an optimised hiring process tailored to your business and resources. Our talent acquisition consultancy is particularly valuable for start-ups or companies looking to conduct a comprehensive internal review of their recruitment strategy. We provide practical guidance to streamline workflows, enhance candidate experience, and ensure every hire contributes to your organisation’s long-term success.

O'Connell Resourcing transformed our hiring process, securing exceptional talent for our hedge fund. Highly recommend!

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Discreet Targeted Search for Finance Professionals

Confidential headhunting for when you know exactly who you want to hire!

How the Process Works

1. You highlight the individual or team you wish to approach.

2. We agree a confidential strategy and a fixed assignment fee.

3. We engage the target(s) on your behalf, professionally and discreetly.

4. We manage the entire approach, feedback, and introduction process end-to-end.

Why Firms Use This Service

• You want to hire someone you already know is a strong fit.

• Direct contact could breach protocol or create unnecessary market noise.

• You require a trusted intermediary with long-standing credibility in the market.

• You need to ensure confidentiality and protect your brand.

• You want a highly targeted, efficient, and discreet hiring process.

• You need someone who will "close" the deal!

With two decades of specialist headhunting experience and deep market understanding, we ensure every approach is handled with the highest level of discretion, integrity, and professionalism.

If you’re looking to discreetly hire a specific individual, this service gives you the safest and most effective way forward

Rarely do you get a second chance to onboard that perfect candidate.....

Within the investment management industry, it’s common for firms to identify a specific individual they want to bring into their business, perhaps a high-performing trader, portfolio manager, sales professional with a strong rolodex, or investment specialist. However, making direct contact is often sensitive, inappropriate, and/or commercially risky.

This is where our discreet, targeted headhunting service comes in!

With 20 + years of revenue generating headhunting experience and a long track record of engaging candidates at all seniority levels, we act as your trusted intermediary, approaching the individual or team you’ve identified with complete confidentiality and professionalism.

What This Service Covers

• Confidential headhunting of a specific individual or team

• A targeted executive search offering on behalf of hedge funds, asset managers, and investment managment firms

• Third party outreach when direct contact is not feasible

• Professional representation of your organisation, protecting your anonymity throughout

• Experienced engagement with senior front-office talent across trading, portfolio management, research, and sales

• Pre-agreed assignment fees to ensure clarity and transparency from the outset.

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