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Asset Management & Hedge Funds

Talent that understands the buy side.

From long-only managers to multi-strategy hedge funds, we place the finance, operations and control professionals that investment businesses depend upon, and we have done so since 2006.
Why Carnegie

A market where the details are everything.

Asset management and hedge fund recruitment rewards specialists. A fund accountant who has only ever worked in corporate reporting will struggle with a daily NAV. A controller who has never faced a regulator will not anticipate what the FCA or SEC expects to see. We know the difference, because this market is where our Founder built his own desk.
We understand the regulatory, operational and commercial demands that shape every appointment: the deadlines that cannot slip, the valuations that must withstand challenge, and the investor scrutiny that follows both.
That understanding lets us shortlist with conviction, presenting candidates whose experience genuinely maps to the seat rather than merely resembling it.
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Across the fund

Front, middle and back office, covered.

We recruit across the full operating structure of an investment business, from the desks that support the investment team to the control functions that protect it.

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Front Office Support

The finance and operations professionals who sit closest to the investment team: product control, performance and analytics, where accuracy and speed carry direct commercial consequence.

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Middle Office

Trade support, valuations, reconciliations and operations. The functions that keep a fund running cleanly, staffed by people who understand what happens when they do not.

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Back Office & Control

Fund accounting, financial control, regulatory reporting and compliance. We place professionals who treat the control environment as a discipline, not an afterthought.

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Leadership

CFOs, COOs and heads of function for managers at every stage, from emerging funds building their first institutional infrastructure to established houses planning succession.

Roles we place

From the first hire to the whole function.

  • Chief Financial Officer
  • Financial Controller
  • Management Accountant
  • Compliance Officer
  • Head of Fund Accounting
  • Fund Accountant
  • Head of Operations
  • Investor Relations Professional
Who we partner with

Across traditional and alternative strategies.

  • Long-only asset managers
  • Hedge funds
  • Multi-strategy platforms
  • Fund of funds
  • Wealth and investment managers

Hiring in private capital? Private equity is our deepest specialism.

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Hiring in NAV financing or the secondaries market? Our dedicated division covers both sides of the transaction.

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“We brief candidates on the fund, not just the role, because on the buy side the two cannot be separated.”

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Hubs: London and New York
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Common questions

How we work with investment managers.

Do you recruit for both traditional and alternative managers?
Yes. We work across long-only asset management, hedge funds and multi-strategy platforms. The regulatory, operational and commercial demands differ between them, and we brief candidates accordingly rather than treating the buy side as a single market.
Yes. We regularly support newly launched and emerging managers making their first institutional hires, where a single appointment carries disproportionate weight. We help founders judge not only capability but the temperament to build from a blank page.
Beyond technical capability, we assess for the qualities fund environments demand: precision under daily deadlines, comfort with regulatory scrutiny, and the judgement to escalate the right issues at the right time. Our Founder, Guy Steel, has specialised in asset management recruitment since Carnegie began in 2006.
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Whether you are an emerging manager making a first hire or an established house planning succession, we would welcome the conversation.
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  • Established 2006
  • London · New York · Luxembourg
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