How AI is Changing Case Studies and Technical Interviews in Investment Hiring
In Industry Reports, Market Trends, Thought Leadership by joy-pearse / July 24, 2026 / 0 comments
Our paper explores how AI is reshaping technical assessments for Analyst to Senior Associate hiring across private equity, M&A and credit.
H1 2026 M&A Talent Trends & People Moves Report
In Industry Reports, Market Trends, Thought Leadership by joy-pearse / July 22, 2026 / 0 comments
Pearse Partners’ H1 2026 M&A People Moves Report tracks 333 London lateral hires by seniority, gender, firm and specialism. Request the full report.
Q1 2026 M&A People Moves Report
In Industry Reports, Market Trends, Thought Leadership by joy-pearse / April 27, 2026 / 0 comments
Our Q1 2026 M&A Investment Banking People Moves Report highlights key hiring trends, analysing talent movement by seniority, gender representation and the most active firms.
The $233bn Secondaries Boom
In Thought Leadership by joy-pearse / April 1, 2026 / 0 comments
The private equity secondaries market has reached a new phase of maturity. With $233bn in transaction volume and growing participation across GP-led and LP-led deals, secondaries is no longer a niche liquidity solution, it is now a core part of private markets strategy. This shift is being driven by: For professionals considering a career in […]
2025/2026 Real Assets Credit People Moves Report
In Industry Reports, Market Trends, Thought Leadership by joy-pearse / March 2, 2026 / 0 comments
Explore 2025 people moves across both sell-side and buy-side Infrastructure & Real Assets Credit, providing key hiring considerations for 2026.
What Early Signals Point to How Hiring May Evolve in 2026?
In Thought Leadership by joy-pearse / February 23, 2026 / 0 comments
2026 Hiring Trends in Private Markets point to more disciplined, mandate-led growth. Explore what’s shaping senior, junior and cross-border hiring.
2025/2026 Credit People Moves Report
In Industry Reports, Market Trends, Thought Leadership by joy-pearse / February 20, 2026 / 0 comments
Our 2025/26 Credit People Moves Report depicts key moves from across both sell-side and buy-side Private Credit, helping you identify market trends as well as outlining hiring considerations for 2026.
2025 M&A People Moves Report
In Industry Reports, Market Trends, Thought Leadership by joy-pearse / January 15, 2026 / 0 comments
Our 2025 Investment Banking People Moves Report highlights key hiring trends, analysing talent movement by seniority, gender representation and the most active firms.
Benefits of partnering with a recruitment agency
In Thought Leadership by joy-pearse / October 23, 2025 / 0 comments
Working with a recruitment agency can provide many strategic advantages for firms in Investment Banking and Alternative Investments. The most obvious advantage is access to broad and global talent networks. At Pearse Partners, our role goes far beyond “filling jobs.” We spend every day building genuine relationships across the financial ecosystem from Analysts through to […]
Female Hiring in Finance
In Thought Leadership by joy-pearse / August 18, 2025 / 0 comments
The reoccurring conversations we keep having with hiring managers across the finance industry all circle back to one theme:“We have extremely few female candidates in our hiring pipeline.” It’s frustrating, especially when not long ago, it felt like we were making real progress. Analyst programs were filling with more women, senior roles were seeing diverse […]