Our Edge

In trading, edge comes in four forms. So does ours.

We believe choosing the right search partner delivers a recruitment Edge in the market.

Informational

Knowing who's moving, who's available and who's quietly outperforming long before it becomes public.

Analytical

Reading a mandate properly: what the desk actually needs, and which profile genuinely delivers it.

Execution

Reaching the right people directly, and running a process that closes rather than stalls.

Behavioral

Understanding motivation and timing the human factors that decide whether a move actually happens.

Case studies

What the Edge looks like
in practice.

A range of searches across power, gas, oil, metals and environmental markets. From single off-market hires to full market entries.
Team meeting around a boardroom table

Standing up a North American trading operation

  • Trading
  • Analytics
  • Risk

Advisory and talent mapping across North America to attract senior traders and analysts for a ground-up build-out.

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A prestigious European trading merchant was entering the North American market and needed to build its local trading operation from the ground up, including attracting hard to find experienced talent in the power trading space.
We provided advisory and market intelligence, talent mapping across North America, identifying and attracting senior Traders and Analysts to support the firm's market entry and build-out.
Natural gas pipeline at sunset

Specialist hires across a growing commodities business

  • Trading
  • Quant Research
  • Structuring

Targeted searches for talent combining deep market expertise, quantitative skills and complex structuring experience.

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A leading global trading fund was expanding its commodities business and needed to identify highly specialised talent across North American Gas & Power, including Traders, Originators, Quants and Structurers.
We conducted targeted searches across the commodities market, identifying candidates with a combination of deep market expertise, quantitative skills and experience in complex trading and structuring environments.