Investment Banking/Financial Services

Pynes & Moerner Investment Banking and Financial Services Practice is one of the most influential and reputable in the Russian market. The combined work experience of Pynes & Moerner consultants in this area exceeds thirty years, and a number of our consultants have been working on executive search projects for major Russian and international businesses since the mid-1990s.

Our key clients are major financial institutions, Russian and international private equity funds and asset management companies, investment and commercial banks. The practice focuses on searching for professionals in investment banking/corporate finance, asset management, venture capital, and private equity.

In investment banking most of our local and cross-border projects have been conducted on behalf of such divisions as:

  • Investment Banking/Corporate Finance
  • Sales & Trading
  • Asset Management
  • Fixed Income & Structured Products 
  • Research
  • Risk Management
  • Back Office

In commercial banking our experience includes, but is not limited to, placing people in the following areas:

  • General Management  
  • Corporate Banking
  • Trade & Project Finance
  • Treasury
  • Private Banking
  • Retail Banking

Services

  • Build the management team for a division(s) of an investment bank, private equity fund, commercial bank or asset management company;
  • Identify and attract high-level professionals able to establish or restructure a business, source deals and originate clients, launch new projects and develop new products;
  • Conduct a professional assessment of an existing team, develop organizational structures, devise compensation and benefits schemes, and forecast personnel budgets.

Accomplishments

  • Recruited management teams for a leading asset management company, international private equity fund, Top-3 Russian investment bank, and Russian and international commercial banks;
  • Completed over 300 assignments, 25% of which have involved cross-border searches;
  • Prepared the first specialized compensations and benefits survey of the top 15 investment banks in Russia.