Risch Group

The Risch Group has been a recruiting pioneer in the investments business since 1990, delivering outstanding executive search and advisory services to investment managers across the US and Europe. The company was one of the first executive search firms to cover and recruit in private markets and asset/wealth management, and has developed a proprietary data-driven recruiting platform that was ahead of industry standards. With thirty-five years of invaluable experience, the Risch Group approaches each search with the singular purpose of recruiting talent that provides clients with a sustainable competitive advantage, combining deep industry knowledge with innovative technology to propel growth across the entire investments space.

The Risch Group specialises in alternative investments, banking, wealth and asset management, and insurance. In alternative investments, the company has helped clients navigate complex staffing needs across hedge funds, private equity funds, private credit funds, real estate managers, and infrastructure managers, including executive suite positions as well as investment and capital raising functions. In banking, wealth and asset management, and insurance, the company has maintained a thirty-year track record of recruiting top talent for commercial banks, private banks, investment banks, capital markets firms, wealth managers, and institutional asset managers, helping clients maintain competitive advantage in an increasingly challenging environment marked by fee compression, technological disruption, and regulatory oversight.

Operating from its headquarters in New York, the Risch Group serves clients across the US and Europe, with Managing Partner Richard Risch having personally conducted hundreds of searches across alternative investments, traditional asset management, private banking, wealth management, and insurance for clients in the United States, Europe, and Latin America. The company differentiates itself through its combination of in-depth industry knowledge acquired over three decades, commitment to delivering superior client satisfaction, and a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion in its recruiting process. Clients choose the Risch Group for its proven reach and experience in attracting industry-best talent and its collaborative approach to recruiting and developing winning teams that drive profitable growth for clients' enterprises.