IPV/Valuations & Methodology:
Due to increased regulatory scrutiny of banks’ control methodologies, coupled with the burgeoning complexity of financial products, Valuations has become a high-profile division within an Investments Bank’s structure
This niche area has grown significantly and is now able to source people from a variety of backgrounds, including Front-Office, Quant Analytics and Risk professionals along with the more traditional product controllers.
There is a greater requirement for real-world market experience and the ability to face-off to the business, and teams are now typically headed by a Managing Director.
Teams are broken down into IPV/Valuations and supported by an independent Analytics team
There is a more demanding requirement of strong communication and leadership experience, in order to harvest strong inter-department relationships
Our network within the community has been built over several years and enables us to react and deliver quickly on mandates across the asset spectrum from Associate to MD level