Investment Management Salary Survey 2021

Page Executive have conducted an extensive salary and bonus review of roles that sit under London’s investment management and corporate functions umbrella. This review is a comprehensive assessment of compensation across a broad variety of roles, covering specific areas of expertise and associated functions, whilst highlighting salaries and bonus averages.

Over 40 representatives from Page Executive and Michael Page conducted phone and video interviews with 8000 contacts from the financial services sector for their exclusive insights. The compensation data was then compiled and tested on a collective basis by the Michael Page and Page Executive Financial Services team.

The insights revealed that we are now seeing a stream of robust compensation activity across the private capital space, which we expect to continue right through 2022 and beyond. The significant acceleration in environmental, social and governance (ESG)-related fundraising last year is now beginning to reinforce a significant change in the overall value attributed to ESG roles and underlying skill sets.

It is clear that the demand for this is multi-year and structural, rather than cyclical, in light of the wider policy support and investor appetite. Moreover, we have seen that the market value for those able to drive tech transformation within asset management also on the up, and this is consistent with other sectors.

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