Bayes Group

For Talent

For portfolio managers and traders considering a move

Written for the traders, portfolio managers and researchers we advise throughout their careers, and open to anyone in the markets thinking about a move. We represent a small number of senior people at any time, present each anonymised first, and release a name only under terms you have agreed. No mass distribution, no job boards, and a straight answer.

Working with a quant headhunter, for a senior portfolio manager, quantitative researcher, or trader, means one confidential adviser who knows which senior seats are open before they are advertised, presents you to a firm anonymized first, and releases your name only under terms you have agreed.

Bayes Group works only at the senior layer, confidential by default and on terms agreed before any name is disclosed, from a New York headquarters with Hong Kong and London coverage. Nothing you tell us is repeated to anyone without your say-so, and the same discipline that protects a client's search protects your move. How that works in practice, on both sides, is set out on the confidential search page; what a first conversation with us involves is answered below.

Who We Work With

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Senior Portfolio Managers (multi-strategy, systematic, quant equity, macro, fixed income)

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Options, Volatility, and Delta-One Traders

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Quantitative and ML Researchers

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Heads of Trading, Market Making, and Execution

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Quant and Systems Developers

How We Work

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The first conversation is strictly confidential: no disclosure to any third party without your explicit consent.

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You are presented anonymized first: a client sees the seat, the strategy, and the shape of the record before any name attaches, and your name is released only under terms you have agreed.

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We represent you selectively and only to firms where there is genuine fit.

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We advise on compensation, timing, and how you are presented, not only on introductions.

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Mandates delivered across the US, Asia-Pacific, the Gulf, and Europe, from a New York headquarters with Hong Kong and London coverage.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which seats does Bayes Group represent?

Most of our mandates are senior, revenue-generating seats: portfolio managers and sub-PMs with a book, traders and heads of desk, and the heads of research or strategy who sit above them, at hedge funds, multi-strategy platforms, market makers and proprietary trading firms, whether the book is discretionary or systematic. The seats sit in New York, London, Hong Kong, Singapore and Dubai, with the India options desks, the Korea and Taiwan alpha seats and the Sydney trading floors covered from the same practice; in 2026 the seats we are asked about most often are single-stock volatility PMs, systematic futures PMs, India options researchers, China and emerging-markets alpha researchers, and APAC delta-one and statistical-arbitrage traders. Anyone else in the markets is welcome to write too: every note is read, and where a search is not ours to run you get a straight, useful read on how to present rather than silence.

What happens to my CV when I send it to Bayes Group?

It is read by Richard and held in Bayes Group's own private, access-controlled records. It is not forwarded, posted to any job board or shared database, or circulated to any firm without your explicit consent. If we agree to work together, a client first sees an anonymized profile: the seat, the strategy, the shape of the record, and nothing that identifies you. The CV itself travels only after you have approved the specific firm and that firm has agreed written terms with Bayes Group. Retention and your rights are set out in the privacy policy.

How does anonymized representation work from my side?

We write a short profile that describes your seat, your strategy, the shape of your track record, and what a move would need to offer, with the identifying detail held back: no name, no current employer, no figure that would let a small market work out who you are. You read and approve that profile before it goes anywhere. A firm that wants to go further asks for the name; you decide, firm by firm, whether it gets one.

What does “names released only under agreed terms” mean for me?

Two consents, in a fixed order. First, the hiring firm agrees written terms with Bayes Group for the search before any candidate is named to it, so your name is never used to open a door. Second, you approve each firm individually before your name is released; a yes for one firm is not a yes for another. If either consent is missing, the profile stays anonymous and the conversation stays between us.

How do you handle timing, notice periods, and non-competes?

Most senior moves run on a defined timetable set by notice, garden leave, deferred-compensation vesting dates, and non-compete windows. We ask for those dates early, describe you to a client as moving on that timetable rather than as immediately available, and sequence the conversation so that an offer arrives when you can actually accept it. Many of the conversations we value most begin a year or more before anyone intends to move; there is no such thing as too early to talk, and no obligation attached to talking.

What does Bayes Group not do?

We do not post roles, run job boards, or circulate CVs. We do not represent everyone who writes to us: if your seat sits below the senior layer we cover, we will say so plainly and quickly rather than hold your details on file as a maybe. We do not tell you where to go; the decision is yours, and our advice is on how you are presented, what to ask, and what an offer is worth. And we do not disclose a client's name, or yours, to anyone who has not agreed terms.

From the Insights Desk

The weekly Insights read covers the market a senior move runs into. Five pieces written for the candidate side:

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Tell us what you run and what you are looking for. Every message is read by Richard, and nothing is sent to any firm without your knowledge. If you would rather write directly: richard@bayes-group.com.

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