IPlacements that fail
Roughly 30% of placements in the market succeed. We set out to reach 100%, an aim achieved since our inception and inscribed in our results ever since.
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Our success rate
≈ 30%
Market average
Why we exist
Recruitment in finance carries two structural flaws. We built a firm to remedy both.
IIThe cost of a failed hire
When a hire fails, the employer bears the loss: fees, salary, missed opportunities. The candidate loses more still: momentum, reputation, sometimes a career. Both losses we hold equally unacceptable.
The model
Rewarding the result, not the activity.
Banking recruitment traditionally rewards the recruiter at signature. We rethought that architecture from its foundations: our interests are aligned with those of the client and the candidate alike, and our commitment extends far beyond the placement.
Our fee is only due once the banker reaches their break-even.*
* Detailed conditions in our mandate agreement.
The alignment
This alignment is what makes 100% possible.
Therein lies our difference: we are a true partner, not an external agent whose mission ends at the hiring. Client, candidate and firm share one and the same interest, and we remain at their side until it is achieved.
The method
The Hunkar Standard.
Six commitments. One result.
01
Aligned interests
Our fee is due when the banker succeeds, not when the contract is signed. No blind bets.
02
Ultra-rigorous selection
We qualify the best candidates on the market in depth, far beyond the book alone.
03
High-precision, holistic matching
Platform, markets, culture, ambitions, verified on every point before any introduction.
04
Six months of candidate & client follow-up
For a flawless integration that carries the candidate swiftly to their objectives.
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+A coach to guarantee success
Dedicated support in executing the business plan, the surest guarantee of success.
Founded by someone from the industry
A former member of the Merrill Lynch private bank, meet the founder.
The founder
Built by the industry, for the industry.
Hunkar Finance was founded by a former member of the Merrill Lynch private bank. Advising UHNW clients, building a book, the pressure of a business plan: these are realities our founder knows intimately. It is that first-hand knowledge of the profession that shapes the firm's method: we assess finance professionals the way the industry does, because we come from it. An entrepreneur at heart, he built Hunkar Finance to solve the hiring problem of the very industry he comes from: placing the key people who enable institutions to succeed, grow and reach their goals in a fiercely competitive market.
Placing a candidate is a craft.
Revealing the alchemy between a talent and an institution is an art.
Laurent von MoorFounder & Managing Partner
Winner
Wealth Management Executive Search Firm
WealthBriefing Swiss EAM Awards 2026
Recognition
Best Wealth Management Executive Search Firm, WealthBriefing Swiss EAM Awards 2026
The jury recognised a model built to solve the two structural failures of recruitment in finance: placements that don’t last, and the cost they leave behind: money wasted for the employer, careers broken for the candidate.
Hire once. Hire right.
A failed hire costs twice over: a salary granted without return, and precious time lost on a market that forgives nothing. We designed our model to avert that outcome, and so that the risk, should any remain, rests with us.
The finest candidates, handpicked
A holistic selection, well beyond the client book: culture, markets, languages, track record, human qualities. Bankers or exceptional profiles alike, we present only the elite, cut for your house.
A true extension
Because your interests are ours, we act as an extension of your house. A true partner will also advise against a hire: it is that rare candour that protects you.
A complete alignment of interests
Where custom rewards the recruiter at signature, our fee falls due only when your banker reaches profitability, the same standard governing every role. Your interests and ours converge on one end: your lasting success.
Expertise, from within
Nearly twenty years at the heart of the banking and employment market. Born of the industry we serve, we bring to every profile the eye that would be yours.
Beyond banking
The whole financial ecosystem is welcome here.
Private banks are where we started, not where we stop. Advisory firms, funds and independent structures face the same hiring stakes, and receive the same standard.
We hold the trust of some of the most respected names in the industry, from leading private banks to the most demanding family offices.
Private Banks
External Asset Managers
Family & Multi-Family Offices
Advisory & Big Four
Investment Funds
Fiduciaries
Fintech
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Your career, our only mandate.
Too many recruiters close a placement and then vanish. Because our fee is tied to your success in your new role, your interests and ours become one.
Advice with no strings attached
We are tied to no institution. We start from your plan and your constraints, never from a seat to fill.
Discretion is in our DNA
Your name is never circulated. Introductions happen only with your explicit agreement, one institution at a time.
Accompanied after signature
Six months of follow-up and access to a dedicated coach for your business plan. You are never left alone in a new seat.
The right role, never the first
If an opportunity does not serve your trajectory, we will tell you so, plainly. That standard is why our placements endure.
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Mandates
From C-Level to every key role, for those who hire, and those who lead.
Whether you are an institution seeking a decisive hire or a leader at the dawn of a new chapter, we take on a deliberately limited number of mandates, handled personally and in the strictest confidence, with the same exacting standard from the front office to the boardroom.
01Senior Private Bankers
Relationship managers with established, transferable books, placed under our success-based model.
02Investment
The performance your clients stay for.
- Portfolio Managers
- Analysts
03Compliance Officers
The guardians of the licence. First and second line, cross-border frameworks, regulatory relationships.
04Risk Managers
Credit, market and operational risk professionals, for the entire financial ecosystem.
05IT
The technological backbone of modern wealth management, more decisive by the day.
- Data
- Infrastructure
- Software
06C-Level & Executives
CEO, COO, CFO, Managing Directors and market heads, approached discreetly and assessed rigorously.
Coverage
Rooted in Geneva. Active across five jurisdictions.
Our clients and candidates operate across the world's leading financial centres. From our Geneva headquarters, we accompany them all, with the discretion and constancy of a dedicated senior contact.
From our Geneva headquarters, we cover five jurisdictions, for clients and candidates alike.
Testimonials
They trusted us.
★★★★★
A recruitment strategy that sharpens our positioning
“Before working with Hunkar Finance, we struggled to attract and retain the right profiles. Laurent helped us redefine our recruitment approach, focusing on talent perfectly aligned with our DNA and strategic goals. The result: better integration, less turnover and a stronger team.”
★★★★★
A decisive turning point in my career
“After 12 years in the same bank, I knew it was time for a change, but I dreaded making the wrong choice. Laurent did not simply present me an opportunity: he understood what I was really looking for and guided me towards an institution whose culture and vision matched mine perfectly. Today I am more fulfilled, and my results have improved significantly.”
★★★★★
Three key hires, zero departures
“Three senior hires in eighteen months, every one still in post and performing. The rigour of the shortlist and the first six months of support make a difference you can measure. Today, no other firm is consulted before Hunkar Finance.”
★★★★★
A fast placement with no time wasted
“I had wanted to leave my bank for months, but between non-compete clauses and market uncertainty, I did not dare take the leap. Laurent identified the best option for me in record time, accompanying me through every step of the process. Within six weeks I was in post, on optimal terms.”
★★★★★
A partner, not a supplier
“What sets Hunkar Finance apart is the honesty: Laurent has already advised us against a hire everyone else was pushing. That is what a real partner does, and why our next mandate went to him without a tender.”
★★★★★
A salary negotiation that changed everything
“I knew my performance justified a more competitive package, but I had never managed to obtain terms that matched my work. Thanks to Laurent’s expertise and network, I secured an offer with a base salary 30% higher and a guaranteed first-year bonus. That level of advice and strategy made all the difference.”
On film
The firm, in motion.
Our vision, our method, our standard: the spirit of the firm in a single film.
Find us
In the heart of Geneva.
Hunkar Finance
Rue du Grand-Pré 54-56
1202 Genève, Suisse
Office hours
Monday – Thursday
09h00 – 12h00 · 13h00 – 18h00
Friday
09h00 – 12h00 · 15h00 – 18h00
We receive exclusively by appointment.