Private Markets Hiring Defies Gloom With $2.5 Million Pay Deals

The surge of insurance capital into private markets is boosting hiring and pay deals in the sector despite recent jitters, with senior managing directors asking for pay packets of $2.5 million and above.

Those are some of the findings in the latest credit industry recruitment report from RCQ Associates,which said that mandates for professionals experienced in asset-backed financing jumped almost 60% in 2025 from a year earlier. For top staff with in-demand skills, the base salary and bonus packages are being supplemented by “significant” carried interest — a share in profits — RCQ said.

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