We've been tracking big hires and exits across Wall Street. Here's a look at 2020's must-know people moves and recruiting trends.

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We've been tracking big hires and exits across Wall Street. Here's a look at 2020's must-know people moves and recruiting trends.
Revolving doors in downtown ManhattanREUTERS/ Brendan McDermid

There's been a mad dash for talent as Wall Street firms quickly overhauled their 2020 playbooks.

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Equity and debt trading have surged as a result of the financial turmoil caused by the coronavirus outbreak. Hedge fund managers are responding to investors' expectations to outperform amid the chaos by aggressively hiring experts to fine-tune their strategies.

But while many banks had pledged not to cut jobs during the pandemic, some have been starting to resume cuts. And upper-middle-management roles might be at risk, but firms are likely to want to hold on to senior executives and bankers.

Read more: Wall Street job cuts are back — here's the latest on what Goldman, Wells Fargo, JPMorgan, and other banks are doing

The upheaval of normal life due to the pandemic has also put a huge focus on digitalization, accelerating plans for firms across industries to upgrade or build out new tech.

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Here's a roundup of some of the biggest appointments, exits, and hiring initiatives across the world of finance:

Trading

Trader moves have been happening left and right.

Tech and operations

Banking

Banks have been busy hiring for different initiatives, from chief marketing officers to teams to build out tech projects. Dealmakers have also reshuffled to lean into hot coverage areas.

Private equity

Hedge funds

There's been a shuffle of quant leadership in at big-name shops in recent months, as firms rethink their data plays.

Wealth management

Cloud providers

Google and IMB have been bringing on Wall Street talent in order to attract more clients from the finance sector to their cloud services.

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