Harjeev Bhalla

About Harjeev Bhalla

Harjeev is a Managing Partner at Options Group and Global Head of Electronic Trading, based in New York. He joined Options Group in 2007 to strengthen the Alternative Investments and Hedge Fund practice for the firm. He currently focuses on a wide remit including arbitrage and fundamental strategies across both the Equity and Fixed Income markets. He has helped the firm achieve a dominant market share and has led significant build-outs for portfolio managers, quantitative researchers, and high performance technologists. Harjeev leads a team with members across the Americas, EMEA, and Asia. Harjeev oversees the execution of full life cycle recruitment products and services and has partnered closely with senior-level management and founders at client firms, enabling the firm to be the \"trend-setter,\" advising clients on the overall market and perceptions. In addition to recruitment, Harjeev and his team also provide competitive intelligence management scans, management and cultural assessments, benchmarking and succession planning, market sentiment analysis, and compensation analytics and advisory. Harjeev has led a process-driven, research-intensive methodology which truly differentiates Options Group from the competition. Prior to joining Options Group, Harjeev spent seven years with KPMG LLP in its New York-based Advisory unit focusing in the financial services industry, serving bulge bracket Investment Banks, Hedge Funds and proprietary trading firms. Harjeev received his Bachelor’s in Information Systems from Fairleigh Dickinson University in obtain color on current market trends including opportunities, compensation data please call me directly at 64••••••82 or email h••••••@optionsgroup.comSpecialties: Equities/Equity Derivatives, Electronic Trading

Experience

1. Managing Partner, Global Head of Electronic Trading

   Options Group

   Jun 2007 — Present

   Options Group is a leading global executive search and strategic consulting firm specializing in financial services including capital markets, global markets, alternative investments, hedge funds, and private banking/wealth management. For more than 25 years, our clients and candidates have come to know that Options Group always exceeds expectations. Our innovative approach to facilitating limitless search possibilities for our clients and candidates around the world has been recognized as the industry standard. Through our global footprint (15 offices spread across 4 continents), Options Group has the resources, analytics and experience to drive the acquisition of top tier talent for firms of any size. Options Group is on the forefront, pioneering a new generation of human talent management solutions, where research meets recruiting for optimal strategic results. OG is hands-on in providing a superior range of innovative options for financial services & tech clients and candidates.

Education

• Fairleigh Dickinson University

  Information Systems

Skills

• Recruiting
• Valuation
• Corporate Finance
• Trading Strategies
• Fx Trading
• Executive Search
• Market Risk
• Back Office
• Financial Services
• Equity Research
• Investment Banking
• Volatility Arbitrage
• Derivatives
• Middle Office
• Capital Markets
• New Business Development
• Venture Capital
• Leadership
• Management
• Interest Rate Derivatives
• Banking
• Finance
• Electronic Trading
• Hedge Funds
• Quantitative Analytics
• Corporate Branding
• Fixed Income
• Equities
• Investment Strategies
• Equity Derivatives
• Sourcing
• Commodity Markets
• Prime Brokerage
• Bloomberg