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Pressure-Testing a Leadership Brief
Amanda Floyd reflects on the early stages of executive search, drawing on experience across senior mandates in investment management and pensions to explore why many roles begin without the clarity required for a successful outcome.
Amanda Floyd
The CIO Role Has Split in Two, and Most Boards Haven't Noticed
The traditional Chief Investment Officer role is bifurcating into two distinct positions. Boards still writing job specs for the old model risk hiring for a role that no longer exists.
Riversmeet
Letter from Riversmeet: Q2 2026
Amanda Floyd and Matt Lenzie share observations from the quarter, covering shifting mandates, pension fund consolidation, the AI expectations gap, and why alternative asset managers can't find the COOs they need.
Amanda Floyd and Matt Lenzie
The 100-Day Problem: Why Senior Hires in Financial Services Fail
Research consistently shows 30-40% of senior hires in financial services don't last 18 months. The problem is rarely the wrong person. It's poorly defined mandates, misaligned expectations, and cultural signals that were ignored during the search.
Riversmeet
Board Composition in Asset Management: The Skills Gap Nobody Talks About
Most asset management boards are over-indexed on investment experience and under-indexed on technology, operations, and distribution expertise. A frank assessment of the board composition problem and what to do about it.
Amanda Floyd
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