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Founded 2010
15+ years of specialist expertise

100% retained search
completion rate

Contingency success rate nearly 3x the industry average

Fram Search is one of the UK's leading specialist search boutiques. Unlike most recruitment firms, we apply active research and executive search techniques to every assignment, not just senior mandates. That means approaching the best people in the market directly, including those who aren't actively looking.

We have deep expertise across Financial Services, and are a leading recruitment firm within Wealth Management, Asset Management and Venture Capital. Founded in 2010, we have built an exceptional track record placing senior and specialist talent for clients across the UK and internationally. We work on both a retained and contingency basis, and cover permanent, interim and contract roles.

Wealth Management
Venture Capital
Asset Management
Wider Expertise

Active Research

We don't wait for candidates to find us. Every assignment - retained or contingent, senior or specialist, permanent or contract - begins with proactive research and direct approach. We identify and engage the best people in the market, including passive candidates who would never respond to a job advert.

Specialist Knowledge

Our consultants have spent their careers in financial services recruitment. We understand the markets we work in; the firms, the roles, the candidates, and the dynamics that make a placement succeed or fail. That knowledge is the foundation of everything we do.

Retained Search

For senior, confidential, or business-critical appointments, many clients choose a retained approach. We are proud of our 100% completion rate on retained mandates. Retained search gives clients exclusivity, commitment, and a structured process designed to find the best available talent, not just the most available.

Contingent Solution

Our contingency recruitment service delivers the same active research and specialist knowledge as our retained work, without the upfront commitment. Ideal for roles where speed and flexibility matter, with fill rates nearly three times the industry average.

We used Fram Search to help us find a key and strategically important role as we looked to develop our institutional offering. Fram presented us with some outstanding candidates, one of which we hired.

Fram and the team were professional and fully understood the brief we gave them. Most importantly our new hire has proved to be a great success.

Head of Institutional, Asset Manager
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Latest Whitepapers & Reports

Salary Surveys

Thriving in Wealth Management - a career development guide
We produce annual salary surveys across our main specialism areas. Access current and past salary surveys here:
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Doing More With Less – Leadership & Culture in a Lean Financial Services Market

Across financial services, many firms are operating with leaner teams while maintaining the same expectations around growth, governance and client service.

This report examines how leadership teams are navigating slower market conditions, stretched organisations and evolving talent dynamics. 

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Drivers of Client Trust in Wealth Management

Anthony Scott - Raymond James
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Anthony Scott, Managing Director at Raymond James Wealth Management joined us to explore what truly drives long-term client relationships, looking beyond performance to the deeper factors that influence retention over decades.

About us

Fram Search team

Meet the team

Our specialist team brings deep expertise across wealth management, asset management, EIS & VCT, and broader financial services. Get to know us!
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Corporate Social Responsibility

We are proud to be offsetting our carbon emissions through myclimate. Our charity partner is Teenage Cancer Trust, and we make a donation to them for every placement we make.
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What was Fram?

Fram was the strongest wooden ship ever built and was used by the revered Norwegian explorers Fridtjof Nansen and Roald Amundsen for their polar expeditions.
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Whether you have a specific role in mind or want to explore how we work, get in touch and we'll respond promptly.
Our newsletter is published bi-monthly, and covers talent attraction and management strategies, interviews with industry leaders, and industry news & insights.

Head office

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01525 864 372

Fram Search
Wrest Park
Silsoe
MK454HS (Map)