Investor Relations
and Distribution
Compensation and
Hiring Trends Guide

Now in its fourth edition, our 2025 Investor Relations and Distribution Compensation and Hiring Trends Guide delivers the most comprehensive view of how IR and Distribution teams are evolving across the alternatives landscape.

Based on conversations with over 400 professionals across 200+ investment firms, this report captures the key compensation benchmarks, hiring trends, and strategic developments driving the industry today.

Whether you’re a General Partner, HR leader, or IR professional, this guide provides an essential view into how firms are attracting, rewarding, and retaining top talent in a changing market.

Why should you download this report?

In an environment of prolonged fundraising cycles, evolving LP expectations, and technological disruption, understanding how the market is rewarding and structuring its Investor Relations and Distribution teams has never been more critical.

Use this guide to:

• Benchmark your firm’s pay structures.
• Refine your hiring and retention strategies.
• Anticipate where demand, and competition, will rise next.