A specialized resource in Agentic Creation/ Management,
Agile Delivery, and Capital Markets Consulting
Our focus is Artificial Intelligence, Agile project delivery, and capital markets consulting for small to mid‑size firms.
About Us
Manhattan Consulting & Research was formed in 1987 to provide consulting services to Treasury and Capital Markets dealing, trading and investing clients.
Today, we specialize in helping small to mid‑size firms across a broad industry base apply AI, business, technology and process solutions that add directly to their bottom line.
We are strategically located in Chicago, New York and London, anchored around leading industry professionals with experience in trading, risk, operations, technology and AI.
We support clients in developing and managing their current and future business lines across AI, business growth, analytics, process, infrastructure and technology.
Our Mission
At Manhattan Consulting & Research we are committed to the success of you, our client. The cornerstone of this commitment is the strength of our partnership with you and a singleness of purpose to your objectives.
We are driven to deliver services and products with both short‑ and long‑term value, focused on providing the best “managements” for you in:
• Agentic AI integration and AI operating models
• Capital markets trading and broker‑dealer management
• Business creation and development
• Software and Agile project management
• Technology service and IT asset management
Our Distinction
Services & Products
AI Engagements
AI Solutions Management driving Prompt Engineering best practices with a proprietary ChatGPT based Agent augmenting feature and initiative definitions.
AI Practice Manager integrating/ training an Agent Team Member embedded in an agile delivery team.
AI Leader reviewing/ training a regional bank Perplexity driven monitored autonomous hedge fund trading agent.
AI Product Owner empowering/ managing as autonomous agent team who defines high priority value stream business initiatives and, on demand, delineates the initiatives to a “story” level.
Management Consulting
We bring senior‑level business experience, long‑term focused and fractional, to support business creation, review and audit, and results‑focused change.
Our work includes expert business review and audit, strategy and operating model design, and the specification and delivery of change portfolios.
Capital markets & Risk
We provide senior advisory support to capital markets businesses with review, comparative market analysis, development and integration of lines of business, financial products, trading and dealing methods, and operations.
We assist fund managers, bank risk managers, investors and corporate treasurers in reviewing financial product risks, portfolio methods and asset/liability issues, including the inauguration of effective risk management cultures.
Technology & IT Assets
Our Asset Lifecycle Management engagements deliver tools and methods for best‑practice financial and service management of IT assets, uncovering cost savings and improving governance.
We support technology selection, development, integration and support across multi‑platform architectures, execution and order management systems, portfolio and risk systems, data platforms and trading networks.
Industries
Financial Services
Banks, trading firms, fund managers, broker‑dealers and capital markets application and service vendors.
In these segments we support business creation, business decisions, operations process, AI management, quantitative valuations and technology delivery.
Broader Industry
Manufacturing and other small to mid‑size firms seeking to apply AI, analytics and disciplined project management to growth and operations.
We bring the same capital‑markets‑grade rigor in process, risk and technology delivery to non‑financial clients.
Practice Leaders
Our practice leaders bring experience from trading, risk, finance, operations, technology and AI across multiple asset classes, industries and regions.
Detailed biographies and representative engagements are available upon request or through our existing Practice Leaders materials.
Partners
At MC&R our goal is to provide the best possible product to our customer. We collaborate with a small set of specialist partners whose capabilities complement our own. These include AI, technology and data providers along with specialist consultancies in regulation, quantitative modeling and market infrastructure. Current partnerships include: Chicago Financial Consulting Group, Greater Than Zero, Orext Solutions, Practical Financial Engineering.
We are independent and vendor‑neutral. We do not accept incentives that would bias our recommendations.
Careers
We look for experienced professionals who combine deep domain knowledge with practical delivery skills, including former front office, risk, finance and operations practitioners, as well as AI and Agile project leaders.
Engagements often include project‑based, advisory and fractional roles suited to senior practitioners.
To express interest, please email your resume and a brief summary of your experience to careers@mcnr-inc.com.
Contact Us
Email
info@mcnr-inc.com
Careers
careers@mcnr-inc.com
Office
Manhattan Consulting & Research
New York, NY
United States
We are happy to schedule introductory discussions via phone or video conference and can work under mutual NDAs where appropriate.