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A Promising Hedge Fund Job Space in 2011

January 10, 2011

2011 could be a banner year for merger arbitrage according to hedge fund managers interviewed for an article in Hedge Funds Review. M&A activity heated up in 2010, totaling $2.4 trillion during the fall period, a 23% increase compared to 2009 levels. HFR interviewed Fabrice Seiman, portfolio manager of the event-driven hedge fund Lutetia Patrimoine, […]

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A Hedge Fund Star at Age 30

January 3, 2011

Money magazine recently profiled hedge fund star Cara Goldenberg, who at 30 years old, is the founder and managing partner of Permian Investment Partners, a New York hedge fund she launched in 2008. Goldenberg is unique in that she didn’t follow the usual analyst-business school route to a hedge fund job. She did begin her […]

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A Look Ahead for Hedge Fund Jobs in 2011

December 27, 2010

The hedge fund industry has struggled through the market crisis of 2008-2009 and then a subsequent tough fundraising environment. Now, it finally looks like there’s some light at the end of the tunnel, as greater liquidity and transparency of funds has boosted investor confidence … and new capital is flowing back into the asset class. […]

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Hedge Fund Job for Experienced Managers

December 20, 2010

Investcorp, an alternative asset manager, is looking to sponsor hedge fund managers in the credit and commodities space, according to Deepak Gurnani, head of the firm’s hedge fund business. Investcorp launched its hedge fund seeding program roughly seven years ago. So far they have invested approximately $1.7 billion in capital in five hedge funds that […]

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Lifestyles of the Top Hedge Fund Managers

December 13, 2010

We know you’re interested in working in the hedge fund industry simply for the bragging rights to stellar returns and the challenge of constantly generating alpha. But it’s always interesting to look at a few of the other rewards of raking in millions of dollars from your success as a hedge fund professional. Moneylife recently […]

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Musical Chairs for Hedge Fund Traders

December 6, 2010

It’s the best time in 15 years to hire traders if you run a hedge fund. So says Israel Englander, founder of Millennium Management LLC, a global investment management firm with approximately 800 employees and $8.2 billion in assets under management, headquartered in New York City. The reason is that so many big banks have […]

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Do Hedge Fund Analysts Cross the Line?

November 29, 2010

Wall Street depends on research, and analysts at hedge fund jobs and big pension funds get paid big bucks to uncover information about companies. But just how far is too far when it comes to “research”? That was the question posed to Stephen Bainbridge, who teaches law at the University of California, Los Angeles, in […]

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