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Hedge Fund Jobs

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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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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Mid-Sized Hedge Funds Facing a Squeeze?

November 22, 2010

Mid-sized hedge funds, those in the neighborhood of $100 million to $500 million in assets, are facing a squeeze, according to an article in HedgeWorld. That’s because only 22 percent of the mid-sized hedge fund firms surveyed by Greenwich Associates have more than one full-time employee devoted to client service, and only 9 percent have […]

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Hedge Fund Manager Looking for New Turtles

November 15, 2010

A top hedge fund trader is looking for 10 apprentices to work alongside him, using his capital and learning his proprietary trading system. The challenge mimics a legendary experiment in the hedge fund history when Chicago trader Richard Dennis set out to prove successful trading can be taught to anyone who simply followed his system. […]

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Tough Hedge Fund Job Interview Questions

November 1, 2010

Journalist Ann All at ITBusinessedge has uncovered a few challenging job interview questions that go beyond the standard, “Where do you see yourself in five years”. The first comes from a recent New York Times interview with VMWare CEO Paul Maritz, who commented that he likes to grill candidates on something they’ve done in the […]

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