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Hedge Fund Jobs

A Hot Hedge Fund Job Niche

October 18, 2010

Bonuses for the IT staff at hedge funds have doubled in the past year, despite the troubles affecting the overall sector, reports Network World. Hedge fund IT staff can expect bonuses in the 50 percent plus range, which is nearly double the 25 to 30 percent bonuses they received last year, according to data compiled […]

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Dream Job for New Hedge Fund Managers?

September 20, 2010

Citadel Asset Management, one of the giants in the hedge fund industry with $11 billion under management, has just launched an office in Boston to spawn the next generation of hedge fund managers. Citadel founder, Kenneth Griffin, reportedly got his start investing while at Harvard in the late 1980s. Now he wants to hire investment […]

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Boutiques to Spur Hedge Fund Jobs?

August 16, 2010

Money managers unhappy with the direction of their big bank are once again leaving to start their own firms, reports the Financial Times. The reasons vary, from being forced to alter cherished and time-tested strategies that have worked for them, to being told to cut back on analyst resources to simply having to dance to […]

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Hedge Fund High-Frequency Programmers Demand Better Pay

August 2, 2010

The code monkeys who create the algorithms for Wall Street’s high-frequency trading shops are demanding a bigger slice of the pie, reports Forbes. And while some are getting hefty raises, others are deciding to go out on their own in order to get a share of profits. The article cites one programmer, Jeffrey Gomberg, 32, […]

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How to Develop a Hedge Fund Job Search Plan

July 15, 2010

When looking for hedge fund jobs, perhaps the most important part of the process is developing a plan. We recently caught up with the author of The New Job Security, Pam Lassiter to talk about this topic (among others). A veteran career advisor, Pam has provided career advice for three decades and has seen many […]

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Hiring Ex-Regulators for Hedge Fund Jobs

July 5, 2010

If you can’t beat them, hire them. That seems to be the strategy with several major hedge funds as they hire former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission officials to consult for their firms. Reuters reports that hedge fund manager John Paulson has hired former SEC chairman Harvey Pitt and former commissioner Roel Campos to help […]

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Hope for Hedge Fund Marketers

June 28, 2010

As the hedge fund industry matures, the big funds keep getting bigger, with more investments from large institutional investors. This trend continues to make it tougher for smaller funds and new funds to raise capital. They must fight over the “scraps” left by the big guys. These scraps often come from high net worth investors, […]

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