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Hedge Fund Jobs

Hedge Fund Consultants Play a Growing Role

June 21, 2010

Hedge funds are relying more on institutional investors for funding, according to a new survey just released by alternative assets research firm Preqin. Hedge funds receive nearly three-quarters of their capital from institutions now. Ironically, it means many hedge funds are no longer the dominant domain of wealthy investors, but are instead indirectly playing a […]

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Traders Checking Out Their Hedge Fund Job Options

June 7, 2010

Regulatory rumblings to limit proprietary trading at Wall Street investment banking firms apparently have many traders checking out their options at other institutions, or starting their own hedge funds. The Wall Street Journal reports that private investment funds looking for skilled traders are ready to snap up those who are interested in switching jobs. The […]

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Why Hedge Fund Jobs Will Remain in New York and London

May 31, 2010

Tougher tax and regulatory requirements being proposed for U.S hedge funds may not cause a stampede to other jurisdictions after all. As a recent Fortune online article points out, proposed European regulations are even stricter, making it more difficult and costlier for foreign funds to do business in Europe. Shuffling off to Singapore or Hong […]

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Hedge Fund Compensation Continues to Evolve

May 3, 2010

We’ve mentioned before how institutions are putting downward pressure on the traditional “2 and 20” compensation scheme of hedge funds. Now, despite the upward trend in the markets through 2009 and into 2010, this compensation pressure seems to be gathering strength. Only 38 percent of global hedge funds surveyed by alternative investment research firm Preqin […]

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SEC Ready to Poach from Hedge Fund Jobs

April 26, 2010

Bloomberg reports that Bruce Karpati and Robert Kaplan, co-chiefs of a Securities and Exchange Commission task force targeting hedge funds, buyout firms and mutual funds, are looking for professionals with direct experience in hedge fund trading and operations to beef up their investigative teams. The SEC placed help-wanted ads last month and is actively working […]

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Why Hedge Fund Hiring Could Be Ready to Jump

April 12, 2010

2009 turned out to be the best year ever for big money earners in hedge fund jobs, according to an article in HedgeFund.net. Quoting the annual survey of top earners released by AR: Absolute Return + Alpha Magazine, it showed the top 25 hedge fund managers made a total of $25.33 billion in 2009. That’s […]

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Hedge Fund Managers Trade Just About Anything

April 5, 2010

There’s an old story about a top trader who was so competitive, he would bet on whether an ant would cross a crack in the sidewalk. So it should come as no surprise that if anything has any effect on business or making money, it can be traded, as Investopedia recently pointed out in an […]

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