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Getting More Women into Hedge Fund Jobs

September 13, 2010

Go work in a bar. That was the suggestion a friend gave Sara Grillo, after she lost her job at Lehman Brothers in 2008. Two years later, Grillo is co-manager of hedge fund advisor Diamond Oak Capital Advisors LLC, and is campaigning to help more women get into the finance industry. Grillo has set a […]

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Hedge Fund Seeding Creates Opportunities

September 6, 2010

Although money has been flowing back into hedge funds, much of it has gone only to the biggest, most established funds. Investors burned by the financial crisis, lock-ups, and even fraud have opted for the safety and transparency of big funds over the potential returns of a newer, smaller, more aggressive fund. But this has […]

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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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Will Pensions Drive Hedge Fund Investment and Jobs?

August 9, 2010

The gap between what many U.S. public and private pension funds have in assets and what they’ll need to cover their pension obligations is like a “heart attack waiting to happen.” That’s the news according to a recent article in Finalternatives. U.S. public pension funds are $500 billion to $3 trillion short in the amount […]

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Ready to Leave Your Job and Start a Hedge Fund?

July 22, 2010

The usual trickle of bank traders wanting to leave their firms to start their own hedge funds has turned into a flood, according to a recent article in Britain’s Telegraph. Among them are traders from Goldman Sachs, BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank and the former Wells Fargo. In some cases the reason is tighter bank regulations […]

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Top 12 Cities for Hedge Fund Jobs

July 5, 2010

To find the optimal city for hedge fund jobs, you have to look at local economies, costs of living, quality of life issues and many other factors. So, we did just that and there are both some expected results and a few surprises. Hedge Fund Jobs Digest completed an analysis of the top cities for finding […]

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A Snapshot of the Changing Hedge Fund World

June 14, 2010

Despite some rough treatment in May, the global hedge fund industry has bounced back from the beating it took in 2008, according to a recent article in Hedgeweek. Global assets invested topped the $2 trillion mark and continue to flow back. However, the turmoil of the past two years has etched some lasting changes in […]

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