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Lawyers See New Opportunities Working in a Hedge Fund

December 28, 2015

The new millennium saw a fresh meme come to the fore—outsourcing. Rooted in lessons learned after the enactment of the North American Free Trade Agreement in January, 1994, outsourcing became the new normal across the broad spectrum of American business. Because corporate management is often guilty of “group think”, it raced to outsource anything and […]

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Will Poor Hedge Fund Performance Crash Job Prospects?

December 14, 2015

It is no secret that hedge funds, in the aggregate, are seeing dismal gains this year. Of course, there are outliers, firms such as Maverick Capital, reportedly enjoying double digit gains, while on the other side of the proverbial coin, we have juggernauts such as Greenlight Capital on the path to posting its first loss […]

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Competition for Hedge Fund Jobs Heats Up

November 30, 2015

Hedge fund performance tends to suffer in a bull market and the current bull market is on the cusp of moving into second place for longevity, unseating the 1949 through 1956 run, which currently holds that distinction. The bull market has taken the lion’s share of the blame for the havoc wreaked on hedge fund […]

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Are Headhunters on the Path to Extinction?

November 16, 2015

Technology and innovation have disrupted countless industries over the past several years, not the least of which is the recruiting industry. In the recent past, headhunters, the proactive agents of recruiting firms, would be on the front lines and phone lines seeking the best talent for the clients they represented. Frequently, headhunters reached out to […]

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Will Yellen’s FOMC Consider Sub-zero Interest Rates?

November 2, 2015

The curious concept of a central bank employing negative interest rates to affect desired economic outcomes is not the theoretical musing of an eccentric economics professor. At least one non-voting FOMC committee member suggested that a below zero fed funds rate might be appropriate for the balance of 2015 and beyond. In remarks subsequent to […]

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Are Hedge Funds Achieving their Primary Directive?

October 19, 2015

Just over one month ago, Alpha Calling posed the question of whether or not hedge funds could and would meet investor expectations in the turbulent market conditions experienced since August 25, 2015. A Few Early Results In early September, the Lyxor Hedge Fund Index had risen 0.4% after plunging 3.3% in August. Year-to-date, Lyxor reports […]

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Continued Rate Uncertainty Flatlines Hedge Fund Job Prospects

September 21, 2015

With the most recent FOMC meeting in the rear view mirror, we have a few short weeks of relative certainty. As Alpha Calling suggested in its previous post, an argument that favored a rate hike was a difficult one to articulate. The committee obviously agreed, voting 9 to 1 against raising the fed funds rate—for […]

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