Survey Respondents Report Seniority

April 1, 2008

Respondents to our 2007 survey on hedge fund compensation were asked to characterize their level of seniority relative to others in their firm. Seniority in a firm may be less closely tied in the hedge fund industry, than elsewhere, to years of overall industry experience, partly because mobility is high and partly because raw talent […]

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Range of Hedge Fund Employee Compensation in 2007

March 28, 2008

Here’s 2007 hedge fund compensation in a nutshell. This chart is excerpted from the latest Hedge Fund Search Digest Compensation Survey, which had responses from individuals representing over 200 firms. Note that not all ranges on the vertical axis are of the same size. Increments are of 50,000 up to 300,000.

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Hedge Fund Equity Research Analyst Job in New York

March 28, 2008

You could spend hours each week looking at uninformative or repetitive hedge fund job posts. A helpful job post is concise and tells something about the hiring firm, the responsibilities of the position, and the required qualifications, without a lot of unnecessary “filler”. Here’s an example. Equity Research Analyst, Long/Short Hedge Fund , New York, […]

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Dimon is Playing the Bear Stearns Deal Perfectly

March 25, 2008

JPMorgan’s CEO, James Dimon, is playing the markets, press and Bears Stearns investors perfectly. He knows exactly what he is doing and is executing with precision. Yesterday we learned that JPMorgan sweetened the deal now to $10 USD a share, up from a shocking $2 original bid. Dimon was quoted in the Wall Street Journal […]

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Realize There’s a Challenge Out There – Kevin Collins – Part 2

March 24, 2008

This is the second of a two-part interview with Kevin Collins, a capital markets recruiter who has made his career with April International in New York. In his words, “a recruiter’s biggest mission is to let people know what they’re worth in the marketplace.” Please give an overview of your firm. The firm was founded […]

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Hedge Fund Jobs Interview Question: The Macro Cube

March 24, 2008

Although you probably won’t be given a Rubik’s Cube to solve during your hedge fund job interview, you should be ready to solve a puzzle of some sort. Make sure you think through the question before jumping into an answer. And, for goodness’ sake, answer the question that is asked! Nothing decreases your chance of […]

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The Stearns Effect: Investment Banking and Hedge Fund Job Market

March 18, 2008

This morning CareerDiva.net wrote about the effect of Bear Stearns on the job market. “You commit yourself to a company, as many of these employees did and then one day, whammo…. all the workers, from the top down, saw themselves as part of a family….” This is a very similar situation to the thousands of […]

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