You’re going for a job at a big multistrategy hedge fund when another big multistrategy hedge fund comes along and wants to hire you. You’ve already signed the contract, but the new offer is sufficiently differentiated to make you think […]
Tag: Hedge Fund
Millennium is amassing big beasts of hedge fund tech in Miami
It’s not just Ken Griffin who’s hiring in Miami. Millennium Management, the hedge fund founded by Izzy Englander is also building out its Miami technology hub, and is massing some of its most senior engineering staff in Florida in the process. […]
Hedge fund Millennium made a big technology hire from Citi
As we reported last week, hedge fund Millennium Management is building out its technology team under CTO Vlad Torgovnik. Its latest big technology recruit is drawn from Citigroup. Leon Stiel, Citi’s global head of cross asset ETF technology, is joining Millennium in […]
A Hong Kong hedge fund is on a massive hiring spree
A Hong Kong-headquartered hedge fund is on the lookout for fresh local talent and is also plotting global expansion. Infini, a multi-strategy head fund, is looking to hire at least ten portfolio managers in Hong Kong and has recruited a […]
The cheap course that will get you a $1m job in a hedge fund
When Risk.Net published its list of top quantitative Masters in Finance courses earlier this month, one stood out above the others: the Baruch Masters of Financial Engineering (MFE) produced graduates that earned more than the rest, putting it above Princeton, Berkeley, […]
This is how much Two Sigma pays in London
Hiring at hedge fund Two Sigma is skewed towards engineering talent. Accounts just released for its operation in London show that 31 of its 43 employees in 2020 were engineers, six were modellers, and six were corporate staff. Working in […]
How to dress for a hedge fund interview
Unless you’re out soliciting money from high-net worth clients, the dress code at most hedge funds is rather ambiguous. Most people don’t wear suits, though some do. Others dress business casual or will even wear jeans. A trader at a […]
Témoignage : « Je suis analyst dans un hedge fund et mon porfolio manager s’accapare mon bonus »
L’année est presque terminée. Si vous travaillez dans la finance, c’est un moment particulier où nous pouvons regarder en arrière et réfléchir aux leçons apprises, être reconnaissants envers nos familles et nos collègues. Un temps pour … hahaha, je rigole. […]
Voici la journée-type d’un trader systématique dans un hedge fund…
Certains des meilleurs jobs dans le trading actuel sont pour les traders systématiques travaillant avec des hedge funds quantitatifs. Ce sont des traders qui conçoivent des stratégies de trading en utilisant des modèles informatiques, qui tradent automatiquement. C’est un travail qui […]
The Financial Crisis Killed Hedge-Fund Performance
I have long been interested in hedge funds and their managers. We have regularly looked at issues such as changing fee structures, higher-than-rational expected returns, general cost and performance issues, and why investors keep shoveling money to the funds. My Bloomberg News colleagues Katherine […]