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Hedge Funds
This sector contains all our jobs in hedge funds. Hedge fund managers have traditionally been the outsiders of the financial services world. Most are highly successful former traders or fund managers who've decided to go it alone with a hedge fund career. The name 'hedge fund' comes from the idea that money managers can hedge their bets to ensure they make money - whether the market goes up or down. One method of making money in a falling market is through so-called, 'short-selling.' Short sellers first borrow the stock they believe to be over-valued, and then sell it on at that price. When the price (hopefully) falls, they buy the stock back at the lower price and return it to the lender.
Hedge funds typically fall into one of several categories, depending upon their investment strategy. These include: Global macro funds (funds focused on global trends rather than movements in particular stocks); event driven funds (funds that attempt to profit from one-off events such as mergers and acquisitions or bankruptcies); or relative arbitrage funds (funds that aim to exploit differences in prices for the same products). A relative arbitrage fund would buy where it's cheaper and simultaneously sell where it's more expensive.
Because hedge funds are considered risky, investors can also put their money into 'funds of hedge funds'. These invest money across several different hedge funds with the intention of spreading the risk.
Various hedge fund jobs are listed under this sector, including analysis (analysing the companies, markets and financial products a hedge fund invests in); sales and marketing and investor relations (liaising with investors and helping sell the merits of the fund).and trading (executing the investment strategy and buying and selling financial products). Hedge fund traders are often pure execution traders, who operate largely according to an analyst's recommendations.
Hedge funds also employ an array of people to work in risk and in functions like HR and compliance in order to help their business operate effectively.
Many hedge funds are based in Switzerland, particularly in Zurich. London's Mayfair area is a centre for hedge fund recruitment in the UK. In the US, hedge funds are frequently based in New York and Connecticut. And Singapore is a growing hedge fund centre in Asia.
As the hedge fund industry has grown, it has become more open to institutional investors. As a result, there is an increasing overlap between jobs in hedge funds and those in traditional long only asset managers.
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| HEDGE FUND INVESTMENTS - Senior Analyst | Newton Recruitment up to £50k + bonus + benefits | UK-London | 16 May 12 |
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A unique opportunity to work within the Investment Management team directly for a Pension Fund where the team ...
| Head of Risk Management | Citifocus £Excellent Package | UK-London | 16 May 12 |
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Key purpose of the role will be to develop, implement and subsequently manage a detailed and robust risk frame...
| Hedge Fund Manager - London | Carlton AN Highly competitive | UK-London | 16 May 12 |
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London Based; My client is a top CTA hedge fund that is looking for senior quantitative researchers with their...
| Fixed Income Sales - Hedge Fund | Carlton AN Very Competitive | UK-London | 16 May 12 |
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London; My client is a top Fixed Income Hedge fund with over 1 billion AUM looking to expand its sales team.
| EU Cash Equity Crossing Engine / Internalisation 001 | NJF Search International 130000-220000 | UK-London | 16 May 12 |
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Order flow optimisation, internalisation / matching / crossing of orders, automated hedging, risk optimisation...
| Fund of fund sales – London – £Excellent | Rostron Search Excellent | UK-London | 16 May 12 |
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Our client, a leading European fund of hedge funds, is looking for a proven institutional salesperson to join ...
| Financials Credit Analyst for Leading Global Asset Manager | NJF Search International Excellent remuneration | UK-London | 16 May 12 |
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NJF Search is currently searching for a credit investment analyst to focus on investment grade and high yield ...
| Entry Level Quant Required by Leading London Hedge Fund to work on Systematic Trading Strategies | NJF Search International Upto £80k basic and excellent packages | UK-London | 16 May 12 |
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A leading London based Hedge Fund is seeking a talented, PhD level Quant Researcher to work on their Systemati...
| Quantitative Prop Traders Required by Leading Global Investment Bank - Europe, USA or Asia | NJF Search International Up to $300k base and % of PnL (potential... | UK-London | 16 May 12 |
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One of the world's foremost investment banks is currently looking to expand their quantitative prop trading gr...
| Quantitative Risk Manager | NJF Search International Highly Competitive Total Compensation Pa... | UK-London | 16 May 12 |
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Our client is a Global Investment Bank looking to hire an experienced market risk manager for their Fixed Inco...
| Senior Hedge Fund Risk Manager | NJF Search International £300,000 - £400,000 Total Compensation | UK-London | 16 May 12 |
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Global Multi-Strategy Hedge Fund is looking for an outstanding Senior Risk Manager with extensive Rates & Cred...
| High Frequency Data Specialist | Westbourne Partners base and bonus | UK-London | 16 May 12 |
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My High Frequency Fund in London is looking for a data specialist with immediate effect. Candidates will have ...
| Securities: FICC, Global Commodities, Europe Hedge Fund Sales, Analyst | Goldman Sachs. Competitive | UK-London | 16 May 12 |
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The Hedge Fund Sales desk within Global Commodities provides liquidity, market information and trade ideas to ...
| Client Account Manager - Fund Services (Associate) | Morgan Stanley Competitive | UK-London | 16 May 12 |
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Morgan Stanley are looking for an experienced client account manager with exposure to Hedge Fund clients to jo...
| Real Estate Equities Research Analyst with Execution Experience | Not Disclosed Competitive | UK-London | 16 May 12 |
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A leading Hedge Fund Manager requires the services of a Real Estate Equities Research Analyst.
| Investment Risk Business Analyst | Empiric Solutions £450 - £650 per day | UK-London | 16 May 12 |
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Business Analyst with solid experience within Asset Management required to deliver Investment Risk solution fo...
| Leading hedge fund is looking for quantitative risk manager to develop front office risk platform in London | Selby Jennings Risk Team Base Salary of circa £100,000 + exceptio... | UK-London | 16 May 12 |
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• Quantitative Risk Manager | Hedge Fund • Base Salary of circa £100,000 + exceptional bonus potential • Lon...
| Equity Sales Analyst | The Spinoff Report® 29000 | UK-South East | 16 May 12 |
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Equity Research firm is looking for additional Sales Analyst to ultimately have responsibility for analysing a...
| Middle Office Operations Hedgefund | Kennedy Pearce excellent market plus bonus | UK-London | 16 May 12 |
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My client seek a bright, professional Operations Analyst with previous experience at a top tier investment man...
| Credit Analyst, Real Estate Investments - Global Investment Fund | Greenwich Partners Exceptional base and bonus | UK-London | 16 May 12 |
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Top performing credit hedge fund is looking to add an analyst to focus on real estate investments
| Equity Research Analyst, Activist Long Short Hedge Fund - Strategy Consultants, Bankers, Sell Side wanted | Greenwich Partners Outstanding six figure potential | UK-London | 16 May 12 |
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Top hedge fund based in London is looking to add an equity research analyst
| Equity Analyst - Global Long Short Hedge Fund - Consultants, Bankers, Sell Side professionals sought | Greenwich Partners Base guide to £80,000/ £90,000 with sign... | UK-London | 16 May 12 |
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This outstanding US long / short European hedge fund is now looking to add an Equity Research Analyst to their...
| Operational Risk Manager | Saxton Leigh c£60000 | UK-North East | 16 May 12 |
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Our client is a leading financial services house with international operations. They are currently looking to ...
| Hedge Fund- Investor Relations | City of London | (a) | Selby Jennings Buyside £ Highly Competitive + Bonus + Benefits | UK-London | 16 May 12 |
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My client are an asset manager specialised in providing institutional clients investment opportunities in cred...
| Operations Engineer – ULLHFT Firm – London | NJF Search International Highly Competitive and Above Market Rate | UK-London | 16 May 12 |
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High Frequency Trading - Support – Proprietary Trading Firm - Exchange Connectivity - FIX - SQL - Scripting - ...
| Italian or German Speakers- Client Services | City of London | (a) | Selby Jennings Buyside £60,000 + Bonus and Benefits | UK-London | 16 May 12 |
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I am looking for German and/or Italian Speakers who have RFP experience to join an Asset Manager to be based i...
| Business Developer/Fundraiser | City of London |(a) | Selby Jennings Buyside £ Highly Competitive + Bonus + Benefits | UK-London | 16 May 12 |
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A specialist manager who offer investment opportunities in infrastructure and real estate are looking to expan...
| Infrastructure Associate- Investor Relations - | City of LDN | (a) | Selby Jennings Buyside £55,000 + Bonus and Benefits | UK-London | 16 May 12 |
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A specialist fund manager who offers investment opportunities in infrastructure and real estate are looking to...
| Sales / marketing support – $1Bn+ alternative investment firm | Mirage Recruitment Limited £25-35k & bonus, maybe more for someone... | UK-London | 16 May 12 |
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This is a junior support role within the sales & marketing function of a well-established & successful alterna...
| Director of Operations for Global Asset Management/Fund of Funds | Selby Jennings QRF £70,000 - 110,000 base salary + exceptio... | UK-London | 16 May 12 |
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Due to the rapid expansion of this dynamic fund into new products and markets tthere is an increasing need for...
