The Report

A Comprehensive Guide to Hedge Fund Compensation

Annually, the publishers of Hedge Fund Jobs Digest, conduct a comprehensive compensation survey to reveal insights into the changing landscape of hedge fund compensation. The results are published in Q4 each year and tell an interesting story.

There are typically three primary drivers in the compensation formula: experience, performance of the fund, and size of the fund. Regarding fund size, bigger is not necessarily better. Although the hedge fund industry is often referred to as a meritocracy, the report indicates a disconnection between individual performance and fund performance. Primarily a North American based report, the data also includes responses from the UK and around the world.

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Get the Facts.

With more than 25 detailed charts and graphs, we have prepared this report to help you learn about hedge fund compensation practices and benchmark market rate compensation. Some of the data includes:

  • Base vs. Bonus – broken out by level of earnings
  • Expected Final Compensation This Year vs. Last Year
  • Average Compensation by Title
  • Cash Compensation by Fund Size for most common titles
  • Full table of Earnings by Title (mean and ranges)
  • Hours Worked per Week
  • Vacation Earned vs. Taken
  • Upside Sharing by Title
  • And MUCH more!


Reliable Sources.

The Hedge Fund Compensation Report is based on compensation data collected directly from hundreds of Portfolio Managers and employees from hedge fund firms, both large and small. Over the years firms such as Bank of New York Mellon, Barclays Global Investors, Citigroup, Fountain Advisors LLC, HSBC, Kellogg Capital Group, Lansdowne Partners, UBS, Black River, and Deutsche Bank have participated in the survey.

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