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All of our jobs in hedge funds are listed in this sector. Hedge fund managers are usually the outsiders in financial services. Most are former traders or fund managers who have been very successful and as a result have now chosen to work independently with a hedge fund career. The phrase "hedge fund" has come from the idea that money managers can hedge their bets to make sure they make money no matter which way the market goes.

One way of making money in a falling market is through "short-selling." Short sellers first borrow the stock they think is valued too highly and then sell it on at that high price. If the price falls as they expect, they purchase the stock back at a lower price and return it to the initial lender.

Hedge funds usually fall into one of a few types, depending upon investment strategy. These may include global macro funds (funds focused on global trends rather than any movement in particular stocks), event-driven funds (funds that aim to profit from single events such as mergers and acquisitions or bankruptcies) or relative arbitrage funds (funds that exploit differences in prices for the same products). A relative arbitrage fund would buy something where it's cheaper and at the same time sell where it's more expensive.

Investors can also put their money into "funds of hedge funds" because single hedge funds are risky. These aim to invest money across a number of different hedge funds in order to spread the risk.

We list a number of various hedge fund jobs here, including areas such as analysis (analyzing what the hedge fund plans to invest in), sales, marketing and investor relations (these positions meet with investors and sell the merits of the fund), and trading (actually executing the developed investment strategy and buying and selling financial products). Hedge fund traders are execution traders. They do not make judgments on their own but mainly trade on the recommendations of the analysts.

Hedge funds also employ in other sectors. They will need people to work in risk and in HR and compliance to keep the business running smoothly.

A large number of hedge funds are based in Switzerland, particularly in Zurich. In the U.S., hedge funds are frequently based in New York and Connecticut. Meanwhile, Singapore is a growing center for hedge funds in Asia.

As the hedge fund industry expands, it has become more likely to take on institutional investors. This means that there is increasing similarity between jobs in hedge funds and those in long-only asset management.

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Hedge Fund Business Analyst Wellington Management Competitive Boston, MA 19 Jun 13

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QA Manager at a Hedge Fund Fusionfind LLC Competitive base/bonus Boston, MA 19 Jun 13

Hands-on QA Manager

Senior High Frequency Trading Systems Architect & Developer Not Disclosed Competitive with experience New York City, NY 18 Jun 13

We are a small sophisticated proprietary trading/hedge fund firm specializing in global equity strategies and ...

C++/Unix Programmer Stevens Capital Management LP OPEN Radnor, PA 18 Jun 13

Working with distributed multithreaded systems

Quantitative Financial Analyst Stevens Capital Management LP OPEN Radnor, PA 18 Jun 13

Conducting quantitative finance research

Quantitative Research Analyst Stevens Capital Management LP OPEN Radnor, PA 18 Jun 13

Quantitative finance research with a focus on statistical and predictive models

Sr C++ Developer - Financial Trading Infrastructure Stevens Capital Management LP OPEN Radnor, PA 18 Jun 13

Designing and developing distributed, multithreaded systems.

Text Mining Sentiment Analyst Stevens Capital Management LP OPEN Radnor, PA 18 Jun 13

Conduct text mining and sentiment analysis on large news data

C++ Developer Stevens Capital Management LP OPEN Radnor, PA 18 Jun 13

Developing new software as well as enhancing existing systems

Fixed Income Analyst Stevens Capital Management LP OPEN Radnor, PA 18 Jun 13

Use numerical and statistical techniques to design and develop yield curve models.

Quantitative equity researcher, medium frequency, New York Carlton Senior Appointments $125000 - $150000 per annum, Benefits: P... New York City, NY 18 Jun 13

Great opportunity to join a growing hedge fund and work on cutting edge quantitative research.

High Frequency Traders required for growing US office of European prop firm Campbell North £100-150k base plus generous P&L New York City, NY 18 Jun 13

Our client is one of the strongest HFT prop firms in Europe, they already have an established presence in the ...

Quantitative Researcher/Data Scientist - working with a key team in an established prop trading firm Campbell North up to $200,000 base plus 100% first year... New York City, NY 18 Jun 13

I am currently working with one of the most exciting quantitative trading firms in the US. They are at the fo...

Software Engineers - Tech Industry into Algorithmic Trading Campbell North $100,000 - $200,000 salary + competitive... New York City, NY 18 Jun 13

A leading algorithmic trading firm with multiple US offices is making a selection of key technology hires from...

Rates Quant - Fixed Income Quantitative Research - Director OCG - Obtain FO ( Front Office ) Competitive New York City, NY 17 Jun 13

We are currently working with an alternative asset management firm headquartered in London, they are currentl...

Investment Analyst Not Disclosed Competitive New York City, NY 17 Jun 13

Analysts support the portfolio managers in financial analyst and trading activities, during which time they ar...

Quantitative trader, top hedge fund Carlton Senior Appointments very competitive New York City, NY 17 Jun 13

A great opportunity for a talented person to take the next step in their career and join a very well regarded ...

Director of Marketing (Taft-Hartley) Comprehensive Recruiting 250,000 New York City, NY 17 Jun 13

A multi-billion dollar asset manager headquartered in Chicago with offices throughout the US is adding a senio...

Quant Trader - bank - 2013-14 guarantee package DTG Capital Markets Sr VP/Exec Dir level base + bonus New York City, NY 17 Jun 13

Major bank''s buy-side algo trading desk seeks mid-to-sr level Quant Trader (Equities, Options, Futures)

Risk Analytics Programmer- Hedge Fund Comprehensive Recruiting $110k-130k basic salary, plus bonus Manhattan, NY 17 Jun 13

Computer Science grad with excellent hands-on programming skills needed to join NYC Hedge Fund. Requires betw...

Quantitative Analyst/ Developer – Trading Operations – Algorithmic Hedge Fund – New York or CT Capital Chase Competitive New York City, NY 17 Jun 13

Quantitative Analyst/ Developer – Trading Operations – Algorithmic Hedge Fund – New York or CT

Senior Programme Director - Investment Banking - Ex-Management Consultant - Permanent Mondrian Alpha $$$ New York City, NY 17 Jun 13

A Global Investment Bank in New York requires a delivery focused Senior Programme Director for a business crit...

Private Equity Jr Fund Manager / FoF Analyst Michael Page International - US Base Salary & Bonus New York City, NY 17 Jun 13

Well regarded Sovereign Wealth Fund with over $40 BN in AUM is looking to add an experienced professional to t...

Java Developer next generation market data platform – San Francisco GQR Global Markets $120,000 - $160,000 + bonus San Francisco, CA 17 Jun 13

We are searching for two agile Java developers to work on a greenfield (no legacy) market data platform; API, ...

Java Developer next generation market data platform – Chicago GQR Global Markets $120,000 - $160,000 + bonus Chicago, IL 17 Jun 13

We are searching for two agile Java developers to work on a greenfield (no legacy) market data platform; API, ...

Senior C++ Software Engineer – Chicago GQR Global Markets $130,000 - $160,000 + bonus Chicago, IL 17 Jun 13

A 100 person quantitative trading firm (predominantly prop but also client money) is searching for two senior ...

Head of Financial Engineering – MD – New York GQR Global Markets $200,000 - $240,000 + bonus New York City, NY 17 Jun 13

We are looking for a senior quant that has significant management experience to head of a 25 person quant anal...

Quant Hedge Fund Seeking Systems Engineer/MySQL Database Engineer – Greater New York City Area, USA GQR Global Markets highly competitive New York City, NY 17 Jun 13

A world-leading quantitative hedge fund is seeking an experienced Systems Engineer/MySQL Database Engineer/Arc...

Market Data and Execution C++ Software Engineer – Chicago GQR Global Markets $120,000 - $150,000 + bonus Chicago, IL 17 Jun 13

A 100 person quantitative trading firm (predominantly prop but also client money) is searching for two senior ...

Senior C++ Software Engineer / developer with real-time trading experience – Chicago GQR Global Markets $130,000 - $140,000 Base + 30-50% bonus Chicago, IL 17 Jun 13

I'm working with a 100 person high and medium frequency trading firm that has both prop and fund activities. T...

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