After a tumultuous year that saw compensation for many hedge fund professionals plummet, compensation for 2009 is expected to be up, according to the 2010 Glocap Hedge Fund Compensation Report.

Unlike other reports, The 2010 Hedge Fund Compensation Report derives its compensation data from a combination of actual placements executed by Glocap Search, candidate data maintained by Glocap in the course of its search business and input from Glocap recruiters, fund professionals and human resources personnel: these factors make this the industry’s most detailed and accurate compensation planning tool.

Here’s what others say about the Glocap compensation reports:

"Glocap's 'Hedge Fund Compensation Report' has proven to be a critical resource in our recruitment process, as well as annual compensation reviews and budget planning. We have found the data to be well-researched, reliable, and up-to-date. These are critical factors that set Glocap's report apart from other compensation surveys, in our experience"

-Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel, NY-Based Hedge Fund Manager (US$1BN AUM)

The 2010 Glocap Hedge Fund Compensation Report analyzes base salaries and bonuses for professionals with nearly 40 different job titles at U.S.-based hedge funds and hedge fund of funds including Investment Professionals, Traders, CFOs, COOs, Fund Marketers, Information Technology, Risk Management, Operations, Accounting, Legal & Compliance professionals and Administrative & Executive Assistants. The report provides exclusive insight compensation levels by assets under management, performance, and years of relevant experience.

The 2010 Report features:

  *Blended data that combines fund size and fund performance for each professional’s years of experience, making it easier for users of the report to find the appropriate data

  *Compensation data for investment professionals segmented into four different levels of experience (1-2 years, 2-4 years, 5-9 years and 10+ years of experience)

  *Fund size categories that reflect the current state of the hedge fund market and where we’ve seen distinct compensation boundaries ($0-500 mln, $500 mln - 3 bln, $3-10 bln and $10 bln +)

  *Detailed data on infrastructure positions including several accounting, operations, risk management, IT and fund marketing positions

  *Special analysis on P&L compensation structures and deferred Compensation

In addition to the details behind the numbers and other insights, you will find answers to the following frequently-asked questions:

  *Do funds that lost significant amounts of AUM compensate their professionals as the larger funds they used to be, or at the smaller funds they now are?

  *How did 2008 Hedge Fund performance affect ’08 bonuses, and how in turn will 2009 compensation will be affected?

  *Why, despite the presence of high-water marks that in many cases will leave funds with no incentive fees, are those same funds still paying bonuses this year and where they are getting the funds to do so?

  *Which professionals are being subjected to deferred compensation and how much is being deferred?

More than 40 job titles are covered by the report, including:

Investment Professionals
Analyst
Junior Analyst
Senior Analyst
Trading Assistant
Trader
Head Trader

Non-Investment Professionals
Risk Management
Risk Programmer
Risk Analyst
Risk Manager
Director of Risk Management
Fund Marketing
Client Services Professional
Investor Relations/Marketing Professional
Fundraising Professional
Head of Investor Relations

Infrastructure/Accounting
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Operating Officer
Accounting Manager
Assistant Controller
Controller
Fund Accountant
Senior Fund Accountant
Traders Assistant
Operations Associate
Senior Operations Associate
Director of Operations/Operations Manager

Information Technology
Project/Program Manager
Business Analyst
Director of IT/IT Manager
Chief Technology Officer
Quality Assurance Analyst/Manager
Junior Programmer/Analyst
Senior Developer/Programmer
Tech Support Administrator
System Administrator
Network Administrators/Engineer
Architect
Legal/Compliance General Counsel/In-House Counsel
Assistant General Counsel
Chief Compliance Officer
Mid-level Compliance Professional
Junior Compliance Professional
Paralegal

Fund of Funds

Junior Analyst
Analyst/ Senior Analyst
Strategy Head

Administrative & Executive Assistants