Hedge Funds
Although not actively publicised, the market has seen Hedge Funds rise in prominence substantially over recent years; 7 Fifty Two Solutions has established a specific team with over 7 years of experience to work directly with Hedge Funds to deliver the highly-specialist individuals and skill sets required. We are pleased to say that 7 Fifty Two provides both IT and business resources to a significant number of the global Hedge Funds trading as of today, from centres from London, to New York, Moscow and Tokyo.
These highly powerful yet specialised, niche organisations have required extensive investment in time and resources and truly sets 7 Fifty Two apart as a recruitment business. Building on our reputation within technical recruitment across banking and finance, has enabled 7 Fifty Two to rapidly establish itself as a major recruiter to this highly specialist sector, both with Prime brokers and Hedge Fund managers alike. Hedge Funds typically vary in size from $2 billion to $25 billion assets under management, structured through a cross-section of trading strategies, from ‘event driven’, emerging markets, fund of funds, to fundamental equity.
Recruiting for some of the top strategy, quantitative research and analytical teams, both in the City and globally, highly desirable skills include:
- Algo, Mathematics, Stochastic calculus, Monte Carlo simulation,
- Credit, Equity, Mortgage, Foreign Exchange, Interest Rates and Risk
- C#, .NET, C++, Java, Excel, SAS, Matlab, VBA and VB
Candidates we work with have a range of experience in areas including:
- Strategy
- Structuring
- Portfolio Modelling
- Quantitative development and research
- Analysis and research
- Middle office trade support and reconciliations
- Back office operations
One key area where we recruit for the Hedge Funds on an ongoing basis, is at the ‘graduate ‘ entry level. The one common factor for most, if not all Hedge Fund companies, is the hunger to attract the very best talent, who they can train and grow within their own framework.
It is here that 7 Fifty Two attract and deliver PhD level candidates to all our clients, developing careers in both IT and business related areas. The typical background would be highly numerate and quantitative in nature, eg Physics (Astro or Nuclear), or Mathematics itself.
If you are either looking to hire, or enter a career into this exciting world, you should be talking with our team.