Most Hedge Fund Employees Unsatisfied With 2016 Compensation

The majority of hedge fund executives are unsatisfied with their compensation despite the fact the majority of fund managers are making more money in 2016 than 2015, a year when most hedge funds generally underperformed the S&P 500 once again. The 2017 Hedge Fund Compensation report, surveying compensation practices from 200 of the world’s largest hedge funds, showed fund managers who made $300,000 to $500,000 received the largest bump in earnings while the low end of the hedge fund pay scale, making less than $50,000 per year, received the least.

Hedge fund Pay among top earners is largely dependent on bonus

The more hedge fund compensation that was dispensed...