Subject: Marketers compensation
From: "Arlene Busch" <[email-masked]>
To: "Schwerin Eric" <[email-masked]>, "Biden Hunter" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 06:59:54 -0700

Hedge Fund Marketers See Total Pay Increase 20%
A new industry survey finds hedge fund marketers could take home 15-20% more in total pay this year.

The survey, "2011 Marketer Compensation Report," was conducted by human capital advisory firm Alpha Search Advisory Partners, which polled over 166 executive-level marketers across a variety of hedge funds, according to a statement from the firm.

Findings from the report show that hedge fund marketers earned an average of $580,000 in 2010, which means that the total pay for them in 2011 would increase to nearly $700,000.

According to the report, compensation levels are highly correlated with the firms' asset flows and amounts under management. For example, marketers at firms with over $650 million in assets earned an average of 36% more than those working at smaller firms.

Findings also show that hedge funds are relying more on their marketers to not just attract capital, but to also help keep it.

The marketers included in the survey had an average of 12 years of experience in marketing alternative investments, and 75% of them worked in firms with at least $1 billion in assets under management.

Arlene Busch
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312-498-9595