Hedge Fund (or alternative investment) Jobs in the Caribbean
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on 10/18/10 at 7:21pm
Hello all,
I posted something similar in the AM forum, but I wanted to get some Hedge Fund specific responses. The title basically says it all - I'm looking for hedge fund jobs that are physically located IN the Caribbean. Any information would be greatly, greatly appreciated!





There are a lot of
There are a lot of reinsurance business units located in Bermuda.
A lot of the big multi-strategy funds have reinsurance units:
Generally, they only hire underwriters. Here is PDF that you may find useful:
http://www.conyersdill.com/uploadedfiles/Article%2...
KevinNYC - Thank you for that
KevinNYC - Thank you for that great article. It really got me thinking. I had never really thought much about the insurance business, but this was very interesting. I'm going to do some reading on the industry right now, actually. Hopefully I have some better questions for you later on...but immediately after reading the article...some things that stood out:
"Bermuda has a long-established hedge fund industry with blue chip fund managers that is the envy of many world financial centres"
...Definitely sounds like there are hedge fund positions available down there.
"Bermuda has also attracted and nurtured a sophisticated insurance service provider industry made up of high quality law firms, auditors, banks and captive insurance managers. Further, all of the major brokers now have offices in Bermuda handling both insurance and reinsurance products."
...Sounds like there are great jobs in a lot of other industries available as well...even in investment banking!?
"In addition to hedge funds (whether they be Bermuda based or overseas) investing in or establishing new reinsurers in Bermuda, an increasing number of hedge funds have become interested in offering protection to reinsurers through the execution of insurance derivative products (typically weather catastrophe swaps, catastrophe bonds or similar derivative contracts).
...Derivatives!? Math isn't really a specialty for me. How limited is that going to make me in this region?
...I might email this lawyer and see if he's looking for any intern-types? I just graduated from a good liberal arts school with a History degree and a decent g.p.a. It might be a good way for me to get introduced to the business culture down there and see what I'm the most into.
Thanks again!
Glad I could help. You may
Glad I could help. You may find the certifications and exams here valuable as well:
http://www.aicpcu.org/