AM performance fee?

Do associates at BB AM firms get a performance fee as a % of the company performance fee? ive read a lot of AM firms have a 1% fee and a performance fee of 20% of PNL. so do traders get say 10% of that 20% performance fee?

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There can be accounts that are performance fee based, but you wouldn't see any of that. Fee goes to the firm with the PM's (or whatever depending on the structure of the firm) getting a % of the AUM they specifically manage. Associates and everyone else get a bonus based on the overall firm profits and the role they are in. So in a way it's tied to performance, but on the firm as a whole.

Edit: Or maybe the specific desk profits. It really just depends on the structure and size of the firm. Either way, you don't get a specific % of performance.

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ST can do trades for the firm's own account and try to make money, they can make markets in certain securities, and they can do trades for client accounts as directed by PM's. It really just depends and there are a lot of areas of trading and firms that trade for various reasons.

AM mainly manages assets for institutional clients, endowments, etc. They manage a portfolio based on a strategy that they are in. Think long/short, intrinsic value, small cap, large cap, high yield, investment grade, etc.

ST can have a P/L where they get a portion of the profits they or their desk generates while AM PM's are the only ones that get a portion of the assets they specifically manage. There really is no P/L in AM as a PM you generally get a % of your total AUM. Anyone not directly managing the assets as the PM will get a bonus, but it's not a specific % of how well the fund/desk they are on does. So as an Associate, if your desk/firm/fund returns 50% on the year, you don't get like 10% of the 50%. You will probably get a bigger bonus than you would if you returned 10%, but not 5x more.

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No, the stuff mentioned above are different strategies, so you wouldn't decide what strategy the fund or account was doing. You would be working within that strategy. Most all decisions are going to be PM directed and you would just carry out the direction. Maybe they would ask (or you suggest) your opinion on something, but you ultimately have zero call on what you trade or how you position portfolios.

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Analysis, cash flows, studies on impact, performance, reporting, a lot of shit. It's not all glamorous work.

Last post here. Do some research online. Your questions are extremely basic and easy to find answers to on your own and are way too general.

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