Asset Management Career paths

Hi together

can anyone help me. Researching about career path in asset management heading for a Portfolio manager position- but not that successful… Can you directly become a junior/assisting portfoliomanager or do you have to start in research (and for how long)?

What are the steps (compared to analyst, associate,…) and how long does it approx. take to go to jump to the next?

Thanks,

Aniratha

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Careers in AM are less structured than their IB counterparts. Its based around your performance more than it is about the years you've been around. The smaller the organization, the looser the structure.

 

Not sure. Bridgewater has a 100k base + 30 min bonus, last year anyway. Similar to other top hedge funds. I am not sure what BB internal funds will pay, I would assume it will be a bit lower - but I am sure it varies. Small hedge funds will pay less as well.

 

depends can be instant, can take forever, no set path manage client portfolios = broker/advisor? = immediate manage portfolios = pm = can take a while as you go through the different steps

If you specify what kind of clients you are talking about, I could be more helpful

 

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