Salary Expectations for AM associate

I am an economist with 5 years experience in sell side research. I have a final round interview for an associate position in FX strategy at a pension fund ($50+bn AUM). What sort of comp should I be expecting here? I'm in Canada where pay is lower, but not substantially lower, than NYC.

My current comp is $95k all in.

My expectation is ~$90-100 base with a 50% target bonus for ~$150k all in. Does this seem reasonable?

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