Joining a HF that refuses to fundraise on principle?
I have an offer from a mid/large sized SM. The fund has practically not raised since inception due to a philosophical focus on returns rather than asset gathering. They have a strong track record and returns have been great, almost all of the current AUM has been generated in the fund, and LP’s are all locked in and loyal. Yet I am wondering if it is a negative for a fund to refuse to fundraise from a fund economics perspective as an employee. FWIW, the comp is well above market even for hedge funds and have many datapoints confirming that the economics are generous.
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What’s AUM or AUM/IP? Easy to be arrogant about fundraising if already 5bn and lean. But if LPs leave and/or performance suffers, they will most likely revisit.
AUM/IP is 700-1000m/IP and fund size is in the low-mid billions.
Personally think it's a good sign, assuming their AUM is 1b or more. Shows to me that they have a very strong understanding of their strategies/alpha and the market opportunity for those strategies.
If their AUM is much smaller than that, then it's probably a very niche strategy, for which a long-term future is unlikely if history is anything to go by. Likely avoid in this case.
AUM is well above 1b. It is a multiple of that number.
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