Small SM HF Comp

It's that time of the year to get a sense of what the comp number should be. I currently work for a small SM HF ($250mm AUM with 1/10 structure). What should the comp be for an analyst if the fund's performance for the year is 10% (pretty shitty, i know)? If it helps, I have 1 year of prior buyside experience.

EDIT: Number of Employees = 5 and PnL on my names covered = $3mm

Thanks!

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I mean it'll depend on headcount as well -- total revenue for this year would be 2.5M in management fees and 2.5M in performance. Subtract out whatever overhead exists and then the PM will take a large cut and whatever else is left will be distributed among the analysts. If this is a 3 person shop, you're probably doing pretty well and could clear 500k this year. If this shop has 7-8 people of varying seniority covering 250M in AUM then you're going to make a lot less as the junior most member at the firm.   

 

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