does anyone know which hedge fund this is?
there is a job posting on glocap for a hedge fund based in westport, CT that has the following description. does anyone by chance know the name of this hedge fund???
The firm manages global investments for a wide array of institutional clients, including foreign governments and central banks, corporate and public pension funds, university endowments, and charitable foundations. It is a highly entrepreneurial company, driven to success by: its process, its people, and its culture. They have invented, and keep inventing, superior approaches to investing and technology. They have fueled this innovation by recruiting talented, creative people from all backgrounds and promoting an invigorating and collaborative work environment. The firm is committed to the constant pursuit of excellence, and the belief that a meritocracy of ideas, not hierarchies, drives decision-making.
They are looking to hire the next generation of investment thought leaders. They seek candidates of all backgrounds who have the creativity, initiative, and intelligence to lead the Firm through current and future challenges.
They are based in Westport, Connecticut.
What are the keys to their success?
- A meritocracy of ideas: Argue. Criticize. Confront. Challenge. If they let bureaucracy and hierarchy guide their decisions, they won't get all the
best ideas. That is why they insist on a culture in which the best ideas win, regardless of who is expressing them or how they are expressed. Everyone
is required to generate ideas and actively participate in their objective critique and evaluation.
- Constant improvement: Never stop inventing. Sophisticated investors demand exceptional returns, world-class service, and seamless infrastructure and controls. They can deliver on this promise only if they stay at the cutting edge in understanding their markets and their business. No matter how good their performance, their systems or processes, they always focus on making them better.
- Principled management: Ask how things should be. Spot the obstacles. Reflect deeply on their root causes, and then answer with logic that will guide you and others to achieve these goals now and into the future. Capture this logic in simple language, and then share it. When the entire company acts in this way, this is management not through whim or fiat or hierarchy, but through principles. This is the type of management they strive for at the Company.
Bridgewater, no brainer
it's obviously bridgewater.
Probably Bridgewater.
it's either bridgewater or it's a smaller fund pretending to be bwater...
http://www.linkedin.com/jobs?viewJob=&jobId=1225697
That's your answer.... same ad.
Thanks guys. I'm a PE guy who's interested in making the move to the HF world, but admittedly not very knowledgeable about the different players.
Do you have any thoughts on what it takes to get a job with them (i.e., what they look for in candidates)? Are they open to people with MM PE backgrounds? Please forgive my ignorance. Thanks.
Bridgewater is out there, even by hedge fund standards. They're known for having a very unique and strongly enforced "culture" and Ray Dalio, the founder, is a big advocate of his personal life philosophy. There's been a lot of discussion (here and elsewhere) if you search for it.
Place is strange, the people I met while interviewing were absolute tools. I have heard good things about the research side though, be prepared for a group debate on some irrelevant topic if you get an interview. Only upside to my trip down there were the two smokeshow blondes working the front desk.
Thanks for the feedback/help. And sorry for asking the question about Bridgewater since obviously I should have done a search first.
They are a weird bunch - you better be ivy league or at a top PE shop if you want a chance for an interview
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