As recently reported in Risk Talent Associates 2010 Professional Compensation Survey covering Capital Markets, risk management jobs based in New York and the Mid-Atlantic earned the most compensation in the U.S. As in past surveys, risk management jobs, and specifically risk managers based in Europe, Asia and New York command greater total compensation than…
Month: November 2010
In 2010 Risk Management Headhunter Puts Market Risk Professionals on Top
Risk Talent Associates, a risk management headhunter, reported that in 2009 market risk professionals and enterprise risk professionals received more salary and bonus pay than other risk professionals. In their 2010 Professional Compensation Survey – Capital Markets this risk management headhunter concluded that these differences are still driven by more substantial cash and non-cash bonuses for…
Risk Management Recruiting Firm Joined by Top Players in Risk
Being in the field of risk management recruiting, I am occasionally asked to speak at risk management industry events. Last week, I spoke to the PRMIA (Professional Risk Managers’ International Association) chapter in New York City. I participated in a panel covering “The Future of Risk Management as a Profession” at Columbia University with other interesting…
Risk Management Headhunter Speaks at PRMIA Event
As a risk management headhunter, on Wednesday, November 17th, I participated in PRMIA’s New York City event titled The Future of Risk Management. Two panels spoke to the audience of 75 participants at Columbia University Business School. The first panel included Michel Crouhy, Head of Research & Development at NATIXIS. He spoke about the future of…
Risk Management Headhunter Speaks at RMA Roundtable
As a risk management headhunter, on Tuesday and Wednesday, November 16th and 17th, I had the pleasure of speaking at the RMA market risk and counterparty risk roundtable meetings in New York City. RMA hosts these events twice per year for senior risk managers at RMA member firms and usually invites a risk management headhunter…
Risk Management Jobs Capital Markets Compensation Rebounding
Risk Talent Associates 2010 professional compensation survey covering risk management jobs in capital markets shows that total compensation in 2009 returned to levels we saw between 2003 and 2004. Jobs in risk management saw their salaries grow by 2% and bonuses by 4% between 2008 and 2009. See the chart below: Go here for the full…
Risk Management Recruiter Reports Asset Management Bonuses Up
Michael Woodrow president of Risk Talent Associates, a risk management recruiter, was recently quoted in Pensions & Investments on Risk Talent Associates’ 2010 professional compensation survey covering risk professionals in asset management. The report released this fall showed total compensation for risk professionals in asset management rose 4% in 2009. The increase was driven largely…
Chief Risk Officers 2009 Comp in Alternative Investments
This fall, Securities Technology Monitor reported on Risk Talent Associates, the leading risk management recruiting firm, survey covering 225 risk managers at institutional fund firms, hedge funds, funds of hedge funds and insurance firms. The survey reported that the total compensation for chief risk officers and managing directors at the alternative funds averaged $937,707 in…
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Risk Management Headhunter Completing 2010 Speaking Schedule
Michael Woodrow, founder and president of Risk Talent Associates, is completing his 2010 speaking schedule with four events in November and December. After speaking at the Hedgeworld conference in NYC in October, Woodrow will discuss hiring and compensation trends at the RMA Market and Credit Risk roundtables in November, as well as related issues on…