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In 2009, for energy risk professionals with 16 years or more of experience their bonus amount is a greater portion of their total compensation than their salary.  This is not the case for energy risk professionals with less years of experience.  View the actual bonus to salary break-down for 2008 and 2009 in Risk Talent’s…

Risk Talent’s 2010 Professional Compensation Survey covering Energy jobs in risk management reported that growth rates in total compensation are highest for risk managers with more than 16 years of experience.  Total compensation for energy risk management professionals with more than 16 years of experience in 2008 was $389,000 compared to a growth in 2009…

Risk Talent Associates, an executive search firm for energy risk professionals in risk management jobs, found in their 2010 Compensation Survey covering Energy that there are many positive indicators for the energy segment.  92% of respondents reported receiving a bonus for 2009. Job movement is slightly down with 21% of respondents reporting a job change…

Risk Talent Associates, a risk management recruiter, which executes Chief Risk Officer recruiting and executive searches for risk management and financial compliance professionals at leading financial services and consulting firms around the world, recently announced their findings for their 2010 Compensation Survey covering Energy.  Overall, compensation growth for risk professionals in energy has slowed.  This…

As recently reported in Risk Talent Associates 2010 Professional Compensation Survey covering Asset Management, risk management jobs based in Europe and New York earned the most compensation.  This was followed closely by the northeast United States.  As in years past, cash and non-cash bonuses drive differentiation between regions while salaries remain more consistent across geographies. View…

Risk Talent’s 2010 Professional Compensation Survey of Asset Management professionals in risk management jobs revealed that Enterprise risk professionals (13% of respondents) receive the highest total compensation, exceeding professionals who focus on a single risk area including Market Risk (49% of respondents), Credit Risk (20% of respondents) and Operational Risk (7% of respondents). See results below…

Michael Woodrow, President and Founder of Risk Talent Associates, a risk management recruiting firm, was asked to speak at The HedgeWorld Fall Fund Services Conference held on October 21, 2010 at The Metropolitan Club in New York City. Two sets of panels were run concurrently throughout the day:  one set geared toward investors, the other toward managers.  Michael…

Over 225 risk professionals representing asset management participated in this year’s Risk Talent Associates salary survey, and risk management professionals at alternative investment firms have the highest average total compensation.  This result is impacted largely by the bonus that risk management professionals receive in alternative investment jobs.  For Alternative Investments, the average bonus as a…

Risk Talent’s 2010 Professional Compensation Survey of Asset Management  professionals in risk management jobs revealed that as the financial system has stabilized, job movement has declined:  23% of respondents report changing jobs in the last two years versus 29% in the previous survey.  This trend will possibly change again in 2011 as 35% report they…

Global Risk Jobs, an online niche job board featuring high profile jobs in risk management and regulatory compliance, recently re-launched their website to connect qualified employers to skilled people in market, credit, operational and enterprise risk, quantitative finance, risk technology and financial compliance. Global Risk Jobs is the “authority” in risk management and regulatory compliance…