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As recently reported in Risk Talent Associates 2010 Professional Compensation Survey covering Capital Markets, growth in total compensation is strongest for risk management jobs titled Senior Associate/Manager and Director, but negative for Senior Vice President and Chief Risk Officer.  In surveys prior to 2008, total compensation for Managing Director exceeded $800,000 and total compensation for…

Risk management jobs total compensation is strongest for junior and mid-level risk managers in terms of years of experience and titles, as was recently reported in Risk Talent Associates 2010 Professional Compensation Survey covering Capital Markets.  Risk professionals who received the highest increases in total compensation are those with 7-10 years of experience at a…

For risk management jobs in asset management, total compensation was on the rebound in 2009, after declines in 2007 and 2008, as reported in Risk Talent Associates 2010 Professional Compensation Survey covering Asset Management.  Based on data gathered in 2010, jobs in risk management saw total compensation grow 4%, salaries remained flat to slightly negative…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 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…

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…