Alpha compiled its 2007 Hedge Fund Compensation Report based on the participation of more than 800 professionals at nearly 600 single-manager hedge fund firms and nearly 100 professionals at more than 60 firms that specialize in funds of hedge funds. We asked each participant to provide his or her 2006 salary, bonus and total compensation. The results for these components were tabulated individually. In addition to salary and bonus, the total compensation may include net profits and other cash compensation in U.S. dollars. All responses are confidential. The responses were checked for validity; the normal high and normal low amounts presented in the tables are the upper and lower bounds computed at a 90 percent confidence level. The results published in Alpha magazine were tabulated using only responses from professionals at single-manager firms. Those reported here are shown separately for single-manager firms and fund-of-funds firms.
This report was developed by Associate Editor Michele Bickford, compiled under the guidance of Director of Research Operations Group Sathya Rajavelu and Senior Editor Jane B. Kenney, with assistance from Research Specialist WeiQing Lu and Researcher Katie Gilbert.
