Hedge funds which may be hiring - in six to twelve months' time

If you're looking for a hedge fund job in the near future, you could try Brevan Howard in Geneva. According to Bloomberg, Brevan wants to hire around 35 people in the Swiss city by the middle of next year. Bloomberg doesn't state whether these will be people traders or support staff, but most are likely to be the latter.

However, if you're not keen on moving to Geneva and are prepared to work for a start up hedge fund in London, then Financial News has an interesting list of hedge funds which have listed in London in the past three months.

We've reproduced this below, plus their FSA registration details, which give contact numbers and email addresses. Please note that NONE are enthusiastically hiring immediately. One might be hiring half heartedly, but won't welcome calls. All said they may be hiring sometime next year - if things go well. Keep this list, revisit it in June.

1) BlueQuant Capital Management

FSA page: Click here.

What and who? Market neutral arbitrage fund investing in a portfolio of developed market equities primarily focused on Western Europe. Starting out with under $10m. Set up by former Credit Suisse prop trader Yves Bentz

What they said about hiring: No plans yet, maybe in 12-18 months.

2) OVS Capital

FSA page: Click here.

What and who? Event-driven European equity-focused fund founded by Sam Morland of multi-strategy firm HBK Capital Management.

What they said about hiring: No plans yet, waiting to see how things pan out.

3) Nightscape Capital

FSA page: Click here.

What and who? A value focused credit fund taking liquid positions across the whole capital structure. Set up by the senior team who left Sandelman Partners, a multi-strategy hedge fund, last year.

What they said about hiring: No plans to hire anyone within the next six months.

4) Paris Capital

FSA page: Click here.

What and who? $50m relative value hedge fund founded by the former management team at Belgium's KBC Alternative Investment Management arm.

What they said about hiring: They'd anticipate increasing in size, but are likely to fill vacancies by word of mouth.

5) SkyLine Capital

FSA page: Click here.

What and who? Global long/short equity fund focused on emerging markets. Founded with friends' money by former manager at Nevsky Fund and head of public sector at Barclays.

What they said about hiring: They're not hiring right now.

6) Sorrell Capital

FSA page: Click here.

What and who? Global opportunities fund with a "long/short discretionary, global macro strategy." Set up by Robert Sorrell, ex-Goldman banker and son of WPP chief executive Martin Sorrell.

What they said about hiring: They're not hiring now, but might be by the middle of next year.

7) TRG Management UK

FSA page: Click here.

What and who? EMEA office of Emerging markets asset manager The Rohatyn Group.

What they said about hiring: They're fully staffed and have hiring plans.

8) Warwick Capital Partners

FSA page: Click here.

What and who? European distressed and special situations fund set up by the global credit team at Polygon Investment Partners.

What they said about hiring: No hiring plans right now, but may reconsider if capital growth happens faster than anticipated.

9) Zedd Capital

FSA page: Click here.

What and who? Long/short equity fund founded by David Staton, a former Goldman, Merrill, Tribeca and CQS employee.

What they said about hiring: Yes, they're hiring. Probably by word of mouth, no comment on who, don't want to be deluged with telephone calls.