MM Turnover Stats

Business Insider had an article recently on ExodusPoint
They claimed that there were 108 PMs to start the year and they ended at 81 PMs.
They also claim 60+ were fired and 36 were hired in the same year.  Suggests something like 50% of PMs at the start of 2022 likely left the firm that year.
These numbers seem incredibly high to me.  How is this possible?  How do other firms compare.

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1mo
impimpimp , what's your opinion? Comment below:

ExodusPoint is an outlier, we can't extrapolate those numbers to the other platforms.

They are closing more and more their L/S business.

Even though the turnover is very high in general in this industry, we can observe the opposite momentum at places like Citadel , Millennium... that are hiring a LOT.

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1mo

What went wrong? Is there any reason to join them over the big 4?

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They raised capital too quickly, had to overhire and brought on some terrible PMs, didn't invest in technology, Gelband hired all of his sons and seemed more preoccupied with giving the middle finger to Izzy than trading... People don't really realize that these platforms are a business. You can pay an extra 1% and promise the world but if you are a bad business manager, you will have a poor business, simple as that

1mo
cm45 , what's your opinion? Comment below:

Market way too crowded. Even infrastructure investors going into the MM market. I suspect a large tail of smaller players could end up shutting down.

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1mo
Silla , what's your opinion? Comment below:

I can't think of a reason to join exoduspoint over Big 4.

And yes, Exodus Point is an outlier in turnover in the past year.

1mo
Phil Leotardo , what's your opinion? Comment below:

What does a PM who lasted under a year managing money do for the rest of their career?

1mo
Silla , what's your opinion? Comment below:

Downgrade shop and have a second chance at PM

Go back to being an analyst at equivalent tier fund

Exit industry and become [insert exit ops ]

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Anchor , what's your opinion? Comment below:

Beneath these track records there are a lot of never-shoulda-been PMs w little books, trying and churning & then a handful of big teams with established PMs who churn not much more than a comparable single-manager. There are very few places SM or MM where you can be bad for 2 yrs straight without having your name on the door

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