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Salaries: Asset Management (U.S. & Canada) – Q1 2023

  • ,  Senior Investment Writer |
  • 02 Nov 2022
  • Updated 03 Apr 2023

Salary Survey Round-up: Front, middle, and back-office roles

How does your remuneration package compare with those across the industry? The Savvy Investor Content Team has updated this unique list of the best U.S. and Canadian asset management salary surveys covering a range of roles in the investment, pensions, and finance industries.

This update includes, amongst other recent survey data, insights into investment banking, accounting & finance.

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U.S. Quant Starting Salaries 2023 (QuantNet)

The 2023 QuantNet ranking of Financial Engineering, Quantitative Finance masters programs in the US provides detailed information on placement and admission statistics as well as salary.

U.S. Investment Banker Salary and Bonus Report 2023 (Mergers and Inquisitions)

For compliance reasons, this paper is only accessible in the United States

When you see stories about “outrageous bonuses” or “Wall Street greed,” you know it has been a good year for bankers. And when most stories are about layoffs or people pushing back their planned retirements, you know things are bad. That leads us to this salary and bonus update for 2023.

2023 U.S. Accounting, Finance & Real Estate Salary Guide (Hays)

This report covers hiring trends and insights from over 3,610 employers and professionals. Featured roles for Savvy Investor readers include accounting, finance, and real estate roles.

U.S. UK & EU Compliance and Financial Crime Salary Guide 2023 (Compliance Professionals)

This survey covers compliance and financial crime roles across the UK, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Ireland, and the U.S.

U.S. Actuarial Salary Survey 2022 (D. W. Simpson)

For compliance reasons, this paper is only accessible in the United States

DW Simpson is proud to provide the 2022 Actuarial Salary Survey. Each year we conduct a survey of the actuarial industry to provide the most accurate and timely data available, making our Salary Survey the industry standard.

U.S. Actuarial Salary Survey 2022 (Actuarial Careers)

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We are excited to present the results of our 2022 Annual Actuarial Salary Survey. The information presented below represents responses to our confidential Salary Survey Questionnaire, which we sent to more than 40,000 actuaries.

U.S. Public Pension Investment Manager Salary Survey 2023 (Texas Tribune)

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This database of compensation for Texas state employees is published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. We publish this information because we believe that disclosing how tax dollars are spent is in the public interest.

U.S. Venture Capital Executive Compensation Survey 2022 (Morgan Stanley)

Key trends identified in this report: average headcount by revenue and capital raised; averaged valuation, funding, and revenue for private companies; cash and equity compensation for founders & non-founder executives; cash and equity compensation by region; and remote work participation.

Executive & Investment Compensation Review 2023 (Global Governance Advisors)

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In assessing the competitiveness of compensation at CalPERS, GGA has generally compared the Midpoint Salary, Target Total Cash Compensation and Target Total Compensation at CalPERS to both the public and private sector.

Executive & Investment Positions Compensation Review 2023 (McLagan)

The California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) asked McLagan to assemble competitive compensation data for selected executive and investment management positions from its Board-approved compensation comparator group.

Canada Provincial Accounting & Finance Salary Guide 2023 (Randstad)

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This salary guide covers many roles in the Canadian provinces including accounting and finance.

U.S. Accounting & Finance Salary Guide 2023 (Randstad)

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Compensation has always been king. But now, with inflation intensifying wage pressure and a job market rampant with resignations and driven by job seekers — it may be more important than ever.

UK & U.S. Private Credit, HY, HF & PE Salary Survey 2023 (High Yield Harry)

This survey covers U.S. roles in private equity, private credit, direct lending, high yield, investment banking, and real estate credit. UK salary data covers direct lending and PE.

Wall Street Pay: Bankers vs. Traders vs. Private Equity 2023 (eFinancialCareers)

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Bonuses this year were mostly disappointing, but who was disappointed the most? A new salary and bonus survey reveals the differing fates of financial services professionals at different levels and in different roles in the industry. The survey received around 900 responses, from a wide variety of banks and private equity firms.

2022 North American PE Operating Professional Compensation Survey (Heidrick & Struggles)

Our latest survey of private equity operating professionals in North American shows a more dramatic increase in compensation than we have seen, a trend that is being reflected across all private equity positions.

Hedge Fund Salary Guide (Wall Street Oasis)

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Professionals working at hedge funds need to be capable of representing real-life investment opportunities in a structured format, weighing risk and return, estimating value, and conveying information.

Hedge Fund, PE & Asset Management Salary Guide (JW Michaels & Co)

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The data appearing in this compensation report were collected by comparing invoiced placements made by JW Michaels in 2021. U.S. hedge funds, asset management and private equity roles are covered.

U.S. Accounting and Finance Salary Guide (Robert Half, 2021)

For compliance reasons, this paper is only accessible in the United States

Robert Half supplies the latest information on hiring trends, salary tables, and job specs for U.S. accounting and finance roles.

U.S. Entry-level Quant Salary Guide (QuantNet)

This guide highlights the average starting base salary plus sign-on bonus for the top U.S. universities for those pursuing a career in quantitative finance.

U.S. Financial Services Compensation Guide (Johnson Associates, Mar 2022)

Major key takeaways are that incentives are up as the impact of the pandemic continues affecting back-to-work moves and employee fatigue accumulates. Moreover, there is an optimistic 'bubble' in financial services and the broader economy, which is building base salary pressures.