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Hedge funds and asset management firms are expected to increase bonuses for their employees by an average of 7% this year, according to a new research by Greenwich Associates.

Money managers’ pay will come under pressure in 2018 as the asset-management industry scrambles to manage rising costs and increased competition from cheaper passive funds, according to Greenwich Associates.

Last week I heard of a bank that employs 40,000 compliance officers — which seems incredible. So perhaps it’s not surprising that regtech expenditure for fixed income trading desks alone tops $20bn, according to a Greenwich Associates report.

Industry data show that corporate debt issuance doubled from about $750 billion in 2005 to $1.5 trillion in 2016, noted Kevin McPartland.

“It’s also a good time to be young,” William Llamas noted in the 2017 Asset Management Compensation report. It is also good to have a technical focus.

According to Greenwich Associates, 94 percent of the 46 sell-side fixed-income traders taking part in a recent study said they are spending more time speaking with compliance.

“The problem with futures contracts is that they are regulated derivatives that are based off underlying trading in unregulated markets,” said Richard Johnson.

By next year, some 75% of financial firms will either explore or implement artificial intelligence technologies, according to Greenwich Associates. 

As McPartland recalled, 5 milliseconds was considered a fast execution speed 10 years ago. Today, 5 milliseconds is positively glacial compared with 50 microseconds, which is about how long it takes for an exchange to match a trade.

New Greenwich Associates report finds RegTech spend will bring about compliance checks and improve tools for sales traders.