Hedge fund Rokos Capital Management pays its people $500k per head. They might not like that
It’s hard to imagine being unhappy with a cool half million paycheck, but when you work at a hedge fund, you have high standards. Especially when you work at a hedge fund with a track record of paying nine figures.
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Results were posted last week in London for a variety of subsidiaries that are collectively known as Rokos Capital Management, including Rokos Capital Management LLP and Rokos Services (UK) Limited, for the period ending 31 March 2025.
Topline figures were fantastic: revenue increased from £445m ($599m) in the period ending March 2024 to £1.2bn ($1.6bn) in the period ending March 2025. Operating profit almost quadrupled as a consequence, going from £266m ($358m) to £925m ($1.2bn).
Rokos Capital Management, in turn, invested in its rank-and-file. Group headcount at Rokos Services (UK) Limited went from 197 people to 248 people. It also increased average pay significantly: from £329k ($444k) to £374k ($505k).
$505k per head is significant. But one person appears to have benefitted more than others from Rokos Capital Management's exceptional year. Accounts filed for the LLP showed that one person at the fund earned £477m ($642m). This is thought to be the fund's founder and CIO, Chris Rokos.
The firm’s other 22 members (UK legal jargon for partners in a partnership), most of which are portfolio managers, each took home average pay in March 2025 of £21m ($28m) after Rokos’ apparent cut, up from £9.4m ($13m) in the previous period.
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