A 300% surge in graduate applications this year has prompted Rokos Capital Management, a $15.5bn London-based hedge fund firm, to draw up plans to ramp up its graduate intake programme next year, according to a report by Financial News.
The report cites Mark Edwards, Chief Executive of the firm, that was launched by former Brevan Howard founding partner Chris Rokos, as confirming in an interview that around 2,500 graduates applied for its graduate programme, saying there was “strong competition”.
According to Edwards, Rokos this year hired two students from the London Academy of Excellence Tottenham on a four-year apprenticeship scheme, having a made a substantial donation to the academically selective free school, which caters for 16-19-year-olds living in one of the UK’s most deprived areas.
