本文报导日本对冲基金用人需求升温，开始在当地增设「business development specialist」作为人才球探。时间为2026-01-15 17:24 UTC+8（原始：2026-01-15 17:24 GMT+8）。Dymon Asia Capital、Polymer Capital Management、Lighthouse Partners 等已在日本配置此类职能，Point72 Asset Management 亦在东京开缺；Dymon Asia Capital 管理资产规模为US$6.5 billion，并于前一年聘用 Kenji Harashima 负责日本业务开发。
结构性背景是日本市场在通膨回归与利率上行下带动债券交易，并在公司治理改革推动下使股价与交易活动走强。文中提及日本约US$8 trillion债券市场「苏醒」，以及年度并购与相关交易达到约US$350 billion的纪录水准，促使基金在 equities、macro、quant 等策略上同时扩编，并把人才搜寻从兼职升级为全职机制。
需求端由 multistrategy、multimanager「pod-shops」扩张推动：Goldman Sachs（2025年10月报告）指出其2017–2025年合并人力以年化21%成长，资产规模在同期间「超过三倍」。在供给端，球探多自银行体系转入（如 Bank of America prime brokerage、UBS、Morgan Stanley），以资料与履历指标筛选、验证 track record、风格适配与稳定性；Dymon 的东京办公室约20人，其中约2/3为投资人员，并试图快速增加，强化日语与在地公司访谈能力带来的边际优势。
The article describes a hiring surge in Japan hedge funds that now includes dedicated talent scouts labeled business development specialists. The timestamp is 2026-01-15 17:24 UTC+8 (original: 2026-01-15 17:24 GMT+8). Firms such as Dymon Asia Capital, Polymer Capital Management, and Lighthouse Partners have hired locally, and Point72 Asset Management lists a Tokyo opening; Dymon Asia Capital manages US$6.5 billion and hired Kenji Harashima for Japan business development the prior year.
The demand is tied to Japan’s market revival: returning inflation and rising rates are reviving bond trading, and corporate governance reforms are supporting equities and deal activity. The piece cites an approximately US$8 trillion bond market “waking up” and record deal volumes around US$350 billion, prompting funds to recruit across equities, macro, and quantitative strategies and to professionalize sourcing as a full-time function.
Expansion of multistrategy, multimanager “pod-shops” is a key trend: a Goldman Sachs report (October 2025) says their combined headcount rose at a 21% annualized rate while assets more than tripled from 2017 to 2025. Many scouts are recruited from banks (e.g., Bank of America prime brokerage, UBS, Morgan Stanley) to screen data on skills and performance, test track record and fit, and win candidates to move; Dymon’s Tokyo office has about 20 people, roughly two-thirds investment staff, and is trying to grow quickly to capture Japan’s liquidity and language-driven edge in company access.