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+169 Q&A: Non-Target School to Portfolio Manager at a Top Hedge Fund – 6 Years Out of Undergrad 35 45s
0 NFL/NBA/NHL/MLB or IB/PE/HF to Maximize Prestige + Lifetime Earnings? 4 46s
+3 Start-up / Commodity Pool Operator 2 16s
+3 Credit Rating Agency to Private Credit switch 0 20m
+26 Interesting juncture: L/S Hedge Fund or MM Private Credit? 4 25m
+4 Best coding courses for HF Analysts 6 1h
+15 Prep for Hedge Fund Interviews 11 1h
+15 MM BD people make LSD/MSD $m?? 16 1h
+7 I'm interning at a prestigious hedge fund this summer, but have been studying CS. What should I learn? 3 2h
+7 Analyst at C/M/P72 in London - How to Get to New York in the Future? 2 3h
+2 How to ramp coverage on semiconductors? 4 4h
+6 Generalist HF/AM in TX & FL 3 4h
+12 Credit comps 6 5h
+6 Delta 1 primer 1 6h
+19 London HFs 8 11h
+24 Notable hedge funds in Switzerland? 17 14h
+16 Road to Working at a Hedge Fund? 14 16h
+4 DE Shaw SA 2025 13 19h
+4 Thoughts on Goldman Investment Strategy Group vs Bridgewater Investment Engineer vs QT at Major Prop Shop 3 21h
+4 Moyer / distressed applicability to UK 4 1d
+9 10 years in EM sellside - want to relocate to US 1 1d
+11 Silver Point Interview 7 1d
+9 Best path from Infra PE in Asia to HF in London or US (MBA in US?LBS MiF?) 3 1d
+14 Large HFs in SF / Bay Area 10 1d
+12 JD or CFA for Distressed Debt/Activism? 2 1d
+6 FoF analyst vs Prop Trader out of UG? 1 1d
+6 Litigation Financing 3 1d
+16 Point72 Academy Case Study 37 1d
+47 Investment principles 15 2d
+21 Which of the next generation pods will be most successful? 12 2d
+3 Soon to launch fund 2 2d
0 Financials L/S at Point72 4 2d
+8 Asset based finance for defense 3 2d
+9 Blackrock hedge fund interview 5 2d
+7 Blackrock Opportunistic Credit / Special Situations Credit Hedge Fund? 7 2d
+230 Best SM seats in 2024? 125 2d
+18 2025 Full-Time HF 7 3d
+98 If and when to move to a pod? 30 3d
+30 Tell Me I'm Crazy: I Want to Start My Own Financial Advisory Firm 7 3d
+8 HF SM Analyst Comp ($2-3B AUM) 10 3d
0 Segantii shutting down 1 3d
+12 Does private credit kill HFs? 8 3d
+1 Path to HF from LMM PE? 2 3d
+11 Planning around HF 13-F Filings 6 3d
+5 Asif Suria's Book on Special Sits Investing 3 3d
+19 Head of Macro 9 3d
0 Meteora Capital 1 3d
+28 Advice ahead of a pair trade presentation - HF interview 9 4d
+2 Emailing for Distressed Debt HF internship 4 4d
+6 Macro P72 6 4d
0 Path to HF from MBB 2 4d
+95 Do you regret going into public markets investing? 50 4d
+15 Old Fund Refusing To Cooperate As A Reference (Starting Competing Fund) 12 4d
+10 resources to teach fundamental models for L/S at pods 3 4d
+8 Advice for incoming SA at MM HF 8 4d
+1 Screening for Recent Insider Transactions 2 4d
+3 ER at lower tier shop to MMHF? 5 4d
+13 What to do/learn about with 3 months free time before FT for HF prep? 11 4d
0 Wolf Hill Capital 0 4d
0 Citadel Securities - Salary & Bonus - Quantitative Research Data 5d
+6 Importance of MBA for HF recruiting 6 5d
0 Best BofA groups for HF placement? 3 5d
+7 Breaking into HF 10 5d
+28 College search for getting into HF 26 6d
+11 King Street 2024 14 6d
+42 Comp Ceiling for MM / multi strat SM L/S analysts? 23 6d
+18 Is fundamental L/S equity a dying strategy? 19 6d
+7 Point72 Academy Associate 11 6d
0 In a biotech ER seat (no advanced degree) —> should I change coverage verticals if I want to be at a HF 1 6d
+3 Arena Investors - NY 12 6d
+21 % hit rate on quarters 14 6d
+6 Why are activism seats so coveted? 4 6d
+9 Path to Eliott or other activists? 2 1w
0 Do Hedge Fund Managers/Owners pay Self-employment tax on their management fees? 1 1w
+8 For Ex-ER Analysts now HF Analysts, what are the differences in modelling techniques / requirements you've come across 6 1w
0 What do HF’s ACTUALLY invest in? 1 1w
+37 Background check issues 6 1w
+19 How to approach Consumer L/S ideas 6 1w
+9 Hedge fund comp London 7 1w
+13 HFs with ECM Strategy 18 1w
+10 Questions from Incoming Undergrad about Recruiting 1 1w
+13 Interested in Biotech HF 17 1w
0 Coliseum Capital 0 1w
+12 BB Systematic Trader or Quant at a new hf pod 2 1w
0 Who do I cold email 1 1w
+17 Optimal hf salary negotiation 4 1w
+1 SM HFs that take undergrad interns? 3 1w
+76 Pod Shop Regret 25 1w
+21 How to learn more about Cyclicals? 6 1w
+3 Updated Thoughts on Canyon Partners? 3 1w
+15 How buttoned up do cold email pitches need to be? 3 1w
+15 Point72 Academy Experienced Professionals Case Study 3 1w
+4 What HFs hire out of undergrad? 15 1w
+3 Infrastructure and Energy transition hedge fund 6 1w
+7 Non-Quant in Macro HF? 5 1w
+5 SM L/S London base salary expectations 17 1w
+20 Interning in Macro 10 1w
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