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+121 Best path to a pod? 47 3d
+103 Top Long Only vs Small SM HF 33 12h
+102 Quant PM - Q&A 98 3d
+83 How many MM PMs make 100M+ lifetime PnL? 80 1w
+56 Jane street suing MLP 44 3d
+52 Where do quants go after they peak? 40 1w
+49 Dreams of L/S role. For now, UBS ER vs no-name AM LO? 27 3w
+48 Investment principles 13 6d
+46 Can someone please provide an opinion on Tiger Global now? 95 3w
+45 Best Public Markets Gig? ER, MM HF, SM HF, or LO AM? 13 3d
+44 Getting current shop to match another offer 17 3w
+43 How to start a family office (HF rainmaker) 17 2d
+42 Analyst to PM 28 3w
+39 Starting my career - small startup HF (under 300 mil AUM) vs. MM IB? 11 5d
+34 Moving from Distressed/Opportunistic Credit HF to Real Money Credit Analyst 8 2w
+34 Law to Quant Pivot? 10 2d
+32 Analysts Launching Out of MM 29 2d
+31 How to Know if HF L/S industry is for me? Wealth Management instead? Feel lost 8 1w
+29 How to move from prop to MM for quant? 6 1w
+29 Realistic HF Career Earnings 30 2d
+28 Vitol posts $13B profits for 2023 28 1w
+26 Event Driven / M&A Arb Interview Process - How to Prepare? 14 1d
+26 Point72 Modeling Test/1st Stage Interview 25 3d
+26 Evaluating offer to join $5-10bn SM straight out of banking. 23 2w
+25 Q1 MM HF performance 10 3w
+24 Rates RV to Macro Rates Pod 4 2w
+23 Starting Personal Account 12 19h
+22 Advice for Incoming Structured / Securitized Credit HF Analyst 4 1w
+22 Looking for a Fund Manager to partner with to start a new fund. 17 11h
+21 1q multistrat returns - exoduspoint and balyasny not looking too hot 4 3w
+21 People who work at hedge funds, what made you interested initially? 13 1d
+21 How to destress at Pod HF? 8 1d
+20 Need urgent advice: How difficult is it to go from LO to L/S or MM fund? 11 1w
+20 Career Trajectory for Data Scientists in HF 6 1w
+19 HF Final Round Interview 4 5d
+19 Hedge Fund WLB 6 2d
+18 Alpha Measurement in Macro 8 2w
+18 MM Hedge Fund vs Prop Trader 15 2w
+18 Possible exits from BB role below 1 2w
+18 Repairing relationship with PM 10 1w
+17 $100m Hedge fund offer - what comp should I ask for? 9 6d
+17 Most appealing public credit seats out of RX? 1 5d
+16 Best sellside starting point for top credit HF 13 2w
+16 Can you pitch a stock as a long if all brokers rate "Buy" and still be differentiated? 5 3d
+16 good fundamentals, bad chart 8 2d
+16 Which Funds focus on timing the broad market rather than L/S individual equities? 10 1d
+15 Sharpes for Bus Dev for MM 11 4w
+15 Can working in alt data help me exit to L/S investing? 5 3w
+15 Paying for Alpha while getting Beta ?? 3 3w
+15 Don’t feel I fit in HF industry 3 2w
+15 Do You Make Estimated Tax Payments? 3 1w
+15 How smart do you need to be a quant? When did you realize this was a career option/desirable path for yo? 4 1w
+15 What happened to Deccan Value Investors? 9 1w
+15 CRE Team at Credit Oriented Hedge Fund 3 3d
+15 CRE Team At Credit Oriented Hedge Fund 0 4d
+14 MBB to biotech ER (and ultimately HF). Which ER firm to target? 10 2d
+14 Hedging Factor and Systematic Risk 12 2w
+14 Best degree for Global Macro HF 6 5d
+14 You have a 5x5 matrix. The numbers 1,2,3,4 and 5 appear in every row and in every column exactly once.... 15 6d
+14 Path Dependency in Investing Careers 1 3d
+14 Any R course recommendations? 11 7h
+13 Advice please: Pivoting to macro or quant from l/s equity 8 5d
+13 Breaking into Quant. How could I best position/reorient myself into a quant role? 5 2d
+12 Tech or Healthcare team 5 2w
+12 HL RX NYC vs CHI for HF exits 9 1w
+12 What is a unique example of a quantitative trading strategy? 9 1w
+12 Rolling Futures Systematically 1 1w
+12 Building Model for Consumer Retail Company 4 3d
+11 Thoughts on spec sales 6 13h
+11 References at Current Shop When Recruiting? 3 2w
+11 Convertible note hedging 3 6d
+11 L/S Equity vs Credit 5 2d
+11 Move from Sell Side algo trader to AM (or HF) 2 6d
+11 Best time to email hf investment professionals? 10 1w
+11 FTC Bans Non Competes 11 3d
+11 Would/Do Private Credit Hedge Funds Pay Advisory/Origination Fees? 2 3h
+10 Long-only Equity Research switch to L/S Hedge Fund? 7 3w
+10 Coffee with MD 2 3w
+10 Viking time horizon? 17 1w
+9 Looking for feedback on Convertible bond thesis 30 1w
+9 Best Decision to get into Quant Positions? 1 3w
+9 Equity Research Data Sources 1 3w
+9 POINT72 ACADEMY 2024 INVESTMENT ANALYST PROGRAM FOR EXPERIENCED PROFESSIONALS 11 22h
+9 Developing an eye for macroeconomic data and market narrative 7 2w
+9 Australia: Boutique fund management company graduate salary expectation 1 2w
+9 Part-time consulting and non-compete 1 1w
+9 Distressed credit - public vs private? 1 1w
+9 Exit ops from Valuation/Pricing quant role 1 1w
+9 Infra PE to HF 3 4d
+8 CLO at HF vs Private Credit offer 8 3w
+8 Stock Pitch help/how to choose catalysts 13 3w
+8 HF with no experience from GSB? 15 6d
+8 Working US hours in London 8 1w
+8 What happened to Neil Chriss? 0 1w
+7 Thoughts on Crypto Hedge Funds 1 3w
+7 Biotech hedge funds playing in PIPEs 5 2w
+7 Learning to be a good LO investor? 5 1w
+6 Listen to earnings/conference calls or read the transcripts? 3 3w
+6 Citadel FCAT software issue 2 1w
+6 Updated Thoughts on Maverick Capital in 2024? 1 2w

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