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I interviewed there a long time ago. The culture is VERY academic, lots of professor types, alot of people who would rather talk financial theory than about the World Cup. Keep in mind this was a Portfolio analytics job and i was the only one interviewing without a PHD, so dont judge the whole company based on this.

Interesting place though, they had great employee retention, and from what i heard great benefits (free food and gym on campus)

 

I'm BUMPing this thread.

Anyone know how prestigious this firm is? And I know that the company has great retention, but what are the potential exit ops (Business School, other HF's, etc.) for say quant analyst/trader position?

 

They manage a part of the Ziff family's assets & utilize a combo of alternative & value investing. Split off from OZ back in 2001, run similar size money, but hold less names & are longer-term investors. Know a few of their MD's - they're all a happy bunch.

All the world's indeed a stage, And we are merely players, Performers and portrayers, Each another's audience, Outside the gilded cage - Limelight (1981)
 

OZ is well known for merger arb & roughly 1/5 of their investments are in US equities. ZBI is more of a classic bottom up shop. Different strokes for different folks, so couldn't answer your second question - that is for you to decide. OZ, however, is definitely the bigger name of the two.

All the world's indeed a stage, And we are merely players, Performers and portrayers, Each another's audience, Outside the gilded cage - Limelight (1981)
 

I'd say actually say the ratio of US equities at both shops is higher these days, given the big decline in emerging markets. between the two, OZ has the higher exposure of non-US. ZBI went into LATAM a few years back, but this has cooled down for obvious reasons..

All the world's indeed a stage, And we are merely players, Performers and portrayers, Each another's audience, Outside the gilded cage - Limelight (1981)
 

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