+112 54 11h
+98 30 1w
+95 28 5h
+10 Earnings season 2 51m
+15 Interested to hear from average pod PMs 4 1h
+22 Prep for Hedge Fund Interviews 28 1h
+4 How do you justify active management? 17 1h
+240 Best SM seats in 2024? 127 2m
+16 Pershing Square Valuation 6 2m
+14 List of large SMs that still have a longer term investment horizon? 15 20m
+9 Is the Buyside Path Closed to Me After Layoff in Banking? 0 3h
+95 The emotional rollercoaster of trading for HF 28 3h
0 Pod recruiting 1 2h
+2 Good Substacks? 2 4h
+20 Please rate this sub pm deal for me 12 6h
+18 Do Hedge Funds Value Paper Trading Performance Potential Hires? 7 7h
+29 Point72 2025 SA 177 4h
0 What Should I Do With Finished Stock Pitches? 1 7h
0 Making your own HF? 0 5h
+8 Pod Shop FT Offers 8 6h
+8 Viking CIO Ning Jin Departing 12 7h
+27 Advice - IB to Investing (Regret?) 8 6h
+6 In Need of Help from a Hedge Fund SME 0 6h
+17 Point72 Academy Case Study 40 7h
0 Brevan Howard Summer Internship (Undergrad) 0 8h
+835 Anatomy of the 10-K 128 8h
+112 Do you regret going into public markets investing? 54 11h
+10 Barclays HF group exits 6 10h
+3 Moving from CLO at HF to L/S Equity 0 12h
+23 Distressed credit - public vs private? 11 14h
+200 Q&A: First year macro hedge fund analyst 60 14h
+150 Q&A: Head of Macro Strategy at Hedge Fund Taking Questions 71 16h
+19 Q&A: Macro Hedge Fund Trader/PM 21 13h
+720 I'm bored: Macro Hedge Fund PM Q&A 215 14h
+9 Family offices in Switzerland 0 18h
0 Academic Papers on Macro Investing 0 1d
+27 Why did Citadel hit the dumps in 2008? 8 23h
+7 How many Pod PMs are making secret factor bets? 3 1d
+5 Curious about folks’ thoughts on a Pershing US IPO? 15 1d
+48 Can someone please provide an opinion on Tiger Global now? 96 1d
+33 Junior analyst - what to look for? 11 1d
+32 How do I prepare for L/S interviews (Tiger Cubs, Viking, etc.) 18 1d
+5 MM Comp for 2+2 Candidate? 3 1d
+40 Funds that best position you to run your own shop? 26 1d
+12 DE Shaw career advice 10 1d
+19 How is PnL calculated for purposes of determining a portfolio manager's bonus? 10 1d
+1 Am Going to Try this again 2 1d
+9 Is the case study normally the final round? 3 2d
0 Golden age of public distressed 0 2d
0 Treasury at hedge funds 1 2d
+6 How to communicate understanding of intern/junior analyst roles in an interview 1 2d
+9 Ivey HBA + CS/Financial Modelling vs Waterloo + Laurier Math (Mathematical Finance)/BBA 4 2d
+23 Best path from Infra PE in Asia to HF in London or US (MBA in US?LBS MiF?) 12 2d
0 Degree for Global Macro/Quant 0 2d
0 Dubai Investment analyst 2 2d
+30 Risk VS Volatility 7 2d
0 SearchOne Coverage? 3 3d
+34 Working as a Prime Broker 23 2d
+6 Negotiating start date 3 3d
+17 Los Angeles Distressed Debt/SS/Deep Value Shop List? 50 3d
+10 Farallon 17 3d
+3 Meritage Group - Any Info? 1 3d
+18 Does cfa matter? 6 3d
+18 How Long Before Team Gets Cut 25 3d
+34 Undergrad HF Internships? 33 3d
+148 Developing Macro Understanding 54 3d
+22 MM BD people make LSD/MSD $m?? 29 3d
+10 Is HF dominated by Math/Physics/CS/Stats majors? 5 3d
+30 Managing Drawdowns in MM 11 4d
+3 WhiteHawk Capital 1 4d
+9 Part-time consulting and non-compete 2 4d
+6 Moving from SDA in Healthcare to a fundamental seat in a Biotech team 1 4d
+5 MM offer deadlines 4 4d
0 Fucked up my modelling test 0 4d
+1 Choosing major 6 5d
+13 Interested in Biotech HF 19 5d
0 Caxton Associates - Salary & Bonus - Trading Data 5d
0 PM Exit Opportunities 1 5d
+5 ER v.s IB v.s AM for breaking into HF 5 5d
+21 London HFs 9 5d
0 D E Shaw Macro HF career advice 4 5d
+9 HPS - London Office - SS Team 12 5d
+25 Why are so many people here interested in Biotech? 33 5d
+24 Life Science Hedgefund List 27 6d
+10 What is Good in HF? 8 6d
+6 List of activist investor HFs? 1 6d
+7 Moyer / distressed applicability to UK 5 6d
+16 Does private credit kill HFs? 12 6d
0 Davidson Kempner Capital Management - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 6d
+4 Path to HF from LMM PE? 3 6d
+19 Are distressed HFs still viable? 12 6d
+11 Coliseum Capital 7 6d
+32 Multi-manager risk limits 18 6d
+4 MMHF Tier 1 Training Program vs Tier 2/3+ Analyst Seat 6 6d
+9 10 years in EM sellside - want to relocate to US 2 1w
0 Full Time Opportunities in HF Space. 1 1w
+19 For those recruiting, how has it been? 5 1w
0 Farallon Capital Management - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 1w
+47 Investment principles 16 1w
+8 Value Investors Club 19 1w
+35 Interesting juncture: L/S Hedge Fund or MM Private Credit? 7 1w
+4 Podcast recs for HY/Lev Loans? 4 1w

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Overall Employee Satisfaction

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