Quick update on the recruiting environment as we kick off 2026 (and maybe incl late 2025) -- what's it looking like in terms of opportunities?
Feels pretty poor atm given managers generally underperformed again in 2025 for the most part, but maybe people have different experiences
| +38 | Strategy to asset allocation | 10 | 1w |
| +28 | Q&A | Research Associate, Long-Only | (0 years in DCM/IB/consulting) | 6 | 3d |
| +15 | Working for Endowment? | 10 | 2h |
| +14 | Early career insurance AM - should I just thug it out? | 3 | 2h |
| +9 | WAMCO - Ken Leech | 2 | 3w |
| +9 | Rising sophomore trying to pivot to finance | 2 | 3w |
| +8 | Bridgepoint Acq Kayne Anderson RE | 2 | 1w |
| +6 | Goldman Sachs Operations? | 1 | 1w |
| +6 | MBB to Banking Career | 1 | 1w |
| +6 | Family office - analyst role test | 3 | 3w |
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