Hedge Fund Trader - opportunity to pontificate freely
As a second year sell-side FI trader, I'm looking for some insight on what a hedge fund trading role actually looks like. Equity vs Credit vs Whatever else. I'm sure the physical job appears similar if I were to watch you perform said job, but I'm interested more in the details. Would love to see responses on the following. Thanks in advance
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Equity or Credit? Both?
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Fund size? (ballpark)
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YOE?
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IB or S&T background? or Other?
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Follow-up to (1), do many traders trade both the equity and the credit if they're focused in relatively liquid markets? Or would multiple specialized traders communicate on a certain trade/strategy and then execute it? I'm guessing this depends on fund size/org/culture/ect.
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Are there actually hedge fund traders consistently pulling $1mm+ comp?
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Where is the line between trader and quant these days? Are there teams of tech/quants who support traders? This seems to be a grey area that is highly firm/people dependent.
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Addition to (6 & 7), can someone break down the org structure of a typical Equity or Credit HF? Highlight what the team looks like and how much depth there is. Is there one PM who covers a team focused in certain areas? Analysts/Juniors/Seniors, who calls the shots, ect..
Thanks
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