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According to this the flagship fund was started 12/31/96, has $11.4bn in assets, was up 11.14% in 2013, 12.52% in 2012, -1.62% in 2011, and has done 11.11% annualized since inception with a standard deviation of 4.07%. The 4% std is probably what gives an institutions a hard-on and explains all of the assets for 11% return.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-12-31/best-and-worst-hedge-funds-2013

 

SEC filing says it has 157 employees of which 55 perform investment adivsory functions. Glassdoor.com reports that 2 research analysts averaged $133,500 of base comp + bonus.

SEC filings indicate that in 2013 King Street made substantial investments in Bank of America, Citigroup, and AIG. Of 8,000 hedge funds it is top 20 in size.

Organization is known for its secrecy.

Interested if anyone has interviewed with the organization or knows anyone who has worked there. Wondering what the culture is like, if it is well respected firm other than being large.

 

What position are you interviewing for?

I had an interview for a trading position a year or so ago. 1st round was with HR going through your resume. 2nd round was very informal.

They are a fixed income focused hedge fund with a couple hundred employees. They also rescheduled the interview a bunch of times and took a very long time to get back to me - culture doesn't seem that great.

 

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