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Investment Analyst in HF - EquityHedge

is there any platform spinoff that isn't a complete joke?

Issue is their returns are publicly viewed, if you followed any individual PM over time they would have bad years/blow ups. Except for on this forum, where selection bias in the yearly comp thread makes every PM look like they crush every year, who exactly those PM/Funds are seems to morph every year.

 

What even is the hedge fund bs? 

How do equity derivative traders make money? Makes 0 fucking sense sound like a bunch of ubllshit

 

Because WSO search is worse than 2010s Bing

"If you don't have any enemies in life you have never stood up for anything" - Winston Churchill | "It's a testament to the sheer belligerence of the profession that people would rather argue about the 'risk-adjusted returns' of using inferior tooth cleaning methods." - kellycriterion
 

Not saying COO had a lot do with the blowup and you have to buy the underpriced asset when you can’t pay up compared to your competitors. But, you gotta feel for Dmitry. I honestly think, results-wise, Balyasny develops talent better than the other platforms. Obviously MLP’s (and citadel) better at attracting talent…especially when Izzy’s constantly knocking with 50-100m. Surprised Steve would leave but hey money talks…

 
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this is all misinformation. you're all in the HF forum, put your logical / business hats on for a minute

  1. is there any world where it is conceivable that BAM fully vetted and extended an offer to someone to be the COO of their primary business in 24 hours?
  2. if answer is no, then it means Joon was talking to BAM before they decided to close down
  3. Form D/A filings show they raised a significant slug of comingled capital from non MLP investors in late Feb. so up until that date, performance couldnt have sucked 

based on that, consider whether the implicit assumption that events took place in the same order that the bloomberg articles came out might not be true 

 

Research Analyst in HF - Other

either tell us what you know about their performance or stfu

Now I know how mgmt feels when they genuinely try to give an answer by walking through information that's been publicly disclosed, and the pod analyst in the meeting replies "so... can you confirm explicitly that means you don't think you'll hit the analyst day guide anymore?"  

 

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