+24 Do you enjoy hedge fund culture? 25 5y
0 FUND Managers 1 5y
0 FUND Manager Energy / Power / O&G / Mining & real estate 1 5y
+10 Blowout Year HF Bonus? 5 5y
0 Top Hedge Fund and Finance Recruiters for Executive Positions in UAE (Dubai & Abu Dhabi) and the Middle-East 1 5y
+9 HF is dying? 5 5y
+209 Q&A: Research Analyst at $1 Billion Hedge Fund 87 5y
+25 most exclusive hedge fund 42 5y
+9 Top SMs with ~$1 - 3B in AUM 18 5y
0 UK Equivalent of 13f filings 1 5y
+29 Juggling Interviews 5 5y
+7 Small HF Recruiting 17 5y
+5 London: do "boutique" hedge funds exist? 6 5y
+50 H/S MBA & recruiting chances from lesser known hedge fund? 23 5y
0 Small Hedge Fund 10 5y
+33 Hedge Funds COMPENSATION (London/EU) 20 5y
0 Pay at a small fund (400 m) vs at a fund like Point72 1 5y
+24 Top quartile returns in HF space 13 5y
+7 To get jobs at HFT firms is it better to have a double major 8 5y
+3 Maytech Global Investments 2 5y
0 Comp expectations for this L/S fund 5 5y
+29 Potential Choices for HF Roles from Undergrad 16 5y
+1 What’s the biggest healthcare HF launch? 4 5y
+25 Fundraising Difficulty in HF vs PE 5 5y
+30 How to assess the attractiveness of a HF opportunity / heard of Tensile? 15 5y
+31 HF Bonus Questions / Etiquette 3 5y
+22 How to screen credibility / reputation of hedge funds? 11 5y
+9 Distressed funds that were able to grow AUM - why? 1 5y
+17 Am I getting a fair share of bonus? 18 5y
0 How does this hedge fund internship look on my resume compared to BB/IB summer analyst positions? 1 5y
+8 Small SM HF Comp 5 5y
0 Looking for career advice , 1.5 year as quant researcher in HF L/S market neutral Equity, India 1 5y
+7 Funds that don't use expert networks? 4 5y
+10 Should I quit IB for my own PA 4 5y
+3 Salary expectations for a small HF 18 5y
0 Distressed Hedge Funds 13 5y
+1 Salary @ a 100M AUM Hedge Fund? 3 5y
0 Datasets per fund 5 5y
+22 AUM ranking and changes by June, 2020 (indicative of returns) 12 5y
+11 Current Senior with BO trade support engineer offer. 4 5y
+5 Fair salary 1 5y
+15 Lean or Large Shop? 11 5y
0 FP&A at a Hedge Fund 0 5y
0 Any funds (larger than 200MM AUM) play in Both CRE and another Asset class? 2 5y
+4 At MM platforms, who is paying analysts' base salary? 6 5y
+58 Need help sizing up new offer as 1st year analyst at L/S HF 24 5y
+12 Evergreen Coast Capital (Elliott PE arm) 2 5y
+13 Resources for practicing modeling software companies? 6 5y
0 Mid-Size Event Driven Equity/Credit Funds 3 5y
+7 HPS Investment Partners / Highbridge Capital Management differences? 2 5y
+21 Quant analyst at a 2.2bn hedge fund vs quantum scientist in JP Morgan (career question) 8 5y
+12 HF Trading Platform Analyst Salary? 0 5y
+27 Question for PMs regarding budgets at multi managers 0 5y
+13 What's the impact of Coronavirus on Structured Credit Investing (ABS, CLOs)? 4 5y
+29 Is it an upgrade: from Big4 consulting to Hedge fund 14 5y
+41 Joined a boutique HF straight out of college, next career steps? 7 5y
+32 HF Analyst - looking for 3 years and can’t find a new job 5 5y
+25 HF Headcount (Is Third Point Normal?) 11 5y
+12 HF Trading Platform Analyst salary 1 6y
+18 Baker Brothers Advisors 12 6y
+12 Cost of Capital for a Hedge Fund 1 6y
+9 Networking into a HF job? 2 6y
+37 Q&A: An unconventional route to Emerging Markets Asset Management. Non-target, low GPA student to buy side 11 6y
+20 Economics of a small HF (~100m) 7 6y
0 Levine Leichtman 5 6y
+20 Q&A: long/short analyst in London 34 6y
0 Accept trader position at small Hedge Fund (CTA) out of undergrad? 8 6y
0 Next "hot" hedge fund? 18 6y
0 BB market maker rates trader to hedge fund 3 6y
0 Exit Op for credit research analyst at Multistrategy Hedge Fund 8 6y
+36 List of Hedge Funds in NYC 74 6y
+181 Ho-Hum to Hedge Fund 86 6y
0 top medium-sized hedge funds? (500M-2B in AUM) 0 6y
0 3c1 vs. 3c7 Structure Questions 3 6y
+106 Whether to go after the name or not 61 6y
0 Asian hedge fund equity analyst to cap intro? 3 6y
0 Quant: 2B HF vs Sales&Trading at Goldman Sachs 7 6y
+28 Element Capital Management? 21 6y
+32 The dillema - a good one 14 6y
0 Chicago MM Trader to NYC FI Fund Middle Office 4 6y
0 Small Value-Based Hedge Funds in NYC 0 6y
+22 HF landscape in London 22 6y
+13 Am I being undercompensated? 8 6y
+38 Ingenious, or stupid, way to fast track to PM 23 6y
0 HF Internship Offer 3 6y
0 College junior with HF internship - Need advice regarding further prospects. 0 6y
0 What Hedge Fund is this? 0 6y
0 Business/Data Analyst Role at Hedge Fund 0 6y
+15 Undergrad HF internship possible for me at all? Hit me with reality so I can focus 0 6y
+47 Starting a hedge fund with very credible people in the industry 19 6y
+7 Expected comp for for $1bn AUM fund (after 2.5 years IBD)? 1 6y
+30 Trader + Career Advice = Next Job 18 6y
+12 Delay replying to offer 4 6y
+24 Likelihood of getting into Hedge Fund with no experience in finance or college degree? 6 6y
+30 Breaking into the buyside from a non-target - You can do it 6 6y
+23 Dartmouth Tuck: HF Jobs. Possible? 8 6y
+38 Asset Management vs Investment Banking for exit opps into value-based hedge funds 16 6y
+16 diamon hill capital management 6 6y
+21 Compensation: Experienced Sell Side Associate to 1st Year HF Associate NYC 4 6y
+21 Should I join a tiny (2-man $12 mm) start up HF? 9 6y

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  • JPMorgan 01 98.3%
  • Guggenheim Partners 01 97.7%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.1%

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  • Morgan Stanley 02 98.8%
  • Evercore 01 98.2%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.7%
  • Banco Santander 01 97.1%

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  • Moelis & Company 01 98.8%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.3%
  • JPMorgan No 97.7%
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