+9 How much do hedge funds sell for? 4 7y
+25 Small Hedge Fund (20-50m AUM) or Bulge Bracket Bank? 9 7y
+23 Multi-manager hedge fund analyst total comp 5 7y
+15 Risk Per Trade in Macro Investing 4 7y
+10 How to deal with few positions getting in the portfolio? 2 7y
+12 Switching Industries on the buy-side 1 7y
+12 Help negotiating salary 1 7y
+18 Fund of Funds FoF Rankings 7 7y
+12 How crazy would it be to start an investment partnership right after graduation? 1 8y
+46 Help with capital raising for a small hedge fund? 10 8y
+15 Working under multiple PMs, nightmare 3 8y
+10 Mid level career change to hedge fund 1 8y
+66 Questions about Single Manager vs Multi Manager HFs 11 8y
+13 Salary: Hedge Fund vs Fund of Hedge Funds (FoF/FoHF) 4 8y
+3 Need Help: Names of Hedge Funds that are lending/trading receivables?? 1 8y
+19 Bridgewater vs AQR vs Point72 2 8y
+58 Entry Level Hedge Fund Salary 41 8y
+174 Bridgewater Associates Careers Applications 212 8y
+67 Diminutive Nature of Net Returns 34 8y
+86 What I've Learned About Hedge Fund Structure and Compensation 42 8y
+3 Targeted Returns - Value Investors 1 8y
+14 Getting an internship with a hedge fund via a connection 3 8y
+20 Lost Graduate: Big 4 Audit or Boutique Hedge Fund 7 8y
0 Need advice - equity analyst offer at event driven long/short start-up, have to decide tomorrow 2 8y
+6 Cyrus Capital 4 8y
+64 Minimum Size of a Good Hedge Fund 32 8y
+12 Quant Role Interview at ~$10B AUM Fund 1 8y
+3 How to find listing of all Hedge Funds in an area (preferably by AUM)? 1 8y
+12 End of Year Bonus 6 8y
+15 From Top AM to L/S Equity HF? 3 8y
+2 Experience working at a hedge fund selling equity to a PE firm 2 8y
+51 GPA cutoff for hedge funds 50 8y
+27 Do PMs put their track record on their LinkedIn 11 8y
+29 FOF PM Analyst offer vs DCM analyst offer - Advice needed!! 20 8y
+13 BAAM Ventures Investment Associate 3 8y
+3 Does anyone know of a database containing recruiting contact info for every investment manager? 4 8y
+39 Junior Year Summer: I-Banking Intern or Top Hedge Fund Intern 18 8y
+11 How to prepare for activist fund interviews? 8 8y
0 Hedge funds with big PM AUM like Viking? 1 8y
0 UCITS - Hedge fund? 4 8y
+16 Fundamental L/S equity analyst to alphacapture product manager 6 9y
+31 BB IBD or 1bn L/S Equity Fund? 16 9y
+16 Which to take: A tier-2/3 investment bank equity research v.s. a 50m usd aum long-short HF (both in HK)? 6 9y
0 Anyone have experience with RGA events for fundraising? 1 9y
+9 Why does Point72 have so many employees? 2 9y
+41 Hedge Fund vs. Long Only Compensation 7 9y
+158 Opinion: Herbalife vs. Ackman, four years later 173 9y
+23 Family Office / Hedge Fund Interview 6 9y
0 Quant funds - how they actually function; newbie question 1 9y
+16 Multi-manager compensation 8 9y
+51 What is a Reasonable HF Analyst Bonus in a Bad Year? 24 9y
0 Oasis Management 0 9y
+20 Narrowing the Search 6 9y
+15 L/S Hedge fund case study 6 10y
+27 $650M AUM HF 26 10y
+4 13F AUM and ADV Aum Difference 2 10y
+52 Would you go into a $40 mil long-only equity fund after college? 71 10y
0 Compensation Question - Working in IB for 1 year 3 10y
0 Soph FoF -> Junior Banking SA Possible? 2 10y
0 Real Test for a Money Manager 0 10y
0 How to Approach Informational Interview at $3B AUM Alternative Manager 2 10y
+174 Random musings that sound like venting 22 10y
0 Anyone heard of First Quadrant? 0 10y
0 Accounting at Private Equity Firms and Hedge Funds 2 10y
0 First year hedge fund analyst comp - am I getting low-balled? 7 10y
0 HF internship dilemma 8 10y
+11 HF pay expectations 8 10y
0 Structured Credit HF; Junior Analyst role, is this a good opportunity? 0 10y
0 Relationship between Volatility & Asset Managers 3 10y
0 Finding a home for my equity quant strategy 11 10y
0 Shorting property. 2 11y
+8 Is it creepy or weird to mention to a fund manager that you looked at his 13F? 3 11y
+18 Stark Investments: how are they doing 8 11y
0 Future Macro Hedge Fund Opps? 2 11y
+19 Top hedge funds by strategy 7 11y
+76 Which HF offer to take? 51 11y
0 Junior at macro HF learning opportunities? 5 11y
+34 $300mm HF analyst - take it or wait? 22 11y
0 Interview stock picks 7 11y
+27 Fund size and the learning experience 9 11y
0 Hong Kong Compensation Junior Analyst 1 11y
0 Middle Office Intern at Hedge Fund 0 11y
+54 How is HF portfolio manager compensation structured? 21 11y
0 Is it still realistic to expect capital compounding from public markets investing? 0 11y
0 Why do we actually discount Cashflows? 6 11y
+11 Fresh out of undergrad and think I'm getting lucky--career advice? 22 11y
0 What would you do - milk the cow or dig in? 6 11y
0 Compensation for Engineers at Hedge Funds 9 11y
+17 Lowest AUM investment shop you would join 10 11y
0 HF Part-Time Internship Advice 1 11y
+11 Refreshingly honest ? 8 11y
+23 Industry switcher needs some perspective 11 12y
0 Mid/Jr Level Hedge Fund interview, what's Taboo? 0 12y
+18 What is the general thought on joining a HF that was once $1B+ and now is sub $200MM? 23 12y
0 Will you still take an offer from S|A|C Capital Advisors? 19 12y
0 Cobalt Capital 0 12y
+14 Sales at a Hedge Fund 9 12y
0 Unpaid internship at quant hedge fund - Is this normal? 4 12y
+17 $40M AUM 11 12y
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