+3 What's the Difference - Opportunistic PC vs Opportunistic HF 2 1h
0 Tutorial Cara Membatalkan Pinjaman Uku 1 2h
0 Balyasny Asset Management - Salary & Bonus - Trading Data 1d
+9 Pitching a short when they're long? 19 1h
0 Balyasny Asset Management - Review - Trading Data 1d
+6 Liquid Credit at LO vs. Multi-Strat HF 1 1d
+9 PhD student with questions regarding long term HF planning 2 22h
0 Data costs at platforms 0 2d
+9 London industrials IB to HF - how to prepare 3 2d
+8 Feedback on Vic pitch 6 23h
+13 If you know HF is your end goal, is IB + PE actually worth it? 7 1h
0 MMHF Undergrad Return Offer Rates? 0 3d
0 Does Point72 Still Do the Winternship 1 3d
+18 Best Way to Prepare for a Fundamental L/S Internship? 8 3d
0 New role: Senior Associate, Management Reporting Jobs 5d
0 New role: Financial Analysis & Reporting Senior Manager Jobs 5d
0 New role: Financial Analysis & Reporting Associate Jobs 5d
0 New role: Management Reporting and Compensation Associate Jobs 5d
0 Quant Macro to Commods (power/Oil) 1 5d
+13 Amount of time to invest in pitch for recruiting / networking 6 4d
+3 PM role at a centralized platform vs a pod shop 2 5d
+16 Network via BBG Chat? 11 21h
+9 HF reached out shortly after I started at large LO 5 1d
0 Term Time HF 3 3d
+9 LO vs. HF 5 1w
+9 Strategy @ Private Bank -> Major IB/AM -> Research at Macro HF 1 1w
0 Farallon capital 1 1w
0 Point72 - Review - Equity Research Data 1w
0 Qube Research and Technologies - Interview - Quantitative Research Data 1w
0 Schonfeld - Review - Investor Relations Data 1w
+47 Evaluating SM TMT HFs 26 48m
+3 Quant Researcher (5 YOE) in Systematic Index Derivatives & HFT | AMA 1 1w
0 Marshall Wace Quant Associate program 2027 applications open? 0 1w
+1 Debating offers: front office in Chicago vs back office in NYC 3 1w
+10 Headhunters for SF HFs 2 1w
+20 Best Non RX Sell Side seat for Opportunistic exits? 13 1w
+8 hbs vs gsb 5 6d
0 Internship in a Quant fund in china as an international undergrad 1 1w
0 EB -> HF recruiting 1 1w
0 VIC Submission 0 2w
+10 How would you transition a long-only book into L/S? 1 1w
+19 Post HBS hedge fund opportunities 4 1w
+10 Brain fog and feeling overwhelmed in HF land 7 1w
+5 How to Learn Programming? 4 6d
0 reached out to MM HF as A1 IB analyst 1 2w
+14 MF to Smallish HF? 6 1w
+7 Thoughts on situational awareness 3 2w
0 Point72 - Review - Generalist Data 2w
+13 IB -> HF 4 1w
+8 How to pivot into HF, L/S 3 2w
+1 Hedge Fund from undergrad? 3 2w
+30 At what point is it no longer luck 25 6d
+10 Data science at SM 5 2w
+25 Choosing a Seat in an AI World 18 2w
0 BX 2027 FT 0 2w
+5 FT IB or ER for HF exit 8 2w
+83 How much of success in this career is just luck 15 6d
0 does biotech special situations exist at pod shops? 3 2w
+12 Hedge Fund Sector Advice 5 2w
+7 Covering less deployed sector 2 2w
0 Macro Analyst vs Quant Interviews 1 3w
0 P72/M grad program 3 3w
+28 Would you work at this distressed fund? 7 1w
+15 Feeling unqualified for new job 5 3w
0 I want to hear from you 1 3w
+16 SM HF to LO as a junior? 4 3w
0 EQR vs QST 1 3w
+13 Interview at Macro HF , what should I expect? 3 3w
+7 MMHF case studies 7 1w
+6 Walleye 2027 Roles 0 3w
+9 Fundamental HF case study: what is the model actually testing? 1 3w
0 Argentum Capital? 1 3w
+35 No transparency to book and P&L - is this normal? 17 2d
+9 MMHF undergrad intern working banking hours? 3 3w
0 Rokos 1 2w
+29 Translating long-term pitch to short-term one 5 3w
0 Capital IQ, Excel Plug-In: Pulling 400k cells 1 1mo
+2 Access to biotech research/reports without a Bloomberg terminal? 2 4w
+18 Value Investors Club R2 Application Feedback 20 1mo
+7 Channel checks: the five steps, and the one everyone skips 2 3w
+25 Treasury basis trade 9 3w
0 Balyasny Multi Asset Arb group 2 3w
0 Balyasny Multi Asset Arb group 0 1mo
+3 Ross Garon Leaving MLP 0 1mo
+16 Merger Arb Funds - How to Recruit? 9 4d
+21 Recruiting from Low-Quality Fund 2 1mo
+10 State of Consumer at Pods 5 2w
0 Claude Usage 0 1mo
+3 Agents and research quality 1 1mo
+3 Balyasny Bridger Program or P72 Academy Info 3 3w
+22 How hard is it to go from a large L/O to a Hedge Fund (Either L/O or L/S) 9 2w
+25 Navigating pod politics 7 1mo
+10 Analyst / PM Divide & Trade Book 4 3w
+3 You do not have to trade on MNPI to get sanctioned for it 4 4w
+61 HF Start-up salary expectation 33 1w
+7 How is this Career Progression Possible? 11 2w
+9 LSE EME vs MIT MFin 3 1mo
+12 The 8 MNPI control gaps SEC examiners keep flagging 0 1mo
0 Dress Code for Investor Conference and Meeting LPs 4 1mo
+13 HC or M&A IB Group for HF 7 1mo

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  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
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  • Goldman Sachs 02 97.3%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

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  • Evercore No 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.8%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.3%

Professional Growth Opportunities

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  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.8%
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  • Associates (48) $259
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (25) $178
  • Intern/Summer Associate (14) $159
  • 1st Year Analyst (83) $151
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