0 Any thoughts on ESG? Is it just a hype during a crazy time? How to profit from ESG? 2 5y
+40 Do you think many funds have a repeatable value adding process? 29 5y
0 hedgefunds p 2 3y
0 Hedge fund Incubators 3 5y
+4 Remote HF internship - what did you do? 7 5y
0 Fixed Income Career Path? 1 5y
+1 Q v3 9 4y
+19 Operational Improvements as Core Thesis with No Ops Background 12 5y
+3 How To Get From Investment Banking To Working At A Hedge Fund 5 5y
0 Credit Hedge Funds 2 5y
0 Starting a hedge/investment fund 11 5y
+13 Tiger Cub in US from MF PE in Europe? 4 5y
0 Vulcan Value Partners - Interview - Investment Management Data 5y
+103 Hitting 7 figures at 28-29 104 4y
+13 Does M7 MBA help for macro HF recruiting? 9 5y
+17 Capital raising for HF 13 5y
0 Transition from MM PE to respected HF? 1 5y
+6 AM to HF 3 3y
0 Intrepid Investment Bankers - Interview - NA Data 5y
+24 Engineer to Quant, how? 21 4y
+8 Capital gains tax hike 19 5y
+14 How chill is life at a LO? 20 5y
+14 Thoughts on Capstone? 7 3y
0 Follow up on errors in technical assessment in email after interview? 1 5y
0 Goldman Sachs - Interview - Generalist Data 5y
0 Citadel Securities - Review - Global Data Data 5y
0 Citadel Securities - Salary & Bonus - Global Data Data 5y
+6 AM -> HF? 1 5y
+3 Can a mutual fund invest in a hedge fund? 4 5y
0 Archegos Fallout - Others? 1 5y
+46 Sundheim Is The Man - D1 cap thoughts 39 4y
+9 Value vs Momentum 1 5y
+11 Opinions / Thoughts - Why Public Investing over PE? 2 5y
+6 Multi-Manager PM Interviews/Podcasts- do they exist? 10 5y
0 CAIA - Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst 1 3y
+70 Q&A: distressed debt hedge fund analyst & top 3 MBA 57 4y
+45 Where do you live in NY and what do you pay in rent as a Jr. / Sr. HF Analyst? 65 1y
+4 Interview round on take home case study? 5 5y
+53 Why is this forum all 15 year olds? 35 4y
+12 Value Investing is Dead 6 5y
+11 Co-Worker etiquette outside of work. 4 3y
+28 Quant HF vs Discretionary HF 9 3y
+4 AKO Capital Info/Insights 7 5y
0 BlueCrest Capital Management - Interview - Quantitative Research Data 5y
+4 Investment analyst at a HF/Investment firm in SF 2 5y
0 Making Good First Impression / Good Habits 2 5y
+38 What is the most under-appreciated stocks with huge potential in the coming year? 50 4y
+20 Incoming Credit HF Intern that needs your help 10 5y
+11 Quant in Hong Kong 1 4y
0 Modeling on buyside? 1 5y
+8 NYU Stern HF Recruiting 21 5y
+10 info on baker bros 8 2y
+8 What's Your Favorite Stock & Why Roblox?? 11 5y
+77 Sup guys, where should I go to school? 55 4y
+6 How else to prepare for HF recruiting? 4 4y
+109 Craziest comp stories you've heard? 64 2y
0 Texas Pacific Land Corporation (TPL) 1 5y
+3 Point72 Interview Process 1 5y
0 Two Sigma Investments - Review - Generalist Data 5y
0 Two Sigma Investments - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 5y
+21 How to Defer FT by a Year? 5 2y
+9 Special Sits HF 1st Round Interview 1 5y
+92 Any info on Elliott? 40 1y
+7 Can I mention whose family office I interned at on my resume? 7 5y
+30 Hedge Fund Management Company Qs 5 5y
0 Na 1 5y
0 Pacific Investment Management Company PIMCO - Review - Generalist Data 5y
0 Pacific Investment Management Company PIMCO - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 5y
0 Hedge fund incubator 1 5y
+6 Do you talk to analysts at other HFs? 6 5y
0 Baupost vs Third Point vs Trian 4 5y
0 China Merchants Capital - Salary & Bonus - Equity Research Data 5y
+9 Generalist Investment Funds 1 5y
0 MBA associate stories - epic fails/successes 1 5y
+9 Quant Research in Brazil/LATAM 2 5y
+6 How to Get From Investment Banking to Working at a Hedge Fund 3 5y
+6 Internship for a college student 1 5y
+4 Is it possible to move from infra-PE to HF? 2 5y
+3 Activist HF versus MF PE 1 5y
0 What would you or your firm consider a good finders fee? 1 5y
+10 Should I try to lateral to Quant HF? 6 5y
0 Best places for target with little experience 1 5y
+6 Comp expectations / negotiation on HF analyst opportunity? 1 5y
+4 Bernie Madoff dead/how many funds do you think are schemes out there? 2 5y
0 Squarepoint Capital - Interview - Equity Capital Markets Data 5y
+4 Debt covenants on Bloomberg 8 5y
0 Reputable Forensic Accounting / Advisory Firms 1 5y
+54 Hedge Fund Compensation Breakdown 29 3y
0 Credit Analysis 1 5y
+13 Goldman's risk arb alums - why so many closures? 11 5y
+35 Thoughts on Ashler Capital? 29 4y
+5 Alternative Data Funds 3 4y
+3 Whatever Happened to the Malachite HF Guys? 6 5y
+15 Best Twitter Accounts - Fundamental Equity L/S 5 5y
+9 How to assess HF roles that recruiters offer, when there is little to no info on them online? 1 5y
+18 Leverage in PA 18 3y
+7 Event Driven Quant Funds? 11 5y
+29 Do new analysts get poor coverage at SMs? 11 5y
+6 Reputable HFs that hire MBAs with unrelated exp 1 5y
+37 IB->PE->HF or IB->HF 8 4y

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  • Morgan Stanley 02 98.9%
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