+21 From quant to discretionary trader 4 5y
+3 Legal due diligence vs Investment due diligence 1 5y
0 Long / Short Credit Hedge Fund Strategy Details 1 5y
0 MBB consulting to HFs 13 4y
0 Intrepid Investment Bankers - Interview - Equity Hedge Data 5y
+372 Q&A: HF Analyst @ $5bn+ Fund - Breaking In and Transition to Risk-Taking Role 120 5y
+58 First time PM - Now What? 21 5y
+48 Do employees at Hedge Funds benefit from any tax-relief programmes? 33 5y
0 Transitioning back to buyside after spending time in industry? 1 5y
+16 selling exotic payment streams 11 5y
+8 Special Sits HFs 3 5y
0 Point72 - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 5y
+327 What is the secret sauce? Feel like I don't know anything 77 4y
+29 Juggling Interviews 5 5y
0 TD Securities - Interview - NA Data 5y
+17 Does passive management really beat out active over the long-term? Not on an annual basis but lump-some/ total returns. 12 5y
0 Modeling Course 2 4y
0 Tower Research Capital (Mecha Trading) 1 5y
0 Using Decheque to list my Fund? 1 5y
0 Select Equity Group 6 5y
+8 MBA public markets roles for those w/o experience 1 5y
0 Abdiel Capital - Interview - Equity Hedge Data 5y
+3 LBS campus recruiting timeline 1 5y
+3 From ECM IB to HF 5 4y
+3 UChicago Stats Masters for Hedge Funds? 4 5y
0 Mercury fx 1 5y
0 Hunting Moby Dick - whale watching in my personal account 1 5y
+16 Single Manager PM Payout Formula? 4 5y
0 Forex magnates (John birkins) 1 5y
+26 Structured/Securitized Credit HFs 15 3y
0 Renegotiating PM payout 1 5y
+6 holocene / candlestick 7 3y
+39 Associate comp at HF? 41 5y
0 quantitative brokers - Interview - Equity Hedge Data 5y
0 Next Week In Markets 1 5y
+5 Resources for special sits 7 5y
0 Breaking into HF 1 5y
+4 Litigation Financing Role 9 5y
0 Alumni Network 3 5y
0 Doing a 3-5 year P&L forecast, not sure if I'm supposed to discount to PV / for TVoM. 1 5y
+11 Meaning of “Tough Comps” 5 5y
+13 What kinds of funds can I recruit at? 14 5y
0 How do you find local hedge funds to intern at during the fall semester? 1 5y
0 Wellington equity L/S 2 5y
+31 Are HFs still worth it? 29 5y
0 How to present a case study 1 5y
+29 HF Networking in London? 7 5y
+9 Jump Trading's Interview Process 1 5y
0 Magnetar Capital - Review - Energy Data 5y
0 Magnetar Capital - Salary & Bonus - Energy Data 5y
0 Multiple case studies simultaneously 2 5y
0 Family Office Platforms 3 5y
+17 Value of MBA when Raising Capital 9 5y
+20 Approaching the HF Case Study 8 3y
+23 Fir Tree Capital - culture, investment philosophy, performance? 15 1y
0 Grass is greener - how to deal? 2 5y
0 Do you need to memorize every details of your pitch (including the numbers) during an interview? 2 5y
+48 IB > PE > HF? 19 7mo
+33 Can one go from Back Office to Front Office? 19 9mo
0 HF L/S Case Questions (Operating Cases and Quarterly Projection Period) 1 5y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Interview - NA Data 5y
+12 Intro 1 5y
+6 Depth of Due Diligence in Special Sits 3 5y
+12 Point72 interview process 15 2y
0 Top pension fund direct investing experience- exit opportunities 1 5y
0 For a new desk, how much would data + infrastructure cost? 2 5y
+3 Anyone knows good boutique quant funds? 2 5y
+20 HF Comp Negotiation Tips? 10 5y
0 DE Shaw Generalist Internship - Superday length predictive of success? 0 5y
0 AQR Capital Management - Salary & Bonus - Equity Capital Markets Data 5y
0 CPP Investment Board - Interview - NA Data 5y
0 Moving from PE to Hedge Funds 1 5y
0 Citadel Securities - Review - Generalist Data 5y
+7 Jane Street & Two Sigma - What are their long-term annualized returns? 15 5y
0 Intrepid Investment Bankers - Interview - Equity Hedge Data 5y
0 Realistic timeline for a return to office 3 5y
+14 (Deleted) 5 4y
+28 Discerene Group 27 4d
+11 Role of Advisors in Bankruptcy Process 2 5y
+9 Multi Asset Fund -> Macro HF, possible? 4 4y
0 Taconic capital advisors 1 5y
0 Financial Modeling 5 5y
+6 Failure 7 5y
+29 Modeling Differences on the Buy-side 6 5y
0 HF Headhunters for Florida 3 4y
0 Move from IB Tech to Hedge Fund Tech Roles 6 5y
0 Can you imagine if Melvin was short GameStop again? 3 5y
0 Five Rings Capital LLC - Interview - Quantitative Research Data 5y
+26 Differences between working at a short bias firm vs. a long bias firm? 6 5y
0 Comp & lifestyle at a large HF private investing arm within a (re)insurance division? 2 5y
0 Technical Books about Hedge Funds? 1 5y
+47 How to leave on good terms? 12 5y
0 Hedge Fund Recruit 1 5y
+5 London: do "boutique" hedge funds exist? 6 5y
0 Have you been fired at a HF 4 5y
0 SPACs - Redemption Rights 3 5y
+13 How to pick the best strategy for me 4 5y
0 Hedge Fund SA 1 5y
+4 Oaktree Information - Culture / Lifestyle / Experience 6 5y
+32 Details on Large Tiger Cubs? 27 5y

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  • Morgan Stanley 02 99.0%
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