+24 Most important skills to succeed in market neutral L/S Equity 9 5y
0 What's the path from analyst to PM at MM? 4 5y
+21 Distressed Investment Pitch 15 4y
0 Bridgewater Associates - Salary & Bonus - Investment Research Data 5y
0 Distressed Debt Funds 3 5y
+23 Credit Hedge Funds 6 5y
+24 Can you move Akuna junior trader to Hedge Fund Analyst? 5 3y
0 Execution Quant -> Alpha Research Quant, how to make the transition? 0 5y
+3 Top Recruiters for Quant Roles (and SWE) at HFs 0 5y
+90 How many hours do you work? 56 5y
0 Morgan Stanley - Interview - Generalist Data 5y
+36 Millennium Info 60 4y
+91 Performance of the best PM’s at MM’s? 53 2y
0 Millennium Partners - Review - Engineering Data 5y
0 Millennium Partners - Salary & Bonus - Engineering Data 5y
+4 How many pitches prior to L/S HF interviews? 1 5y
+6 Gap year vs business school? 1 5y
+58 Credit/Special-situation HF performance this year? 51 5y
0 How would you forecast a company like Microsoft’s KPIs? 3 5y
+12 Multi-Manager HF 30-Minute Modeling Test 2 5y
+4 At MM platforms, who is paying analysts' base salary? 6 5y
+21 Reputation of Capital Four Management? (Input on switch to buyside) 3 4y
0 MM lifestyle in Asia 8 5y
+6 As an individual do you invest in index/mutual funds or do you trade/make large positions? 1 5y
+14 MM Owner/Manager Split 6 5y
+152 LO vs HF - risk adjusted career returns 57 5y
0 BAML HY Index vs Bloomberg Data for Bond Yields, Prices, OAS 0 5y
+14 P72 vs Surveyor 4 5y
+7 Talking to sell-side analysts 7 5y
+23 Want a Quant Finance job, but I don’t like my math major. What do I do? 11 5y
+11 Proprietary research roles at HFs - what do you think? 5 7mo
+12 Point72 Academy Experienced Associate Program 6 4y
+4 How do you value cash-flowing assets? 2 5y
+31 When did you feel ready to make the transition from analyst to PM? 11 5y
+10 Interning during the school year 4 5y
+17 I think I love my job? 8 5y
+10 1st year BB analyst, how soon can I leave for SM HF 17 5y
+21 What have successful single managers been doing? 20 5y
+6 What is citadel capital markets? 1 5y
+18 CFA for MM Out of Undergrad 4 5y
+7 Best resource to learn Python? 11 5y
0 Two Sigma Investments - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 5y
0 Book to learn about hedge funds? 1 5y
+26 Citadel Offer vs Millennium Offer 12 5y
+18 Buyside Modeling / Pro Formas 2 3y
+3 Wonderlic Test Retry 1 5y
0 Quant vs SWE 5 5y
+4 Scopia Capital Management 5 5y
0 Best Financial Statement Analysis Books/Courses 5 5y
+3 MM Pod Shops 0 5y
+73 GoldenTree 30 3y
+3 Learning about Activist Investing 3 5y
0 TD Securities - Interview - NA Data 5y
0 Hm 2 3y
+5 is the HF industry really dying? 10 5y
0 Hedge fund interview preparation 0 5y
+54 Careers Post-HF? 40 5y
+5 Trading vs Research for Macro HF 11 3y
0 what's going on at CQS 3 5y
0 From a MAM account to a Hedge Fund, possible ? 1 4y
0 Goldman Sachs - Interview - Generalist Data 5y
+3 best Economics book for HF professional? 0 5y
0 Non target, industry vet, mid 30’s, Looking for a gig trading 0 5y
0 What are common technical questions that might be asked in a credit investment analyst interview? 0 5y
+79 If you could restart your career, would you still want to work at a HF? 49 5y
0 Deleted 4 5y
+3 Bridgewater Internship structure/learning opportunity 2 5y
0 Can you take ambien while pregnant 2 5y
+3 How do fundamental researchers come up with 12 month TP? 0 5y
0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
0 Bridgewater Associates - Salary & Bonus - Quantitative Research Data 5y
+3 Deleted 1 5y
+1 How do you stay up to date with the markets? 1 5y
0 What's going on at Bridgewater? 5 5y
+27 Firms That Give Analyst P&L / Carve-Outs 19 5y
+10 Just failed an interview 3 4y
+13 Career Economics / Risk-Reward ? 3 5y
+14 HG Vora Capital 24 2y
+58 Need help sizing up new offer as 1st year analyst at L/S HF 24 5y
+138 Anyone happy at a multi-manager? 99 5y
0 Millennium Global - Salary & Bonus - Quantitative Research Data 5y
0 Anyone has pitched an investment idea to HF? 1 5y
0 Evercore - Interview - NA Data 5y
+5 What's next after working at a HF? 9 5y
0 Point72 - Interview - Investment Research Data 5y
0 Canyon Capital Advisors - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 5y
0 Hedge Funds in Italy 6 3y
0 Some hedge fund terms for explanation 0 5y
0 NYC Metro Hedge Fund Office Returns? 2 5y
0 Intrepid Investment Bankers - Interview - NA Data 5y
+23 HF Returns - August/YTD 22 5y
+14 Best Hedge Funds to work for out of college? 8 5y
+10 Large Quant Fund Trading Frequency 11 5y
+3 Large and isn’t fund trade frequency 0 5y
0 Steel Partners Holdings - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 5y
0 Franklin Templeton - Salary & Bonus - Quantitative Research Data 5y
+19 How to switch to competing HF without burning bridges 4 5y
0 Anyone considered starting a real estate hedge fund? 1 5y
+13 Pair Trades and Market Neutral Investing 7 5y
0 Do you think we will see more or less investing related hedge jobs in US? 3 5y

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