+7 Which are the top hedgefunds located in Frankfurt/Munich and suggestions/advice to make a good career in this industry? 2 4y
+24 Distressed Fund Exit To Equity Investing Possible? 13 6y
+16 Applying directly gets no response, using a recruiter gets an interview same week. 1 6y
+58 Joe Femenia - Navy SEAL to head of distressed and special situations at Jefferies 39 6y
+29 How do you go about modelling a company on the buy side? 14 6y
+21 Napier Park Global Capital 7 7mo
+21 Quant analyst at a 2.2bn hedge fund vs quantum scientist in JP Morgan (career question) 8 6y
0 JPMorgan - Interview - NA Data 6y
+15 Common techniques to contain portfolio volatility and DDs at MM platforms (Millennium/Citadel/P72 or similar) 15 6y
+7 Dragoneer 6 6y
+27 Question for PMs regarding budgets at multi managers 0 6y
0 Point72 - Review - Quantitative Research Data 6y
0 Question about CAIA's Incentive fee call option value..... 1 6y
+2 Bridgewater Front Office/Middle Office Roles? 1 6y
0 Evercore - Interview - Generalist Data 6y
0 Point72 - Interview - Equity Hedge Data 6y
+50 Q&A: Analyst at a Hedge Fund-of-Funds Platform 12 5y
+3 What sort of risk model would you implement at your fund? 0 6y
+12 DE Shaw Generalist and Rotational Associate Program? 6 3y
+51 Hedge Fund Industry in Chicago - growing or shrinking? 33 3y
+12 West Coast Hedge Funds? 17 1mo
0 S Goldman Advisors - Review - Generalist Data 6y
+24 Boutique LO (RCG/D&C) 23 3y
+11 How do you credit PMs hedge your portfolio 3 6y
0 Blackstone Group - Salary & Bonus - Hedge Fund Data 6y
+10 Exit to HF from IB 2nd year associate 5 6y
+12 Hedge Fund Industry in Chicago - growing or shrinking? 1 6y
0 Worldquant - Review - Quantitative Research Data 6y
+12 HF Trading Platform Analyst Salary? 0 6y
+19 solo PM at MM platform 15 6y
+3 Free API for financial data 4 6y
+3 BW Investment Implementation 3 6y
+10 Tudor Investment Corp comp, team structure, culture, insights 1 6y
0 Point72 - Interview - Generalist Data 6y
+8 Predicting earnings 6 5y
+3 Earnings Reports 0 6y
+12 HF in depth equity strategy 0 6y
+61 How is AQR Doing? What are the long-term career prospects? 36 2mo
0 Point72 - Review - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 6y
0 Point72 - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 6y
+9 How to manage a situation when a fund rescinds FT offer before start date? 1 6y
+31 New funds that are killing it? 24 5y
0 Point72 - Review - Equity Research Data 6y
0 Point72 - Salary & Bonus - Equity Research Data 6y
+29 Anyone heard of Anomaly Capital? New fund started by ex-Viking CIO 24 3y
+4 Any Hedge Funds that consider consultants? 4 6y
+94 Credit - Pod Shop/MM vs. Distressed/Special Sits HF 20 2y
+18 Bridgewater Investment Implementation? 1 6y
0 Virtus Partners, LLC - Review - Portfolio Management Data 6y
0 Virtus Partners, LLC - Salary & Bonus - Portfolio Management Data 6y
+6 Capacity Rights 1 6y
0 Two Sigma Investments - Interview - Generalist Data 6y
+6 any ex-consultant here regrets moving to HF/LO? 1 6y
+17 Does GSIP or Liberty Harbor take sophomore / junior interns? 11 5y
+13 How honest are (MM) HF recruiters? 8 6y
0 Millennium Partners - Salary & Bonus - Back Office Data 6y
+22 I Received The Cell Phone Number Of My Favorite Hedge Fund Manager From His Partner...How Should I Approach This 10 3y
+42 Career Path for 5YR HF Analyst (MM vs SM) 17 4y
0 Captrust Advisors - Review - Equity Capital Markets Data 6y
0 Captrust Advisors - Salary & Bonus - Equity Capital Markets Data 6y
0 Optiver - Interview - Trading Data 6y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Credit Risk Data 6y
+18 Bridgewater Portfolio Associate interview 9 4y
0 D.E. Shaw - Interview - Quantitative Research Data 6y
+32 Do you feel like you're discouraged from taking PTO? 18 5y
0 WR Berkley - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 6y
+22 How do people keep getting seats at MM? 9 6y
0 Qatalyst Partners - Interview - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 6y
+8 Buyside macro analyst interview questions 3 6y
+3 Worldquant IPM Institute 1 6y
+20 How to Profit from Public Company Going to Zero 15 6y
0 D.E. Shaw - Interview - Trading Data 6y
+15 Citadel Securities Phone Interview [What to expect?] 1 6y
+6 Networking to a HF 1 6y
+6 typical HF modeling test 1 6y
+13 Salary for junior analyst at MM L/S 16 6y
+6 Personal Capital Allocation 0 6y
+3 Single Manager Troubles 2 6y
+9 Bridgewater Reputation for Internship/Full-Time? 9 5y
+15 Appetite for UG/FT recruiting right now? 0 6y
0 Man Group - Review - Accounting Data 6y
0 Man Group - Salary & Bonus - Accounting Data 6y
+36 Leaving an established fund to start/join a family office fund? 7 6y
0 Point72 - Interview - Investment Research Data 6y
+6 Associate or Junior Analyst (2 yrs work experience) at l/s 0 6y
+42 Switching from Quant Research to Quant Dev? 29 6y
+102 Citadel vs. Millennium vs. Point72 vs. Other Multi-Managers 38 3y
+9 What types of technology and technical skills would I use while working in hedge funds or asset management? 0 6y
+203 Lost job at L/S HF - looking for advice 102 5y
0 D.E. Shaw - Interview - Equity Research Data 6y
+150 Underrated Skill in Investing 33 5y
0 Point72 - Interview - Generalist Data 6y
+4 Leveraging ER offer 2 6y
0 Silver Lake - Interview - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 6y
0 D.E. Shaw - Interview - Hedge Fund Data 6y
+10 Wonderlic Tests 11 5y
+1 Underrated Funds 1 6y
+52 HF Regrets? 14 6y
+51 Long Term HF recruiting 16 6y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Generalist Data 6y

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