+46 What should I know before starting a Hedge Fund? 29 6y
+20 Quantitative Research vs. Quantitative Trader Prestige 6 6y
+12 Positioning myself for macro/quant HFs 1 6y
+3 Good reading material on how software financial statements work? 1 6y
+30 Balyasny cuts human-machine hybrid team Synthesis 17 6y
+1 Query 1 6y
+17 Questions for those at MM funds 5 6y
+6 Very Hard or Tricky Hedge Fund Interview Questions 1 6y
+7 Citadel London Casestudy Consumer 1 6y
+18 Delete 11 4y
+30 Top target schools for quant hedge fund or quant/algo prop shop? 19 3y
+12 BB S&T FT vs Point 72 Summer Analyst 1 6y
+12 Stuck in Controller Role 1 6y
+12 GSA Capital online test 4 6y
0 Fortress Investment Group - Review - Macro Data 6y
0 BTIG LLC - Review - Prime Brokerage Data 6y
0 Two Sigma Investments - Salary & Bonus - Quantitative Research Data 6y
+14 Good Major For Quant? 12 6y
0 Optiver - Interview - Trading Data 6y
+16 Small Debt Fund - to stay or not to stay? 6 6y
0 D.E. Shaw - Review - Generalist Data 6y
0 D.E. Shaw - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 6y
0 Belvedere Trading - Review - Equity Capital Markets Data 6y
0 Belvedere Trading - Salary & Bonus - Equity Capital Markets Data 6y
+37 Q&A: From Engineering Masters to Physical Commodities & Hedge Fund 2 6y
+15 At my wits end growing revenue for boutique research firm 1 6y
+7 hf interview conversion rate? 2 6y
+65 Motivation for those still trying to break into the industry/dream role 11 6y
+5 Best Major for HF 3 6y
+22 Recent Investing/HF books 5 4y
+3 Derivatives at MM HF 2 2y
+11 Capital allocation decision - which ratio to look at? 2 6y
0 Chicago Trading Company - Review - Equity Capital Markets Data 6y
0 Chicago Trading Company - Salary & Bonus - Equity Capital Markets Data 6y
+3 Hedge Fund Internship in Toronto? 2 6y
+5 Hedge fund start up 5 6y
+15 Bonus Structure/Formula Question 1 6y
+11 Breaking into a hedge fund from a professional sports background 1 6y
+9 GS Engineering HackerRank Mathematics 1 6y
+184 Future of HF skillset 43 6y
0 Worldquant - Salary & Bonus - Quantitative Research Data 7y
+12 Hedge fund capital raising opps 1 7y
0 The Family Office - Review - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 7y
0 The Family Office - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 7y
+3 Short focused HFs? 1 3y
+71 Point72 Summer Academy vs Top BB IBD Summer 27 4y
+13 Public-Focused Groups of Private Tech Investors (Vista Public Strategies, Sequoia Global Equities, etc.) 5 5y
+6 Businesses/sectors with both high growth and high ROIC? 4 6y
+7 Facetime? 3 6y
+10 Consulting upcoming managers. 1 7y
0 D.E. Shaw - Interview - Generalist Data 7y
0 Virtu Financial - Interview - Quantitative Research Data 7y
+17 Investment Memo Case Study 1 7y
+5 Do some hedge funds not like candidates who have worked at another hedge fund? 4 6y
0 Two Sigma Investments - Review - Equity Capital Markets Data 7y
0 Two Sigma Investments - Salary & Bonus - Equity Capital Markets Data 7y
+82 Boss/PM tosses heap of personal insults upon resignation 32 4y
+3 Citadel London 2019 1 6y
+19 Standard non-competes - is 1 year a lot? 9 6y
+3 Prop trading interview questions - de shaw, Jane street, citadel 1 7y
+4 Any thoughts on Woodline Partners? 5 5y
+12 Bayview Asset Management Thoughts and Opinions 1 6y
+15 Are all those market risk/model validation jobs worthwhile or not? 4 7y
0 AQR Capital Management - Review - Quantitative Research Data 7y
0 AQR Capital Management - Salary & Bonus - Quantitative Research Data 7y
+10 DE Shaw Fundamental Group 1 7y
+12 How much of a comp difference will you see for a top hedge fund analyst at a $500mm fund vs. a $5,000mm fund? 1 7y
+7 best hf headhunters these days? 4 6y
+14 how much does hedge fund compensation vary by geography like-for-like? 2 6y
+43 Pro ball to Pro Analyst 13 6y
0 Point72 - Review - NA Data 7y
0 Point72 - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 7y
0 D.E. Shaw - Review - Investment Management Data 7y
+6 Alpha Capture - Tim Group anybody with experience contributing ideas? 5 5y
0 BlueCrest Capital Management - Salary & Bonus - Sales and Trading Data 7y
+15 Why won’t this work? 7 6y
0 D.E. Shaw - Review - Equity Hedge Data 7y
0 D.E. Shaw - Salary & Bonus - Equity Hedge Data 7y
0 Citadel Securities - Review - Generalist Data 7y
+21 Should I join a tiny (2-man $12 mm) start up HF? 9 6y
+16 What is the most popular software that hedge funds use? 14 7y
+13 Considerations before joining a fund 3 6y
+5 Alternative Data 4 4y
+15 Low-return, low VaR, low vol 14 6y
0 Citadel Securities - Review - Quantitative Research Data 7y
+22 Multistrat/small HF Networking? 12 6y
+7 HF Interviews NYC 5 6y
+12 when can i remove my gpa for hf roles? 2 7y
+15 Event Trading Volatility 1 7y
+32 idea velocity at fundamental or quant funds 11 6y
+6 Any idea how to network in Toronto's Hedge Fund industry? 1 6y
+24 HF Strategies protected from quants 17 4y
+21 WSO Weekly Quiz - Win A Year of WSO Premium (80,000+ Interview and Salary Data Points), $299 Value, for FREE! 1 7y
+6 select equity group??? 4 5y
+21 Compensation: Experienced Sell Side Associate to 1st Year HF Associate NYC 4 6y
+12 1st Analyst Comp BuySide 1 7y
0 ANZ Bank - Interview - NA Data 7y
+15 Sign on bonus for PM positions 1 6y
+3 Sorry please delete 1 7y
+20 Hedge Fund Landscape - Picking the Right Shop 4 7y

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