+17 Long only investment reports 9 7y
+15 How to gracefully exit? 2 7y
+18 Need Advice - Recruiting 5 7y
+4 On-site interview - Five Rings Capital 2 6y
+3 Anyone short or negative on Lions Gate LGF-A? Love to get your thoughts 1 7y
0 Aspect Capital - Interview - Research Data 7y
+4 Baupost Letters 4 5y
0 Everest Capital LLC - Interview - Generalist Data 7y
+12 Preparing for quant research interviews 3 6y
+15 Deciding between Hedge fund or PE if an elite business school is my end goal 3 7y
+3 XTX Forecasting Challenge 1 7y
+9 Model Portfolio Assistant Portfolio Manager, or Sell-Side Equity Research? 1 7y
+13 I need advice on networking with a sample pitch? 2 7y
0 Bridgewater Associates - Review - Macro Data 7y
0 Bridgewater Associates - Salary & Bonus - Macro Data 7y
+6 Old tiger cub investor letters 2 5y
+12 non-business masters degree, impact on career 1 7y
+12 Best offer for Multi-Managers? 7 3y
+56 Hedge Funds requiring IB experience... why? 17 4y
0 Citadel Securities - Salary & Bonus - Energy Data 7y
+35 Back Office to Buy-Side 17 7y
+12 CPAs Merging to Finance 1 7y
+13 Tiger Global / Tiger Cubs 8 7y
+12 Got a job at small hedge fund but have no idea what's next. 2 7y
+23 ER technical accounting question 6 7y
0 PNC Financial Services - Review - Investment Banking Data 7y
0 PNC Financial Services - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 7y
+26 switching from front office quant to sell-side 13 7y
0 D.E. Shaw - Review - Investment Research Data 7y
0 D.E. Shaw - Salary & Bonus - Investment Research Data 7y
0 Two Sigma Investments - Review - Quantitative Research Data 7y
0 Two Sigma Investments - Salary & Bonus - Quantitative Research Data 7y
0 Citadel Securities - Interview - Technology Data 7y
+9 Remote Biotech Research Analyst 3 7y
+10 DE Shaw Fundamental Research Analyst Summer Intern 6 3y
+28 [LONG POST ALERT] What should I do? I am kinda lost 7 6y
0 Point72 - Interview - Generalist Data 7y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Equity Capital Markets Data 7y
+13 MSBA to Break Into Hedge Fund 2 7y
0 Point72 - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 7y
+12 Breaking into hedge funds from data science - Columbia '21 admit/ non U.S. citizen 1 7y
+8 Baupost out of Undergrad? 6 7y
0 Bridgewater Associates - Interview - NA Data 7y
+9 How is Winton viewed in 2019? 1 7y
+36 Struggling to provide a 'valid' reference 6 7y
+9 Who are the best Generalist investors on the planet? 1 7y
+41 ROE tracking the market 8 7y
+16 How to get interviews at top quant hedge funds 5 7y
0 BlueCrest Capital Management - Salary & Bonus - Quantitative Research Data 7y
+12 Exit Opportunity for Structured Products Trader 1 7y
+14 What do people do to generate passive income? 44 3y
+9 Real Estate Debt (Toronto) to Real Estate Equity (Dubai) 3 6y
+3 Linking Ending Cash to Balance Sheet - Modeling Question 1 7y
+12 Got invited to a D.E shaw recruiting event 6 7y
+3 Madison Avenue Partners 4 6y
0 Point72 - Review - Investment Research Data 7y
+22 I am currently in my last year of engineering, in which I am not interested at all. My final goal is to work in a Hedge Fund. 8 7y
+3 Ruane, Cunniff, Golfarb as an exit 1 7y
+3 Fund NAV question 1 7y
+24 Value company from Gaap or non- Gaap Basis? 6 7y
+3 Investor Service Associate Salary? 1 6y
0 Two Sigma Investments - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 7y
+33 Hedge Fund Operations Role Good Place to Start After Undergrad? 10 6y
+9 Syndicate Calendar - We are looking for new syndicate calendar investors 1 7y
+17 "Best Ideas" Hedge Funds 5 7y
+12 Point 72 Experienced Hire Process 3 6y
+3 Bridgewater Daily Observations 2 7y
0 Totality Ventures - Interview - Generalist Data 7y
+24 TMT Corp Dev to HF or PE? Am I Insane? 2 7y
+58 Merger Arb/Risk Arb? 14 5y
+12 Distressed Debt Ratios 11 7y
0 D.E. Shaw - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 7y
+19 MBA and age question 5 7y
+17 Hedge Fund as buy-side exit after IB ? 3 6y
0 Point72 - Salary & Bonus - Engineering Data 7y
0 Two Sigma Investments - Review - Investment Banking Data 7y
+9 Google Alerts / Alternatives for Company & Industry News 1 7y
+3 any value to MBA in quant fund world? 1 7y
+12 Negotiation of Terms, as a new Hedge Fund Marketer. What to ask for? 1 6y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 7y
+15 NonCompete and equivalents.. 3 7y
+183 Q&A: Former Long/Short Research Analyst at Top HF -> VP of Growth Equities at BB 51 7y
+3 Custom algo work? 1 7y
0 RBC Global Asset Management - Review - Hedge Fund Data 7y
0 RBC Global Asset Management - Salary & Bonus - Hedge Fund Data 7y
0 RBC Global Asset Management - Salary & Bonus - Hedge Fund Data 7y
+150 Q&A: Head of Macro Strategy at Hedge Fund Taking Questions 71 2y
0 AQR Capital Management - Review - Engineering Data 7y
0 AQR Capital Management - Salary & Bonus - Engineering Data 7y
+3 Global Macro Hedge Fund Interview Preparation Advice 1 7y
+55 How does a guy Running a Long Volatility Mean Reversion Strategy get a Job at a Hedge Fund? 37 7y
+24 Quant portfolio manager interview 10 7y
+12 HF Internship > Undergrad Senior > HF(?) 1 7y
+27 Hedge fund analyst salary vs investment banking? 13 7y
+12 [CDO Economics] The concept of the collateral, portfolio losses, returns to equity, and the collateral earnings rate 1 7y
0 AQR Capital Management - Review - Equity Capital Markets Data 7y
0 AQR Capital Management - Salary & Bonus - Equity Capital Markets Data 7y
+3 IMF to hedge fund 2 7y
+9 Background check - quick questions 1 7y
+31 Starting up a fund in a WeWork office 22 7y

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