+35 Which job should I take to land a HF role? 2 8y
0 Distressed / Special Sits HF view on background? 0 6y
+2 Apex Capital Holdings interview in office 2 5y
0 Citadel Investment Group - Salary & Bonus - Prop Trading Data 8y
0 Consulting Cases Value Add to Research 0 8y
+25 Point72 SA 2018 Hirevue 32 8y
+16 Point72 Wonderlic Test 14 2y
0 Investment Model Results - Any Good? 0 8y
0 MS Economics or MS Data Science / technical skills & experience needed for macro fund 0 8y
0 Future for Financials in Hawaii 12 6y
+14 Quant Trader/Researcher in HF. Struggling with my future 11 8y
0 Bloom Tree Partners - Salary & Bonus - Equity Research Data 8y
+68 Thoughts on Millennium Management? 4 4y
0 Citadel Surveyor Capital Business Analyst Position 1 8y
0 Making a Move: Retail Banking to Investor Relations 0 8y
+30 Learn Programming or CFA for Macro Fund? 12 5y
0 Blockhouse Capital - Interview - NA Data 8y
+91 How soon can one switch jobs? 81 7y
0 Bridgewater Associates - Interview - Generalist Data 8y
+4 Undergrad Advice for Finance 3 8y
0 Amundi - Salary & Bonus - Equity Research Data 8y
0 Bridgewater Associates - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 8y
0 Point72 - Salary & Bonus - Equities Data 8y
0 Point72 - Salary & Bonus - Equity Research Data 8y
+4 Biotech Stock Pitch 2 8y
0 Where to find Preqin Hedge Fund Report? 0 8y
0 Soros Fund Management - Review - Generalist Data 8y
0 Citadel Investment Group - Salary & Bonus - Energy Data 8y
+47 Starting a hedge fund with very credible people in the industry 19 6y
+65 How to name a hedge fund 40 8y
0 Do You Use the 13F Filings? 0 8y
0 downloading large amounts of historical option chain data from OptionMetrics (??) 0 8y
0 Bridgewater Associates - Interview - Technology Data 8y
0 Two Sigma Investments - Interview - Software Data 8y
0 PSP Investments - Salary & Bonus - Investment Research Data 8y
0 Honest opinion on career path 0 8y
+18 Why "reverse commute"? 13 8y
0 Pine River Capital Management - Salary & Bonus - Research Data 8y
0 Point72 - Interview - NA Data 8y
+12 looking for a partner, hedge fund 1 6y
+19 If you want to start a Hedge Fund 3 6y
0 Point72 - Interview - Investment Research Data 8y
+15 Point72 Academy Superday? 10 2y
+11 Anyone heard of Atalaya? $2.5B distressed debt fund 17 4y
0 Other - Interview - Fixed Income Data 8y
+80 What does it take to work at Citadel Securities? 30 6y
0 First Job out of Undergrad (Quant vs Banking for Later in Career) 4 8y
0 Worldquant - Salary & Bonus - Quantitative Research Data 8y
+3 Quantitative Finance Undergraduate Major 3 8y
0 Gold Coast Partners LLC - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Bond math holding period return 0 8y
+38 HF vs. IB offer? 46 4y
0 The bulge bracket investment banks don't typically work with activists 1 8y
+40 26 Year Old Female to raise $200 million Short Hedge Fund 25 8y
+3 D.E. Shaw Generalist / Corp Dev Intern or BB IBD intern What's the difference 1 8y
+46 African-American hedge fund managers 39 8y
+63 Why is it bad to join a hedge fund right out of college instead going the 2 years and out route? 34 8y
0 Ms. 0 8y
0 Goldmark Advisers - Salary & Bonus - Equity Capital Markets Data 8y
+18 A PM that refuses to show marketing deck w/o NDA 5 8y
0 Millennium Partners - Salary & Bonus - Information Technology (IT) Data 8y
+29 Undergrad straight to HF viable? 21 8y
0 Typical mid-level hedge fund analyst comp 1 8y
+7 Why you need to read to get Sr. Positions 0 8y
+25 Wharton To Wall Street? 7 8y
+14 Looking for some expertise 2 8y
0 To all canopy dwelling silver gorillas, I'd love to hear about your career story. 0 8y
0 Lots of insight into start-up biotech companies 0 8y
0 Highland Capital Management - Salary & Bonus - Investments Data 8y
+11 Anyone know what a Credit Analyst does at a HF? (Also anyone hear about Oak Hill Advisors?) 1 8y
+10 Citadel 6 8y
0 Need Career Advice ASAP 2 6y
+25 New here, love the work, want to stay in the industry, wanted to say hello 9 8y
+38 Alternative route to Hedge Fund? 12 8y
+63 What type of hedge funds do you see succeeding in the future? 26 8y
+6 Millennium vs. AQR - Job Offers 2 8y
+25 Citadel's Physical Natural Gas Presence 6 3y
+7 D.E. Shaw Dress Code 5 8y
+13 BAAM Ventures Investment Associate 3 8y
0 Is a Computational Biology degree is better than a Finance degree? 3 8y
+15 Undergrad HF internship possible for me at all? Hit me with reality so I can focus 0 6y
0 Point72 - Interview - NA Data 8y
0 Operating model for direct lending / distressed shop 0 8y
0 Need help with my career change!! 0 8y
+24 Breaking into Quant HFs 25 8y
0 State Street Corporation - Interview - Equity Hedge Data 8y
0 A case for short term investments in emerging/frontier markets 0 6y
+1 Hedgefund Resume Question 2 8y
+93 How to Break into the Hedge Fund Industry 160 7y
0 Product Management Analyst - Investor Relations Interview at $25 billion Asset Manager 0 8y
0 Fortress Hedge Fund 0 8y
+3 Does anyone know of a database containing recruiting contact info for every investment manager? 4 8y
+208 Q&A: London L/S + event-driven analyst 66 2y
+88 PE vs HF L/S equity - which one is harder to excel in? 36 4y
+1 Contrarian Capital Management 5 4y
+9 Location on new funds 10 6y
0 MBA vs. MFE for breaking into HFs 4 8y
+39 Junior Year Summer: I-Banking Intern or Top Hedge Fund Intern 18 8y
0 Inventory Accounting for "chop shops" 0 8y
+53 Buysiders - Who do you think is best in sell-side research? 19 5y

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Overall Employee Satisfaction

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  • Morgan Stanley 02 98.8%
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