+79 How to Make Money in The Market: Providing Liquidity 16 8y
+463 HF PM Q&A 200 6y
+9 data analyst position at hedge fund of funds 2 9y
+31 BB IBD or 1bn L/S Equity Fund? 16 9y
0 Distressed / HY Desk to Funds 0 9y
+10 Personal debt fund 3 9y
+22 CV / Cover Letter Review - coming back after 10 years 6 6y
0 The new market driver-----Populism 0 9y
+29 With structured products, why even bother with alpha? 9 9y
+11 Credit hedge fund interview 1 9y
0 Base salary of a client portfolio manager at a major quant hedge fund 0 9y
0 new Madoff HBO movie "Wizard of Lies" 3 9y
+26 Computer Science or Math/Economics degree to break in as a Quant? 11 6y
+65 S&T vs IBD 103 8y
+33 Internal move from back office to front office after doing the CFA? 13 9y
+29 Australian Reaching NYC HFs 6 6y
+16 Which to take: A tier-2/3 investment bank equity research v.s. a 50m usd aum long-short HF (both in HK)? 6 9y
+42 Need Help On Best Way To Prepare For A Global Macro Fund (Macro P.M. input wanted) 15 1y
0 How important are cover letters for hedge fund job applications? 3 9y
+17 How many stocks? 8 8y
0 What should I do next? First job after college 3 9y
+96 Good time for a new analyst to join L/S hedge fund? 43 9y
+26 Selling an algorithm to hedge funds? 16 6y
0 Life After a Multi-Manager Platform 0 9y
+23 What are some good event driven/special situation hedge funds? 20 9y
+69 Learning to Short from a Long-Only Background 13 9y
0 Good teams/groups at AQR? 1 9y
+29 Feedback on Stock Pitch 6 6y
0 Private Trading Account Investment 1 9y
+11 Silver Point Interview 7 2y
0 Interview with Aurelius Capital 4 9y
0 Finc Deriv's class 0 6y
+1 Special Situations Investing Material 4 9y
0 Good Reports on Retail Industry/Doing Analysis on Retail Companies? 0 9y
+45 Leaving Big 4 for HF/AM/MF - Help 17 9y
+13 Cold Email Hedge Funds to set up an informational interview? 4 9y
+12 Comprehensive buy-side breakdown 3 9y
0 Help Getting Started... Or is it too late? 0 6y
0 Moving from NY Energy IB to non-energy specific HF? 0 6y
+21 Citadel vs Goldman Sachs offer advice 10 9y
+7 Quantitative Techniques 2 9y
+4 10 Year Treasury Note Calculation 4 6y
0 Anyone have experience with RGA events for fundraising? 1 9y
0 Summer Analyst 2018 New England Area 0 6y
+39 Columbia Engineering vs Carnegie Mellon Engineering 15 6y
0 UK London Trading Qualifications 0 6y
+9 Strongest path to Distressed Debt HFs 5 7y
0 Portfolio Managers, Analysts or Professional Traders of any sort (Interview- Personal Questions) 0 6y
0 Hedge Fund Internship 0 9y
0 What is the future of the hedge fund industry and will non-automated/quant strategies be able to compete? 0 9y
+18 Monkey has 2nd thoughts after a few months 7 9y
+102 Eric Mindich’s Eton Park Hedge Fund to Close Down and Who's Next ? 44 9y
+7 Point72 Summit 21 5y
0 New to WSO - looking for fellow discretionary global macro monkeys 0 9y
+11 Transitioning from Market-neutral strategy funds 3 7y
0 Ascend Capital 0 9y
+18 HF Naming: Gravitas indicates poor performance 8 9y
0 Does anybody have any Clarium quarterly letters? 1 9y
+12 Stanford GSB v Wharton? 14 8y
+13 Global Macro HF vs BB Research 6 9y
0 Moving from a top MM to a distressed debt hedge fund 4 6y
+1 Paulson Partner Committed Suicide 2 6y
+22 Acceptable cold email to hedge fund? 9 9y
0 Definition of a Crowded Trade 1 9y
+48 Mid-career crossroads help 12 7y
0 BlackList Monitor Gives Businesses Options to Ensure Opt-in Email Gets Through 0 9y
+51 Value Investors wanted (in Paris) 6 6y
0 Do interns have to preclear trades with compliance? 0 9y
0 "Director of People" 0 6y
+20 Buyside comp - vesting component 10 9y
+69 Joining Start Up Hedge Fund - What to Expect 36 4y
0 Need Advice: I Want to Start a Small Investment Fund with My Father 1 6y
+64 Minimum Size of a Good Hedge Fund 32 8y
0 Trader intern interview with AQR? 0 9y
0 Looking for collaboration (algo trading) 1 9y
0 Lateraling to Another HF 0 9y
+100 Differentiating yourself for hedge fund recruiting (post-IB) 43 9y
+12 Would Anyone Care to Review My Pitch 20 7y
0 surprise merger in stock pitch 2 9y
+7 Recruitment for internationals 0 9y
0 Putting Portfolio Manager's names on resume 0 9y
+80 Is short selling ethical? 37 9y
0 Best career-path for non-traditional 1 9y
+3 Outline for Stock Pitch 1 9y
+9 Why does Point72 have so many employees? 2 9y
0 Applying online to Hedge Funds with pitch 1 9y
0 Divide between Quants and Fund Managers 0 9y
+30 How easy is it to go from HF to PE? 23 9y
+18 Please explain prop trading deals to me... 6 8y
+17 Can I eventually work at a biotech analyst? 5 8y
0 Is Active Management Really Dying? 0 9y
+13 Hedge Fund Internship - Suggestions? 1 6y
0 What it's like to be a woman in the hedge fund business 1 9y
+12 Citadel vs. Two Sigma: The Race to Get the Best Quants 3 3y
0 Rejected 3 9y
+23 What is the work culture of a hedge fund? 12 9y
0 Transitioning From IR Role To Analyst Role At Fund 0 9y
0 how similar is HY credit analysis to EQ 0 9y
0 From US Investment Banking to International HF 0 9y
0 Business/Data Analyst Role at Hedge Fund 0 6y

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