+18 Internship at a hedge fund 9 10y
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+38 Ingenious, or stupid, way to fast track to PM 23 6y
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+4 Best Hedge Funds in Boston 17 6y
+14 Distressed interview question 9 10y
0 Hedge Fund Seeders 0 10y
0 Hedge fund consulting firms 2 10y
+2 Capital for Hedge Fund 2 10y
0 Non Computer Science Investment Roles at Two Sigma 4 10y
+150 And the Quants Shall Inherit the Earth 123 9y
0 Can one contact push for someone to be hired at a HF? 0 10y
+39 ROIC when stockholders' equity is negative 13 10y
0 Accounting at Private Equity Firms and Hedge Funds 2 10y
0 How common are "pump & dump" microcap stock schemes in Hedge Funds? 0 10y
0 Trading - IB or Phone Call? 4 10y
+4 Launches? 3 10y
0 BlackRock Shuts Down Global Macro Hedge Fund 10 10y
0 Difference between Mutual Fund, Institutional Asset Management, Hedge Fund? 0 10y
0 Help on Hedging with Futures HW 0 6y
+3 Apollo-Principal Structured Finance Group 3 3y
0 CFA vs. Lateral? 1 6y
0 Absolute return, long only hedge funds? 5 10y
+17 What do you think about this new fund's strats (Three Stones)? Any insight into them? 5 6y
0 Long Short Equity Hedged position sizing 0 10y
0 D.E. Shaw Corporate Development Summer Internship Interview 1 9y
0 Ruane Cunniff & Goldfarb Increase VRX Position 17 10y
+11 D.E. Shaw: Background and Reference Check = Good sign? 2 7y
+26 Value investing in Mining Companies - Balance sheet analysis - Liquidation Scenario - LT Asset Value vs Book Value 11 6y
0 MBA Internship in funds 1 10y
+50 Citadel (Surveyor) Case Study/Modeling Test 14 2y
0 HF internship dilemma 8 10y
0 Searching for internships 1 10y
0 Credit-Related Investment Thesis 1 10y
0 First year hedge fund analyst comp - am I getting low-balled? 7 10y
+14 What to read in an annual report 14 10y
0 Emailing a fund manager 1 6y
0 Going to HF association events for networking as an undergrad? 0 10y
+11 Institutional Asset Allocation Comp? 7 3y
+9 CFA calls out hedge fund underperformance. 3 10y
0 Sell sider road to hedge fund 0 10y
+53 Keep Getting Fired 30 8y
0 Analyst backgrounds in Fundamental Equity HFs 3 10y
+4 Hedge Fund Analyst salaries in Chicago? 1 6y
+13 Carlyle-owned fund refuses to refund near 2/3 of amount requested by investors 3 10y
0 Equity Associate vs Global Macro Execution Trader? 3 10y
+29 Bridgewater vs PEAK6 Investment 16 6y
+7 Help me decide: Paulson vs. a top-10 credit fund 7 10y
+34 Hedge Fund Priest? 10 6y
0 bonuses at quant funds 0 10y
+32 Breaking Into Activism 23 6y
0 Structured Credit HF; Junior Analyst role, is this a good opportunity? 0 10y
+5 D.E Shaw Generalist Internship Interview 8 9y
0 HF Interview - Trader vs. Analyst 0 10y
+28 NYSE Tries to Pull a "Roger Goodell" on Hedge Fund industry 20 6y
0 Alphabet (Google), Amazon and Microsoft killing reports for Q3 0 10y
0 Are there any HFs specializing in clothing/fashion industry? 1 10y
0 Hedge Fund Interview Help! 0 6y
0 3 hour long / short equity interview 0 10y
+17 Short Selling Role 5 10y
+77 How to raise capital to start a hedge fund? 75 9y
0 Good hedge fund, bad PM 5 10y
+37 Resident physician interested in hedge fund 24 10y
+3 First Pitch/Trade 13 10y
0 13F Tracker 11 10y
0 Distributor Margins and Valuations 1 10y
+23 Referred to a hedge funds, unsure about motivational letter 13 10y
0 [ISSUE 38] - Interesting Things... 0 10y
0 Choosing a FT position - RE HF out of school or going safe route to BB? - Some insight or advice? 1 10y
0 Credit investing 1 10y
0 How many businesses have you looked at (question to buy-side PMs/analysts) 9 6y
+17 Resume Review: Equity Research to Hedge Fund 14 10y
0 Prepping for Fund Assistant Interview 0 10y
0 You mean to tell me the market doesn't go up forever? 3 10y
+92 55x price hike on "Essential Medication" - Smart move? 86 5y
+14 Do hedge funds suffer from competition ? 1 6y
0 Physician looking into working in the industry 2 10y
+7 Does AQR run quant trading strategies? 4 10y
0 Help Please! HF Consulting Interview 0 10y
+35 Which places better into hedge funds, HBS or Stanford GSB? 28 6y
0 Am I doing this correctly? 4 10y
+13 Best headhunters for HF? 13 4y
0 HF vs traditional AM? 5 10y
0 Interview w/ HF Consulting Firm 0 10y
0 College Freshman - How should I break in? 0 6y
+21 Credits / Investments per Analyst 19 10y
0 Financial Engineering to Global Macro 2 6y
0 Cyrus Capital Partners 1 10y
0 Best type of buyside firm to make most compensation - pe vs hf and debt vs equity 1 10y
+13 Am I being undercompensated? 8 6y
+16 Getting a job in European hedge fund 4 6y
0 College senior looking at HFs. Wondering what interviews are like? 1 10y
+21 Credit HFs: Possible to switch from munis to corporates? 6 10y
0 Why did Buffett not need certifications to set up his hedge funds? 3 10y
+133 ER to HF 89 6y
+52 Would you go into a $40 mil long-only equity fund after college? 71 10y
+17 Fund Accounting to Portfolio Management - Career Path Advice 3 6y
0 IRS Ends "Basket Options": Effect on Hedge Funds? 0 10y
+41 Random Musing on Mr. Market 8 5y
0 "The Professor" in Drobny's book 0 10y

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