+11 Top Fund of Hedge Funds - Compensation, Lifestyle and Career Path? 8 10y
+25 Top MBA or go straight to HF from sell-side research 5 6y
0 Ray Dalio - why is he leading the poll for your favorite HF manager? 4 10y
0 Quick Capital IQ Favor 0 10y
0 Apollo Modeling Case Study 0 10y
+12 Deepen accounting knowledge - CFA® or alternatives 5 10y
0 Realistic shots for HF internship 1 6y
+27 Valeant Pharmaceuticals/Bill Ackman E-mails 12 6y
+12 From real to fast money - Credit Portfolio Manager 2 6y
0 Singapore Hedge Fund 4 6y
0 Fundraising for Hedge Fund 1 10y
0 On-The-Job Behavior Questions 1 10y
0 New To This: What does your average person do at a equity/fixed income hedge fund after graduating college? 2 10y
+36 Hedge fund to less stressful role - long only? others? 21 6y
0 Full time recruiting after junior summer internship at HF? 7 6y
+20 Start Up Hedge Fund London Based 8 6y
0 College junior with HF internship - Need advice regarding further prospects. 0 6y
+4 13F AUM and ADV Aum Difference 2 10y
0 Banks , Hedge Funds , Prop Firms. 1 10y
0 BB Ops to Hedge Funds Ops 2 10y
+9 HF chances 3 10y
+32 Interview Question: What Do Your Parents Do? 23 10y
0 DSP Hedge Fund Test 2 9y
+85 Are you good at shorting? 34 8y
0 Reference Stage of Recruiting Process 3 10y
+4 Zero hedge full story 9 10y
0 Can traders have their own personal portfolio too? 1 10y
+12 What should one prepare to enter Renaissance Tech or D.E.Shaw? 4 10y
+7 Dual-Class Stocks 11 10y
+4 HF Networking as Undergraduate 2 10y
0 Hedge Fund Placement in HBS/GSB 3 6y
+35 Working as a Prime Broker 24 2y
0 Hedge Fund from Berkeley 2 9y
+50 Ray Dalio Teaches Econ 101 24 10y
+35 What color suit for an Interview ? 67 10y
0 Newb needs some help 4 10y
0 Carlson Capital - Any Insight? 5 10y
0 Better Choice: Economics or Finance? 1 10y
0 Special Force Background & Employment Advantage in the Industry 0 10y
0 Quantitative Developer Intern - Hedge fund 0 6y
+15 I've been at a fund for 2 months and hate it. please advise 6 8y
0 PhD in Finance vs. public markets to HF? 1 10y
+24 Distressed Debt - Moyer 28 5y
0 Military -> MBA -> IB -> HF 3 10y
0 Davidson Kempner Case Study 0 10y
+16 Bridgewater Associates HF interview advice. 4 9y
0 Small quant HF manager looking for advice 3 10y
+19 Need help in making choice for undergrad school (Yale, Princeton, Columbia with scholarship) 17 9y
0 What more can I do? Guidance required 5 10y
0 Incoming MBA student in CA - Which sectors should I focus on for IM career path 2 6y
+45 VRX drops 40% 25 10y
+20 Bayview asset management 3 1y
0 Global macro to global equities and vice versa 0 10y
+30 Part-time MBA from Stern or Baruch or UConn 8 6y
0 For Python Quants Conference, New York – May 6th 0 6y
0 IB to Merger Arb 2 6y
+8 Point72 Interview Process - Thoughts? 8 10y
0 Data Vendors 0 10y
0 Everpoint vs Point72 4 10y
0 HF Investor Relations Compensation? 0 10y
+13 Best books to read about Hedge Funds? 13 10y
+25 Hedge Fund & Family Office - Q&A 14 10y
0 Info on Kiski Group / Kiski Alpha Partners ? 0 10y
0 Insight on Fortress 3 6y
+41 How would you pull it off? 17 10y
0 Wall St Prep Financial Modeling Premium Package For Sale, Deep Discount 0 10y
+26 Transitioning from Multi-Manager Platform Fund to Long-Term Focused Value Shops? 7 9y
+167 L/S Credit HF Analyst - Q&A 75 10y
0 Hedge funds backing out from Silicon Valley? 4 6y
+17 Please recommend books for statistical arbitrage 11 10y
0 Too early for an MBA? 4 8y
+15 Actuary Investment Consulting --> Hedge Fund Portfolio Manager- Is it possible? 3 10y
+13 Rationale behind a market neutral portfolio 3 10y
0 Interview- Sidepocket/Allocation Case Study Problem- Please Help!! 1 10y
+34 Are there any billionaire (or 9 figure millionaire) hedge fund managers from a non-traditional background? 33 4y
0 Mr Ackman's letter to the Allergen board - Bronte Capital 2 10y
0 What are the hot industries to start in right now? 0 10y
0 Entry Level Buy-Side Position 6 10y
0 HF Internship Offer 3 6y
+117 Top Down Macroeconomic Framework 79 10y
+60 HF Cars 43 6y
+65 Love Him or Hate Him, Bill Ackman Now Runs the World’s Top Hedge Fund 68 10y
+29 Please see...need a business partner for a potentially lucrative derivative play on HF industry !! 8 10y
+50 How to ask for a raise 34 10y
+179 Random Thoughts on the HF Industry 47 7y
+20 Lost Graduate: Big 4 Audit or Boutique Hedge Fund 7 8y
0 Real Estate Brokerage to Real Estate Investment 1 6y
+28 Analyst - use free time to think of strategies 8 10y
+8 Where should I get work experience in my first two years before Grad school if pursuing a career in HF 1 6y
+36 Who is the most impressive HF founder you know? and why ? 28 10y
0 Compensation at crowdsourced quant hedge funds WorldQuant, Quantopian, or Trexquant 0 10y
+233 From Heartbroken Undergrad to Elite Wall Street Warrior – My Story 78 2y
0 15 minute final round interview? 2 10y
+22 Adjusting to Free Cash Flow 4 10y
+125 Turned my live $4000 account to $44,000+ in 4 weeks...What is next? 92 4y
+4 Will a stock analyst internship help with future HF recruiting? 3 10y
+163 Gray Fox Q&A 72 6y
+10 Questions for a Portfolio Manager 4 10y
+33 London Value / Deep Value Hedge Funds 21 3y
0 Partners Capital - Anyone Heard of It 4 9y

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