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0 SS&C - Salary & Bonus - Operations Data 1y
0 SS&C - Review - Operations Data 1y
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+21 How to Conceptualize Alpha? 2 1y
0 Davidson Kempner FT 2026 26 2mo
+18 FT Recruiting vs Focusing on the Internship 7 1y
+10 What’s the deal with Knighthead 9 11mo
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+2 Are there mid cap focused teams at Pod Shops? 3 1y
+12 Best HC Pods / PMs 30 12mo
+13 Rollercoaster macro l/s 6 1y
0 Thoughts on starting out at a smaller L/S firm 1 1y
+21 Learning from a Failed Interview (Hotchkiss and Wiley) 1 1y
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+16 Full time recruiting as a May 2027 grad 5 1y
0 Point72 - Salary & Bonus - Public Finance Data 1y
+8 How have you been using AI (Chat GPT or others) in investing activities? 1 1y
+21 FT Recruiting vs Internship Grind 3 1y
+1 Recruiting FT for PE / IB Opps with a HF Junior Internship 1 1y
+16 How to tell if it's the right fund to join 5 1y
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+46 Help with modelling, stuck 19 1y
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+3 Contrarian and highbridge 2 1y
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+14 Hedge Fund Modeling Basic - Multiples 4 1y
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+16 advice - interview at other funds while accepting offer 10 1y
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0 Stats question for Junior Interview 1 1y
0 Best Energy/Utilities PMs? 1 1y
+21 MMs involved in Distressed / Special Sits 11 1y
+19 European perspective only - Masters 3 1y
+19 LO return offer advice 16 1y
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0 Citadel Investment Group - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 1y
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+23 How to Break Into a Global Macro Hedge Fund – From a French Target School 5 1y
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+7 Beach Point Capital Updates 7 1mo
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