+23 Delete 9 1y
+12 Renege ER for MM HF? 12 1y
+11 Hedge fund tools for interview prep 7 1y
0 Citadel Investment Group - Interview - Fixed Income Data 1y
0 Millennium - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 1y
0 Millennium - Review - Generalist Data 1y
+19 Systematic vs Discretionary choice 6 1y
+23 Biotech Coverage 11 1y
0 Citsec / SIG Analyst TC? 1 1y
+12 Benefit to Joining Experienced Grad Program vs Direct to Pod 2 1y
0 Millennium - Interview - Investments Data 1y
0 Two Sigma Investments - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 1y
0 Two Sigma Investments - Review - Generalist Data 1y
0 K2 Advisors - Salary & Bonus - Equity Capital Markets Data 1y
+7 Comp for Investment Associate position at Big 4 HF 16 6mo
+3 Best Resources for Japanese Equities 1 1y
0 Non-PM role at MM/HFs! 3 1y
+1 Delete 3 1y
0 Is there any reason to get PE experience after IB if I know I want to end up at a HF? 1 1y
0 Would you rather join a concentrated value based SM or a MM pod shop immediately post IB analyst program? 1 1y
+9 Abrams Bison 11 3mo
+29 Quant Research 8 1y
+11 Portfolio Analytics for CDO HF 4 1y
0 Davidson Kempner 1 1y
+20 If you had 2 years to prep for a L/S HF position? What curriculum would you put yourself through? 8 1y
0 Citadel Investment Group - Interview - Macro Data 1y
+3 Boutique/LMM IB to MMHF? 3 1y
+16 Cost of leverage 7 1y
+14 Want to do QR/QT. Have opportunity to switch to DS from MLE, or to have chill SWE job 2 1y
+20 Event Driven / Distressed Hedge Fund Question 7 10mo
+9 HF MultiStrat Long/Short Equity Leverage 1 1y
+19 Is Jain more similar to Holocene or Millennium? 9 10mo
0 Merger Arb / Event Driven Case Studies 4 1y
+180 Why do we accept those low $175-225k base salaries at pods? 82 6mo
0 Break down returns in your own words 3 1y
0 Changing coverage 1 1y
0 Hovde Capital Advisors - Interview - Financial Institutions Group (FIG) Data 1y
0 Hovde Capital Advisors - Salary & Bonus - Financial Institutions Group (FIG) Data 1y
+81 What HFs pay the most for juniors coming from 2+2? 46 1y
0 Qube Research and Technologies - Interview - Quantitative Research Data 1y
0 Comp at $180M new LO Fund 2 1y
+15 Earnings Previews and Reviews — PM expectations? 10 1y
+13 Are there any fundamental L/S funds that don't use Bloomberg / BBG Terminal? 12 1y
+10 How much to tell headhunters / recruiters / BD? 4 1y
0 Activism vs. PE 2 1y
+195 How do you get into VIC? Please critique my write-up 78 11mo
+10 Schonfeld - Updated Thoughts 6 1y
+95 Why does sector coverage impact success, despite market-neutral strategy? 72 6mo
0 AlphaQuest Partners (f.k.a Quest Partners) in NYC 1 1y
+3 CAT Hedge Fund 4 1y
0 Non-investing careers at large HFs (operations, infra, strategy, tech, etc.) 1 1y
+18 How hard is it to make money? Math Major 18 1y
+6 Interview Advice for Event Driven Fund 1 1y
+2 Modeling and Research practice 1 1y
+37 Desk Cost Bench Marking 28 1y
+3 What is a day in the life of a pod shop analyst? 1 1y
+6 Which MMs are best at promoting analysts from within? 2 1y
0 hedge fund coaching? 1 1y
+6 Bridgewater Recruiting 9 1y
+22 what returns would top-tier pod PMs generate outside of the model? 5 1y
+9 PE to SS HF - preparation 2 1y
0 shitpost 1 1y
0 Dodge & Cox - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 1y
+12 Point72 market Intelligence canvas 8 1y
+9 Brevan Howard - 2024 returns pretty mid - What is going on over there? 3 1y
0 Magnetar Capital - Salary & Bonus - Credit Investments Data 1y
0 Susquehanna International Group - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 1y
+9 Raising capital as a new firm with no performance 3 1y
0 High Yield Debt Analyst Within LO 1 1y
0 Weiss Asset Management Interviews 1 1y
0 Key Ratios? 1 1y
+7 How smart do you have to be to be successful and become a buy side quant 6 1y
0 Marshall Wace - Review - Engineering Data 1y
0 Millennium Partners - Interview - Quantitative Research Data 1y
+80 Net Worth Potential 42 5mo
+7 Akuna Capital Option 201 course april 2025 intake 3 1y
+36 Equity research to SM HF 12 1y
+9 How do MMs run their books intra-quarter? Barring any catalysts 7 1y
+15 How much of pod shop alpha is tied to their model? 7 1y
+9 Don’t bull markets make HFs less attractive? 4 1y
+15 Maximizing My Distressed Credit Hedge Fund Internship – Advice? 4 1y
0 Two Sigma Investments - Salary & Bonus - Engineering Data 1y
+42 Those at pods / MMs - ever feel limited? 27 1y
+12 Should I consider an offer from SM $500M? What to expect on comp? 5 5mo
+3 Book sizes, splits and max DD’s at Brevan Howard and Moore Capital 1 1y
+6 Xxx 7 1y
+28 My Only HF Offer - Should I Take It? 9 1y
+25 To those that joined a HF startup in Special Sits / Multi-Asset: what was your DD process? 5 1y
0 MM HF -> MBA 3 1y
0 Citadel Associate Program cherry-picking ? 1 1y
+9 Hedge Fund Summer Analyst to Investment Banking at BB/EB? 4 1y
0 Handling Bugs / Errors as a Quant 1 1y
+16 How is Georgia Tech for Quant HFT/SWE roles ? 4 1y
+11 IB/PE vs QT/QR 7 1y
+7 Bonus paid every 6 months? 8 1y
0 Point72 - Review - Research Data 1y
+38 L/S London Hedge Fund Comp 32 1y
0 What do you do at a l/s credit pod in MMHF? 1 1y
+13 Tiger Cub Style Interview Prep 6 1y
+6 Brevan Howard Grad Scheme 10 7mo

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June 2026 Investment Banking

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Professional Growth Opportunities

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