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0 USPPs, EUPPs, Schuldscheins and other private placements 0 1y
+11 Why is 2,2,HF so common in the US? 2 1y
+11 Going to top distressed HF vs staying in equities 3 1y
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0 Trump 2.0 2 1y
0 How is working at Geode Capital viewed on the street? 1 1y
+12 YO too old for HF 5 1y
0 Akuna Capital Options 201 2 1y
+15 IB An - HF? 5 1y
+5 Do MM analysts update the models of all of their coverage? 7 1y
+3 Mackay Shields 0 1y
+40 Intel - What would an activist push to unlock value? 12 1y
+11 Deciding Between Quant Role at Small HF vs Big 4 Tech Consulting 3 1y
+57 Realistic Odds of Making It as an Analyst at a Pod Shop? 26 1y
+4 Any info on arena holdings (feroz dewan)? 3 1y
+3 Davidson Kempner 5 1y
0 Two Sigma Investments - Salary & Bonus - Research Data 1y
0 Two Sigma Investments - Review - Research Data 1y
+6 Nut Tree Capital - All Joking Aside - Whats the Deal 0 1y
+3 Alpine Global 1 1y
+9 Odd question: Monetising Arabic/Persian fluency 5 1y
+32 Point 72 lay off 6 1y
+20 Hedge Funds vs Family Office vs Prop shops 6 1y
0 Millennium - Salary & Bonus - Software Data 1y
+63 Verition 35 1y
0 Anyone Have Context on Maple Rock? 2 1y
+199 Someone Please Convince Me Jim Simons Isn't Complete BS 46 1y
+8 Citadel Associate Program 9 1y
0 Which is the best path to a hedge fund? 1 1y
+43 Do you ever wish you went to a hedge fund? 24 1y
+9 Caxton vs Eisler 6 1y
+18 LO AM to MM HF 4 1y
+14 LO and HF internships 19 1y
+3 MSc Courses to break into a HF 1 1y
+3 Hedge Fund "Infrastructure" Roles 4 1y
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+8 Breaking into the Buy-Side from ER (London) 3 1y
+1 HF Case Studies 3 11mo
+71 Are Markets More or Less Efficient Now? 26 3mo
0 Warwick MORSE vs Maths & Stats. Which is the better degree to get into quant and why? 1 1y
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+13 DRW 5 1y
+17 Pivot from PE 7 1y
+1 X 2 1y
+85 P72 Academy vs Citadel CAP vs Weiss vs DE Shaw 54 11mo
+11 Crossover Interview Prep 4 1y
+19 Comp for new LO Fund 25 1y
+21 Best Research Platform? 24 2mo
0 D.E. Shaw - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 1y
0 D.E. Shaw - Review - Generalist Data 1y
+8 Soros Reflexivity 6 1y
+3 11 Capital Partners Info 0 1y
+26 Contribution Margin in Hedge Fund Models 10 1y
+6 Recruiting for Distressed / Opportunistic Credit from LevFin 3 1y
+3 Comp expectation 3 1y
+9 Hedge Funds in Australia - Career Advice 3 1y
+23 How’s GBP swaption at banks for HF exit 16 1y
+19 HF Recruiting 7 1y
+6 Programming for Hedge Fund role? 1 1y
+6 What Defines an Investment Process ? 1 1y
+9 Fir Tree Winding Down 14 1y
+9 How to Develop Long-Only Skills after SS ER stint? 1 1y
0 Winton Capital - Review - Generalist Data 1y
+4 … 5 1y
+7 Options Market Making Career Progression 10 1y
+12 Efficiency Tips IB Analyst to MMFF 2 1y
0 How to learn trading/investment strategies ahead of applications 1 1y
0 Winton Capital - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 1y
0 Millennium - Interview - Strategy and Operations Data 1y
0 Balyasny Asset Management - Salary & Bonus - Equity Capital Markets Data 1y
+65 I Know I Am Underpaid. How Badly Though? 22 1y
0 … 1 1y
0 How does one determine which sub-sectors in an industry will accrue the most value? 1 1y
+22 How to make best use of meetings with management teams? 6 1y
0 Citadel Investment Group - Salary & Bonus - Engineering Data 1y
0 Citadel Investment Group - Review - Engineering Data 1y
0 Favorite Software Analysts on the Sell-Side? 1 1y
+4 Tell me about a business 4 1y
+8 Farallon l/s comp and culture? 6 1y
+35 Top LO to Top SM HF Pivot Possible? 19 1y
+8 Best Funds with Micro/Nano cap focus? 7 6mo
+3 Farallon Capital update? 13 3w
0 Farallon Capital Management - Review - NA Data 1y
0 Farallon Capital Management - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 1y
+9 how to break into commodities spec trading in europe 1 1y
+45 How important is camaraderie to you? 15 1y
+19 CFOA (Certified Futures and Options Analyst) - worth it? 7 1y
+13 HF Advice Needed! 7 1y
+6 Caxton 2 1y
0 … 1 1y
+3 Best PMs/pods in Asia 2 1y
0 … 4 1y
0 Qube Research and Technologies - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 1y
+9 Squarepoint performance 10 1y
+12 Improving Multi-Class Classification with Stacking Ensembles and Feature Engineering: Need Insights 2 1y
+18 Top Players in the Value/Distressed HF Space 20 11mo
+18 Best Pods in Europe 10 11mo
0 Competing for Capital at HF? 3 1y
+3 Institutional Sales - Buy-Side 1 1y

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