+10 Transitioning to a New Seat 2 2y
0 AQR Capital Management - Interview - Trading Data 2y
+12 How do you combat the constant feelings of urgency and underachievement. 2 2y
+3 Non-MF PE worth it for SM HF? 2 2y
+33 Pod Shops: what to be wary of the central risk book? 29 1y
+19 Pods Not having a Good October 10 2y
+151 How much of pod shop hate is just jealousy? 71 1y
0 Varde Partners - Salary & Bonus - Special Situations Group Data 2y
+49 What do heads of equities at MMs do? 22 2y
+23 How do you determine what is priced into a stock? 11 2y
0 Point72 - Interview - Generalist Data 2y
+3 Free /cheap CFA Books? 0 2y
0 Maven Securities 0 2y
+10 Anchorage London - How are things going there? 5 2y
+2 Dislike having friend group of only traders/quants 4 2y
+3 Tips for the beginning of first HF role 1 2y
0 Citadel Investment Group - Review - Trading Data 2y
+3 Best you've seen 1 2y
+10 Davide Leone 5 7mo
+3 L/S Los Angeles 4 2y
+92 What is the new - "lets start a hedge fund?" 54 2y
0 Cambridge Associates - Review - NA Data 2y
0 Top Prop Firm or Small Hedge Fund Job Offer? 3 2y
+1 Model Practice Test 2 2y
+3 2bn AUM Intern comp? 6 2y
+67 delete 41 2y
0 Struggling to get freshman internship 2 2y
+46 Starting a Hedge Fund? 14 2y
+3 Mid size Hedge Funds in California and Texas 0 2y
0 Hudson River Trading LLC - Interview - Quantitative Research Data 2y
+11 Private Debt to Hedge Fund 6 2y
0 Sophomore Summer Internship (Small Hedge Fund/Capital Management) for Junior IB Recruiting 4 2y
+3 Freshman internships other than quant? 1 2y
+3 GIC Public Equities 5 2y
+9 Multi strats with equities strategies 11 2y
+9 What are the top commodities shops in terms of compensation? 6 2y
+16 HRT vs Balyasny 17 2y
+6 1 year Prep for LS SM - what to do? 5 2y
+3 Consumer Focused Activists 2 2y
+5 How to do top-down analysis? 2 2y
+6 Are HF returns always measured against benchmark? 3 2y
+83 Wellington vs. Viking Global vs. Boutique AM 67 2y
+3 Delete 1 2y
+7 Brevan Howard 1st Round London 7 2y
+3 Arena Holdings 3 2y
+61 L/S analyst feeling stuck mid-career 24 2y
+8 2+2+2 vs 2+2 9 2y
+10 PhD Quant Researcher 1 2y
0 Millennium Risk Management Internship 0 2y
+4 Thoughts on Cinctive Capital 0 2y
+7 Davidson Kempner FT 2024 Investment Analyst 7 2y
+9 How can I best prepare for an operations internship at a small hedge fund? 1 2y
+4 Advice to become fundamental L/S research analyst 2 2y
+9 Favorite sell-side firms/analysts for TMT/software ideas & dps 9 2y
+6 MF Liquid Credit Fund Analyst 4 2y
+3 BENF Stock.... 1 2y
+11 Point72 FT Academy Comp + Bonus Structure 5 2y
0 Worldquant - Interview - NA Data 2y
+10 Automation for long short equity 12 2y
+5 How do MMs hire PMs from other Firms? 2 2y
+17 Startup Fund Comp 26 2y
0 D.E. Shaw - Salary & Bonus - Software Data 2y
0 D.E. Shaw - Review - Software Data 2y
+26 If Analysts and PMs were paid the same, 99% would choose to be analyst. 15 2y
+3 Dele 1 2y
+3 . 1 2y
+6 Hedgefund Internships 5 2y
+3 JPM MO Operations vs. Citadel Operations 1 2y
+1 Hudson Bay 0 2y
+6 Am I the only one not using formatting macros? (not interesting topic) 1 2y
+30 Your opinion on top distress / opportunistic credit shop 13 2y
+30 How do you H-1B visa holders grapple with the stress of working at an MM? 27 2y
+38 How to get a FIG Hedge Fund Role at Tiger Cub / Grand Cub? 22 2y
0 Citadel Securities - Interview - Trading Data 2y
0 Bridgewater Associates - Interview - Investment Grade Finance Data 2y
+20 1 BN AuM HF Vs Tier 2 Strategic Consultant 8 2y
0 UBS AG - Review - Risk Management Data 2y
0 Point72 - Interview - Generalist Data 2y
+17 Macro pods vs L/S pods 19 2y
+20 macro hf interviews 5 2y
0 UBS - Salary & Bonus - Risk Management Data 2y
+4 How much will SF IB limit HF exits? 2 2y
+9 Parvus Asset Management - London 7 2y
+8 Is the platform race over 10 2y
0 Balyasny Asset Management - Interview - Investment Research Data 2y
+6 Multi Manager Risk limits 2 2y
+17 SBC modelling - BSO should go up right? 4 2y
+7 Double salary during non compete? 3 2y
+12 MBS trading at Pod Shops? 2 2y
+6 What do you do as an equity analyst at a quant shop? 3 2y
+6 Capstone Investment Advisors 2 1y
+21 How to deal with job offer anxiety? 2 2y
0 Schonfeld - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 2y
0 Schonfeld - Review - NA Data 2y
0 Verition Winter Internship (London) 0 2y
+16 Basic Questions About Basis Trades 3 2y
+26 Using the sellside effectively 6 2y
+6 Anyone in Sahana Capital Process? 5 1y
+1 Anyone heard of Akisa? 0 2y
+24 Sr PM comp packages to jump ship 11 2y

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  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.3%
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