+15 Breaking into HF from VP IBD 7 2y
+18 FoHF a good start for a career ? 7 3y
+4 Going back to banking from L/S 4 3y
+6 Hedge Fund Tweet 1 3y
+7 Any update on Abdiel Capital? 15 3y
+9 Greenwich Funds 2 3y
+15 Advice: Moving from MF PE to SM HF (London) 8 3y
+10 Anyone familiar with Snowcat Capital or Mountaineer Partners? 5 3y
+4 Citadel: Rejected by HR but senior portfolio manager willing to send my resume 10 3y
+3 What Liberal Arts Colleges stand out in terms of IB/HF recruitment? 2 3y
+16 PE vs HF 9 3y
+3 SM to MM on PM level 2 3y
0 Irradiant/Kayne 0 3y
+18 Reading 5 3y
+13 Point72 Experienced Academy 2023 125 1y
+9 MMHF —> B-school —> PE/SMHF 4 3y
+1 Point72 / BAM Model Test / trading intel 1 3y
+7 Condensing Historic Company Data 4 3y
+12 MM HF interview 4 3y
+15 market neutral / systematic credit resources 3 3y
0 Getting to a good sm hf from ER vs IB 2 3y
+28 King Street Capital? 21 2y
+3 Millennium Management Equities Junior Research Analyst Diversity Insights Program 5 3y
0 Bridgewater Associates - Review - Macro Data 3y
0 Bridgewater Associates - Salary & Bonus - Macro Data 3y
0 Bridgewater Associates - Interview - NA Data 3y
0 Magnetar Capital - Review - Generalist Data 3y
0 Magnetar Capital - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 3y
0 HELP!! HF interview question 4 3y
+76 Top Hedge Fund Gigs Out of Undergrad 81 3y
+5 Best way for international to break into American hedge fund industry 1 3y
+5 Two Sigma QR or HRT Algo Dev for internship? 9 1y
+3 deshaw research analyst first round questions 1 3y
+6 Thoughts on a CapEx supercycle? 1 3y
+35 Employee funds 17 3y
+1 Elliott Email? 12 3y
0 Are people still getting exit offers at SM hedge funds? 2 3y
0 Tiger Global Writes Down Venture Funds’ Bets by 33% in 2022 3 3y
+8 Thoughts on Maple Capital? (2023) 3 2y
0 What Does Optionality Look Like at a MM HF? 2 3y
+1 Citadel/P72 Full Time Recruiting 8 3y
+7 Credit HF Case study - annual or quarterly forecasts? 5 3y
+28 Does background matter for comp? Exp. Analyst Level 10 3y
+3 Del 1 3y
+6 Long Yen Thesis 2 3y
+8 Should I take Point72 SA--breaking into SM HF's? 9 9mo
+3 Is it worthwhile posting investment ideas anywhere? 1 3y
+9 Enterprise Value metrics vs. Market Cap Metrics 1 3y
+3 Atika Capital / Brad Ferber 4 1y
+36 Comp Negotiation 26 3y
+14 Emotional Discipline 7 3y
+11 How important are sector and culture fit when choosing a pod? 3 3y
+10 Best Quant Skills to Learn 9 3y
+7 Stupid question about carry 5 3y
0 Qube Research and Technologies - Salary & Bonus - Engineering Data 3y
+3 delete delete delete delete delete delete 4 3y
+3 Fund Strategy Discovery? 1 3y
+4 FTC and non - competes 5 3y
+3 L/S at long only firms 2 3y
+6 Training Resources for Multi Strat Hedge Fund? 1 3y
+2 Breaking into Hedge Fund/ Equity Research/ Buy side Finance 3 3y
+66 The Disturbing Reality of Prop Firm Clout Chasing (Confessions of a Jane Street Trader) 14 3y
+35 Why don’t people copy other funds? 49 3y
+12 What stops people from copying strategies? 1 3y
+3 Ken G says SVB depositors should not have been bailed out? 1 3y
+24 Smartest buyside firms? 19 3y
+6 Equities prop desks at banks 1 3y
+5 Macro pod size? 5 3y
+3 As an analyst, are you in charge of telling your PM when to close your position? 2 3y
+25 2am rant 12 3y
+14 SVB: Can ETF sell-off affect underlying stock price? 4 3y
+3 SVB Pain 2 3y
+9 Delete 1 3y
+11 Best Special Sits in London - decent WLB + good progression 19 3y
+3 Open 2023 UK Hedge fund Internships applications? 1 3y
+15 Citadel Associate Program Quality vs. BB/EB summer analyst 26 2y
+3 Thoughts on Citadel Associate Program 1 3y
+14 Prop Trading v HF for Quant Traders 3 2y
+9 What fx/rates/fixed income desk is best for macro/rates hedge funds? 2 2y
+3 Pros and cons of different roles in a siloed quant company 1 3y
+3 Ratio of hedge funds hiring traders vs Outsourcing to Execution Shops? 1 3y
0 Multi strat HFS that are not pod shops 14 3y
+6 Hound Partners 1 3y
+5 Hedgefund Exit Opps 2 3y
+9 Cold Emailed Fund Manager--he set up a call. What should I expect? 5 3y
0 Two Sigma Investments - Interview - Hedge Fund Data 3y
+24 What is a catalyst? 10 3y
+9 Senior Finance Student Who Feels Clueless 1 3y
+3 What is it like to work in the Middle Office of a hedge fund? 1 3y
+6 Citadel Associate Programme (CAP) - NY Summer 2024 2 3y
+15 Can new PMs hire analysts from their previous HF? 10 3y
+24 Well....there goes the US Economy. Hard Landing Incoming 7 3y
+24 Sub-PM / PM Negotiations & Career Advice 4 3y
+5 Track record sheet 4 3y
+19 How is Activist Defense in IB Viewed? 3 3y
+11 Bernstein Arya 6 3y
+5 ib v trading 11 3y
0 Breaking into HF? 1 3y
+1 S&T or IB for macro exit 5 3y
+4 Hedge Fund teams that do private + public investing 5 3y

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