+13 3 month garden leave before new job. Want to take a modeling course. Any suggestions? 5 3y
0 Interview with CIO of Pod 0 3y
+7 Help with finding a great stock pitch 1 3y
+4 Sharpe vs Sortino - Which one is preferred? 4 3y
+3 Best resources for short sellers? 2 3y
+48 Joining 1bn+ startup L/S funds? 37 2y
+10 Fund blew up, now stuck 3 3y
+12 Stay as junior PM or move to a larger place as analyst? 7 3y
+23 Billionaire Father - What Should I Do? 21 3y
+26 Range of returns in a MM pod 12 3y
+1 How to know when a company will release financials? 3 3y
+18 Is it reasonable to be concerned about instability in HF space? 5 3y
+13 Serious question: Can I run a friends onlyfans account and collect money from it without reporting it as outside business activity and not get fired? 12 3y
+11 Activist Hedge Funds 3 3y
+12 Salary on Glassdoor - Reliable ? 3 3y
+11 Benefit package > TC 5 3y
+15 Venture capital darlings that grew during the last bull run and IPO'd in the last 2-3 years - please name any you can think of in this thread! 2 3y
+12 Try IB boutique or continue recruiting for HF? 1 3y
+6 Upward mobility at an MM HF? 9 3y
+3 Hedge Fund to BB S&T? 1 3y
0 GIC - Interview - Infrastructure Data 3y
+44 What's keeping you from starting your own (small) HF? 12 3y
+15 Types of “arbitrages”/inefficiencies (non quant) 26 3y
+6 What makes a hedge fund traders? 28 3y
+7 Do Hedge Funds take PhDs in History? Or should I go straight from undergrad? 4 3y
+3 Risk Frameworks 1 3y
0 Bracebridge Capital - Review - Operations Data 3y
0 Bracebridge Capital - Salary & Bonus - Operations Data 3y
+23 Intrinsic passion for money management 18 3y
0 Quant fund transitions with limited experience 1 3y
+9 What are my options if I do poorly at an HF in my initial years? 4 3y
+3 Asset managers with L/S books 15 3y
+9 Distressed prop desks, London 3 3y
+14 Stupid question - how to buy given income split 4 3y
+6 How’s Bridgewater for starting out of college? 5 1y
0 Millennium Partners - Review - Trading Data 4y
0 Millennium Partners - Salary & Bonus - Trading Data 4y
+13 How do I find good pods? 6 3y
0 Millennium Partners - Review - Relative Value Data 4y
0 Millennium - Salary & Bonus - Relative Value Data 4y
+3 PIMCO Summer Analyst Program Eligibility 1 3y
+12 Preparing for FT at an MM 7 4y
0 Susquehanna International Group - Interview - NA Data 4y
+9 Real Estate Hedge Fund (Groups) 1 3y
+21 Real Estate Hedge Fund (Groups) 16 3y
+10 How to get into quant finance from stats/engineering/math background, 1 year from obtaining PhD 4 3y
+12 Multi-Manager Scenario-Driven Modelling 2 4y
0 Bridgewater Associates - Interview - Investment Management Data 4y
+3 Wimbledon 2022 Live : How To Watch Stream Free 1 4y
+7 London Analyst Salary, what do you think about it? 15 4y
+8 Difference between "Research Analyst" "Quantitative Analyst" "Quantitative Researcher" 3 4y
0 Barclays - Interview - NA Data 4y
+11 How to go from big 4 audit to HF? 6 3y
0 Evercore - Interview - NA Data 4y
+3 How do HFs practically use leverage? 5 4y
0 Two Sigma Investments - Salary & Bonus - Quantitative Research Data 4y
+11 Citadel - GHSmart Assessment? - Help 4 4y
+3 Interview process for a L/S Associate role at Citadel 4 3y
+31 Fund Winding Down, made $$$, not sure what to do now? 13 3y
+3 What are the most in demand jobs in Hedge Funds now? 2 4y
+5 Del 6 3y
+3 Global Macro Fund recruiters 1 4y
+11 Large HF: Research Analyst. Comp, growth, role, W/L? 4 4y
+3 List of reputable equity SM hedge funds with longer term approach 8 2y
+42 Portfolio Managers: Fair share of P&L? 16 3y
+16 Point72 launch point - best approach to launching within MMs 8 3y
+16 hedge fund salaries in london 35 2y
+10 Should I leave? 2 4y
+9 Opinions on Soros Fund culture, leadership, performance, etc? 10 3y
+3 BX in Toronto 4 3y
+66 Change in HF? SM to MM 21 3y
+6 Anyone know what the Citadel Summer Associate program is like? 1 4y
+15 ML SWE to finance. Is it feasible? 3 4y
+15 Quant Strat to Front office money management 2 4y
+45 Removed 12 3y
0 JPMorgan - Interview - Generalist Data 4y
+19 Is there more to learn? 26 4y
+25 D1 shutting down? 43 2y
0 Wellington Management - Review - Generalist Data 4y
0 Wellington Management - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
0 Fiera Capital - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 4y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Interview - NA Data 4y
+5 How is Aquatic Capital Management? 5 4y
+16 Transitioning from Tech to HF, What to Expect? 3 4y
+6 Del 2 4y
+45 Citadel moving to Miami 24 3y
0 Bridgewater Associates - Interview - Generalist Data 4y
+3 Hedge fund Associate Salary in EMs 1 4y
0 Citadel Securities - Review - NA Data 4y
0 Citadel Securities - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 4y
+18 Jumping from PERE to HF. Advice? 7 2y
+3 Finding off cycle IB/PE/HF internships 1 4y
+6 Hedge fund active status 1 4y
+3 Do hedge funds hire math PhDs? 1 4y
+9 Exits from tiny HF? 2 4y
+6 Looks like hedge funds got hit with the Russell 3000 1 4y
+132 Work at a Start-up Hedge Fund? (Generally) A Bad Idea 52 3y
+9 Light street Capital (Comp, Rep) 8 3y
+63 Can I make the jump? What am I battling? (RIA to HF) 28 1y
+8 Thinking about getting phd or MD then trying to go to hedge funds 4 4y

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