+8 Hedge fund jobs that will let you do your own thing with little oversight (seed through public) 3 4y
+8 Performing credit- exit opps? 3 4y
+13 Bill Hwang has been arrested 12 4y
+3 Hedge Fund Communities / Forums / Industry Resources etc 1 4y
+6 FCF multiple with growth capex 1 4y
+6 Internships to apply for if looking to break into HF/Prop trading out of undergrad. 3 4y
+18 Rebranding a former employee's work as alpha 5 4y
0 Hudson River Trading LLC - Review - Quantitative Research Data 4y
0 Hudson River Trading LLC - Salary & Bonus - Quantitative Research Data 4y
+3 Best US headhunters for non-pod L/S equity 4 4y
+6 Move Europe to US L/S equity 5 4y
+4 Best readings for hedge fund analysts? 1 4y
0 Goldman Sachs - Interview - Generalist Data 4y
0 Balyasny Asset Management - Review - Quantitative Research Data 4y
0 Balyasny Asset Management - Salary & Bonus - Quantitative Research Data 4y
0 Citadel Securities - Interview - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 4y
0 Point72 - Salary & Bonus - Equities Data 4y
+14 Optionality: from ER to ~$1B HF vs. MM? 8 4y
+3 Insight on TPG Public Equity Partners (TPEP) 1 4y
+16 How are biotech investors doing? 15 4y
+3 Buying a house? 5 4y
+33 Finance/Tech Comp Equalization? 14 4y
0 Avenue Capital Group 2022 2 3y
+2 Viking Global Investment 4 4y
+2 What do you travel for when working at a SM? I don't understand what events might be relevant to travel to. 1 4y
+10 Possible to get to US SM from London IBD without MBA? 12 4y
0 Gpa for interviews 1 4y
+6 Publishing a novel while at a hedge fund? 1 4y
+18 Create separate job sub-forum? 4 4y
+44 Balyasny Reputation / Salary Expectations 29 3y
0 Point72 Academy Program 1 4y
+6 Icahn Enterprises Apr 2022 Stock? 1 4y
+55 Q&A: Direct Lending to Associate at $5bn Distressed Hedge Fund 25 4y
+23 BBG: Plotkin Aims to Bury GameStop Nightmare in Hedge Fund Reboot 25 4y
+5 UK HFs (AKO/TCI/Theleme/Lansdowne) to US HFs (Tiger/Lone Pine/Viking) 5 4y
+4 1st Year Salary Expectations? 6 4y
+20 Macro HF Trading Questions 4 4y
+3 Hedge Fund Analysts: Are Your Firms' Returns Just Getting Crushed Right Now? 1 4y
0 Worldquant - Review - Quantitative Research Data 4y
+40 I did it 14 4y
+9 Test Your Knowledge About Hedge Fund Reinsurance In This Insider Activity 2 4y
+30 IB>HF for junior comp? 11 4y
0 Performance concerns 1 3y
+7 General Q about exit opps 1 4y
+33 Have You Ever Uncovered Fraud at a Publicly Listed Company 18 1y
0 Got Invited for second round for RA at DE Shaw. Anyone been through this? 2 3y
+1 Questions to impress a Hedge Fund 1 4y
+7 Renege MM HF offer for a SM? 7 4y
0 Any Eurodollar traders out there? 1 4y
+37 HYPS freshman - How to get to Tiger Cub Fund 24 3y
+21 HF / Buy Side Trading Compensation 2022 7 3y
0 Accenture - Review - Generalist Data 4y
+6 HF internship advice 1 4y
0 Citadel Investment Group - Review - Equity Hedge Data 4y
0 Citadel Investment Group - Salary & Bonus - Equity Hedge Data 4y
0 CEI stock thoughts? 1 4y
0 Intrepid Investment Bankers - Interview - NA Data 4y
0 Private Placement Memo (for bonds) 2 4y
0 What does 'think everything on risk-adjusted basis' mean in HF? 4 4y
+5 Starting A Hedge Fund 9 4y
+9 Non-Coding HF Roles 3 4y
+5 SaaS company unit economics and ROIC? 4 4y
+30 Jobs for Successful Retail Traders after IB 31 4y
+3 Austin, TX analyst and associate salaries 1 4y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 4y
+1 Expert Networks Very Hit and Miss? 5 4y
+12 Special Situations vs. Distressed 6 4y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Interview - NA Data 4y
+3 DE Shaw Discovery Fellowship 6 3y
+4 How much capital do new recent grads get as "quantitative traders"? What happens if you lost your firm money? 1 4y
+3 Debt pricing -- Litigation 1 4y
0 Man Group - Review - Investments Data 4y
0 Man Group - Salary & Bonus - Investments Data 4y
+9 From interning at a MMHF to ? 5 4y
+11 Taxation of HF Bonuses 5 4y
0 Abdiel Capital - Interview - Equity Hedge Data 4y
+57 Millennium Equities Junior Research Analyst Program 97 1y
+14 Best way to learn SM style L/S investing strategies 10 4y
+145 19yrs old Hedge Fund Trader ? 91 4y
+1 Hedge fund path (non quant) 5 4y
0 Millennium Partners - Salary & Bonus - Investment Management Data 4y
+7 DE Shaw Ghost 5 4y
+12 Paul Tudor Jones - 'Trader' Documentary 7 3y
0 Manning and Napier - Review - Generalist Data 4y
0 Can someone shed some light on Distressed/Special Sits funds? 2 4y
+7 Pitch a holding vs non-holding 1 4y
0 Last round of interview at P72/Citadel/MLP. What to expect? 5 4y
+13 Tiger cub interviews. 7 4y
0 Fidelity Investments - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 4y
+29 Soros on PM level 8 4y
+9 Sculptor - culture? 7 1y
+17 Quant SWE vs Quant Trader Salary? 5 4y
+3 Does Discover Citadel APAC guarantee you will have interviews at Citadel US next year? 2 4y
+2 Delete 15 4y
+15 PE to HF 1 4y
0 Jane Street Capital - Salary & Bonus - Financial Services Data 4y
+11 Medical School -> hedge fund 12 4y
+3 Gauging fund launch 1 4y
+10 Advice on Assessing Job Security 1 4y
+115 Post-MBA Recruiting At Top Asset Managers / LOs 38 8mo

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