+9 Request - Connections to HF IR folk 2 4y
+28 Understanding Corporate Raider 11 4y
+15 Hedge Fund Skillset & Day-to-Day 3 4y
+5 Discretionary Trading Seat at Hedge Fund 1 4y
+6 Personalities in HF vs IB 1 4y
+6 Summer Internship Advice - SM HF vs elite LO AM 11 4y
+6 HF vs IB 4 4y
0 quantitative brokers - Interview - Equity Hedge Data 4y
0 Evercore - Interview - Equity Hedge Data 4y
+25 Is it true that HF base salary stagnates through all the "analyst" years? 30 4y
+25 Exit Opps from 100M AUM HF? 9 4y
0 Fixed Income HF vs L/S Equity 0 4y
+5 Small UMM PE HF exits (eg THL/WCAS sized, not Advent/New Mountain sized) 4 4y
+12 Startup HF straight from undergrad 5 4y
+9 Is it possible to break into HFT/Market making without a summer internship in the space? 3 4y
+3 HF MO to FO? 4 4y
0 Credit Suisse - Interview - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 4y
+3 Info on Segantii Capital? What the hell happened? 1 4y
+9 Feeling after case study 1 4y
+3 HFT Jr Trader vs Hedge Fund Valuation Analyst 1 4y
+9 Simon Sadler: Blackpool’s block trade king 1 4y
+5 Tiger Global losses for the year 52% after drop in May 4 4y
+3 Do you keep the discount rate constant in a DCF or decrease over the explicit forecast period? 2 4y
+4 Trafigura Global Trader 1 4y
+3 Long only or net L/S platforms 9 4y
+26 Q&A: Pharma/Biotech 14 4y
+24 Leaving large SM - Career Advice Needed 23 4y
+10 When to take GPA off resume 5 4y
+6 Breaking into Credit HF 4 4y
+8 Hedge Fund Offer Timeline! 11 4y
+22 Joining a distressed HF now (2022] 34 2y
+157 Global Macro Hedge Fund is Paradise 45 2y
+3 Should you engage in a bidding war with two competitive hedge fund offers? 1 4y
+72 Passing up on a job? 33 4y
+45 SM hours and process 27 4y
+4 Vacation Time at large SM? 3 4y
+6 millennium assessment day 2 4y
+6 Smaller Activist Funds? 9 4y
+6 Is it helpful to read CFA books 2 4y
+4 Who’s working today? 3 4y
+3 Best books to implement investing strategies in personal portfolio that hedge funds would look for? 1 4y
+9 What happens once your pod blows up? 1 4y
+20 L/S vs LO aum 12 4y
+7 Answered 1 3y
+8 Possible to get into SM HF straight out of undergrad? 10 4y
0 Balyasny Asset Management - Review - NA Data 4y
0 Balyasny Asset Management - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 4y
0 Canyon Capital Advisors - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
+44 Is stock picking dead? 31 4y
+9 Starting a Career in HF vs. PE 1 4y
+8 Consulting requests from HFs on Twitter 2 4y
+5 Meeting LPs 6 4y
+3 MM Risk Role 1 4y
0 Tiger cubs career path 12 4y
+3 Rhgnhfbfbdignfkdbsudbfj 4 4y
+16 Analyst at Point72 had a stroke on the desk? 8 4y
+11 From Expert Networks To HFs? 2 4y
0 Point72 - Interview - Asset Management Data 4y
+3 Oak Hill Advisors 1 4y
+7 Quant Trader -> Activist Fund 8 4y
+6 Brookfield's Hedge Fund and Special Sits? 4 4y
+12 Venture Capital Exit Opps? 11 4y
+49 Why are MM funds doing well right now? 26 4y
+6 Active Mgmt vs Passive Investing For Retail 2 4y
+10 How to assess an IPO 8 4y
+3 What are the top hedge funds in Hong Kong? 1 4y
+6 Credit Research Investment Ideas 5 4y
+3 Industry Survey 1 4y
+4 Quant Funds Making a Comeback 6 4y
0 Citigroup - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 4y
0 Citigroup - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 4y
+6 Deleted 1 3y
+13 Hiring Freezes - L/S shops? 26 4y
+9 Need exit opp ideas for being in strategy at bank. 2 4y
+6 Equity Negotiation 1 4y
+9 Shifting to HF 1 4y
+27 Is there any TA used in Equity Long / Short Strategies? 19 4y
+15 Revenue Sharing for Seeding 7 4y
0 H.I.G. Capital - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 4y
+42 It's gonna get worse from here 26 4y
+3 MM shop recruiting process 1 4y
+4 Any funds doing well besides the likes of Greenlight or some MM funds 8 4y
+3 Bridgewater Investment Implementation 2 1y
+3 CFA class 1 4y
+8 Does working at top SM give you a huge leg up for MM PM spots? 5 4y
+13 What happens if a Hedge Fund intern generates a lot of money? 9 4y
0 Millennium - Review - Equity Research Data 4y
0 Millennium - Salary & Bonus - Equity Research Data 4y
+14 What is a "good" carry at a fund? 8 4y
+3 What is it like moving from a US L/S MM to a European fund? 1 4y
+20 Is this a viable path to becoming a FO Quant? 6 4y
+9 please ignore this post, it cannot be deleted so I am doing this instead................................. 1 4y
+19 Unclear Path Forward 4 4y
+3 Marathon Asset Management 1 4y
+3 Concentrated LO shops 1 4y
+22 Are MM Pods sector beta neutral or market beta neutral? 14 4y
0 Interview Question: How do you estimate TAM for an industry or a company? 3 4y
0 Silver Lake and Tiger Cubs 9 3y
+3 Hedge fund managers: How do you do return/idea/performance attribution? 1 4y
+7 What does 4.5% Volatility mean for L/S equity fund? 8 4y

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