+142 HF 2025 Bonus Thread 166 5d
+29 Dodge and Cox Stock Pitch Competition 44 7mo
0 IB (ER, M&A, ECM, DCM) VS L/S Fund Internship For Summer (2nd Year) 1 8mo
0 Comp Brevan Howard / Caxton vs Big 4 1 8mo
+9 L/S Credit @ AM 2 7mo
+45 Long/Short pod shop is a dying business 34 6mo
+20 Moving from s&t BB to quant HF 5 7mo
+7 BB Asset Management >> HF 3 8mo
0 Millennium - Salary & Bonus - Quantitative Research Data 8mo
0 Millennium - Review - Quantitative Research Data 8mo
+31 King Street Capital - Still a good place to work? 23 3mo
+12 How do you be independent as an new analyst? 4 8mo
+21 US vs UK Hedge Fund Careers: Is the Gap Really That Big? 15 7mo
+230 Quant PM - Q&A 119 5mo
0 VWK Capital Management Toronto 2 8mo
0 Any colour on reputation/culture/comp at Capula 2 8mo
+10 Easier to make the jump to a PM job at multi strat now or after a long(er) career on the sell side? 3 8mo
+12 Delete 2 8mo
+11 Investment banking vs Hedge fund entry career 3 8mo
+15 LF Advice: How to excel at macro fund 1 8mo
+3 Best Jobs If I Love Public Markets and Want to Maximize Pay? 1 8mo
+5 When is HF Recruiting the Most Active? Is it worth networking? 3 8mo
+6 Career advice needed for ex-ER guys 1 8mo
0 Woodline Partners? 1 8mo
+20 Being asked for bonus expectations 17 8mo
+17 Why the Apparent Cheerleading for Candlestick's Closure? 12 8mo
0 Balyasny Asset Management - Interview - Infrastructure Data 8mo
+9 MM Senior Analyst Sleeves 2 5mo
+9 Two Sigma New Grad QR process 2 8mo
+9 Anyone have any insights on building a GTAA strategy? 1 8mo
0 Anyone has MM case study for industrial or utilities? Anything between 24 hours and 1 week? 1 8mo
0 Ignore 1 8mo
+5 Question on Non-Compete 7 8mo
+1 WFH at Pod 4 8mo
+18 Credit HF Path 18 1mo
0 AQR Capital Management - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 8mo
+28 Candlestick shutting down 20 6mo
+41 do markets still function well for LO guys? 14 8mo
+9 Best opportunistic credit shops in LA? 35 1mo
0 Hycalibre Cases - HELP 1 8mo
+9 How to get into MM fund biotech team 5 8mo
+15 IB -> Quant HF. Career Advice Needed! 3 8mo
+13 Rates Derivative Sales to Macro HF? 12 5mo
+13 Point72 Spring Academy / Criteria Video Interview - what questions to expect? 15 8mo
+54 Current HF industry is unfairly biased in favor of older PMs who managed money before 2021 who benefitted from easy market conditions 68 7mo
+15 LMM PE to Hedge Fund 5 8mo
+7 Millennium index rebal down hundreds of millions again 9 8mo
+9 Hedge Fund Fee Structures 2 8mo
+23 Point 72 Spring Week London Process? 18 8mo
0 Point72 Private Credit 2 8mo
0 Can I ask to work for another PM? 2 8mo
+4 Should I give up senior risk role at tier 2 prop trading firm 5 8mo
+6 ADVICE!! What to do after getting fired? When to tell ? 4 8mo
+9 Advice on moving my life overseas 1 8mo
+14 Biotech: SM vs MM 35 4mo
+17 What do the first 6 months on the job look like? 7 8mo
0 Britannica Capital 1 8mo
+8 Sellaronda Global 5 8mo
+28 Citadel CAP Summer Associate 2027 108 5mo
+12 LO vs. SM HF vs. MM HF 8 8mo
+15 How to break into hedge funds? Where to send CV? (PhD Math + ML background) 9 8mo
+10 Britannica Capital 3 8mo
+22 Tips for Assessing Level of Modelling Granularity in a Case Study? 5 8mo
+1 Adjusting Historical Financials for FX Neutral Growth 4 8mo
+4 Networking for Hedgefunds 5 8mo
+3 Citadel L/S 27 2 8mo
+47 In between jobs: HF Q&A 25 8mo
+23 Absolute Competence vs. Signaling When Breaking in 11 8mo
+13 L/S Event-Driven Strategies 4 8mo
+1 Newlands 1 8mo
+6 Best pathway to recruiting for MM HF/PE in London: IB SA or LO SA? 2 8mo
+24 Crossover Arms at MM HF 19 6mo
0 What non-MMs give discretion/books over time? 1 8mo
+12 Evaluating a new PM 11 8mo
0 MM RE / Infra Pod 1 8mo
+12 Evaluating a quant hf offer 4 8mo
+19 Research vs risk-taking role 4 8mo
+9 Have I been ghosted? 4 8mo
+7 New to FactSet, why does it feel like garbage 8 8mo
+48 Should I be concerned about where to start my HF career? Details inside 13 7mo
0 Strategy at Point72 1 8mo
0 Point72 Treasury Role 1 8mo
+40 How big of a guarantee for senior associate? 13 8mo
+26 PM underperforming, closing my market, zero bonus, likely out of a job soon — advice? 11 8mo
+19 Why do SMs seemingly have more conventionally "cracked" backgrounds than MM? 13 7mo
+14 Breaking into LO without an MBA? 10 8mo
+13 HF case study debrief 10 4mo
0 Comp in Multi-Asset Credit 3 8mo
+9 Recruiting for Junior SA IB, in order to get FT HF/AM 1 8mo
+47 Another question from an "outsider". 19 8mo
0 Millennium Partners - Salary & Bonus - Quantitative Research Data 8mo
0 Point72 - Review - Hedge Fund Data 8mo
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0 Am I cooked for going to The Australian National University for Quant trader 1 8mo
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0 Point72 - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 8mo
0 Point72 - Review - NA Data 8mo
0 Career Advice: Credit at MF vs Pod Shop 3 8mo
+14 Compliance at top hedge fund vs. ops at bulge bracket — what’s the smarter move? 4 8mo
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Career Advancement Opportunities

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Morgan Stanley 08 97.8%
  • Goldman Sachs 02 97.3%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.5%
  • Evercore No 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.8%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.3%

Professional Growth Opportunities

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.8%
  • JPMorgan 01 97.3%

Total Avg Compensation

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (16) $429
  • Associates (48) $259
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (25) $178
  • Intern/Summer Associate (14) $159
  • 1st Year Analyst (83) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (75) $101
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