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+22 Light Street Cap Low Down 5 5y
+3 Any information on Ellington Management? 9 5y
0 CFA Related Opportunities Chicago 1 5y
0 Peloton Valuation 2 5y
+26 Managing own money under HF name 28 4y
+5 HF cash comp holdback/vesting 6 5y
+22 Transitioning from PE to HF 7 5y
+11 Legit headhunters or not? 25 12mo
+8 Does anyone have any insight to working & Fir Tree Capital Management? 5 3y
+3 Thoughts on Dymon Asia Reputation and Comp 2 5y
0 D1 Capital email format 8 5y
+9 Unpaid HF internship 2 5y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Interview - NA Data 5y
0 HF recruiting timing 1 5y
+9 Sell side trading->Grad school->Quant hedge fund 5 4y
+51 Underpaid even @ 7 figures?? 25 5y
+13 MM Pods with separate entity names from Parent MM firm? 6 5y
+56 My algos are up 57% YTD. I want to sell them. 66 4y
0 Whitestone Associates - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
0 Appleton Capital Management - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
0 JPMorgan - Interview - NA Data 5y
+9 Education Direction For Undergrad Interested in Quant 1 5y
+20 What's market for LO junior level compensation? 27 4y
+34 Hedge Fund Folks: How do you “spread numbers”? 13 5y
+60 Thoughts on Diameter, Farallon? 51 2y
+5 Hedge Fund Headcount for $200M fund 7 5y
0 Goldman Sachs - Interview - NA Data 5y
+49 Moving Back into Trading from FAANG 30 4y
+10 How can a phD from Asia get a quant researcher job opportunity ? 5 5y
0 xlp capital - Review - Investment Management Data 5y
+47 Highest earning portfolio managers 49 3y
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+8 Sohn Conference - Anyone go? 15 5y
+10 when does sell side initiate coverage? 7 5y
0 Angelo Gordon & Co - Review - Distressed Debt Data 5y
0 Angelo Gordon & Co - Salary & Bonus - Distressed Debt Data 5y
0 Angelo Gordon & Co - Review - Distressed Debt Data 5y
0 Angelo Gordon & Co - Salary & Bonus - Distressed Debt Data 5y
+17 Good Returns 45 2y
+3 Ray Dalio 14 5y
+13 Has anyone heard of Sender Co. & Partners? 8 9mo
+9 Point72 Academy SA 2022 - NYC First Round Interview 24 4y
0 Valiant Capital Management - Interview - Investment Research Data 5y
0 CIFC Asset Management - Review - NA Data 5y
0 CIFC Asset Management - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 5y
0 BMO Capital Markets - Interview - NA Data 5y
+6 AM equities to SM L/S HF? 2 4y
0 Credit Risk Analysis with Python project? 1 5y
+48 How is Greenlight nowadays? 11 1y
0 Credit Suisse - Interview - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 5y
+34 HF Mindset and Psychology 14 2y
0 Citigroup - Interview - NA Data 5y
+50 Quant thread 70 4y
+6 Persistent Asset Management 1 5y
+48 List of HFs that recruit from undergrad (FT and interns) 46 3y
0 Why is macro research useful? 3 5y
0 1st Round Interview at Large MM 1 5y
+66 Low GPA/Non-target Success Story 21 2y
+85 Name WSO's New Newsletter 45 5y
0 Steps to make a pitch / pitch template 4 5y
+45 What do you think is happening in Abdiel right now? 31 4y
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+13 Life after hedge funds? 11 5y
0 Is this a good list of top-tier Event-Driven HFs? 2 5y
0 Starting A Hedge Fund 4 5y
0 Exit opps from a mutual fund? 4 5y
+15 Breaking into a Hedge Fund from Middle Market ER 10 5y
0 The Tudor Group - Interview - Equities Data 5y
+8 Good educational resources about selling options? 4 5y
+16 MM HF Opportunity vs BB IB Opportunity 4 5y
+50 Are there any hedge funds you WOULDN'T work at? 65 4y
+57 Where will I learn more? Single PM or larger firm? 25 4y
+37 Dropping Out of Medical School 23 4y
+15 Logistics/transportation company with no good comparables 7 5y
0 Bridgewater Associates - Salary & Bonus - Investment Management Data 5y
+95 To all you freshmen HF comp fanatic losers... 30 4y
+25 Sources of Inefficiency/Mispricings? What causes forced selling? 6 5y
0 Valiant Capital Management - Interview - Hedge Fund Data 5y
+24 6 months notice period 21 4y
+4 Where do I find 13F filings from HFs? 13 5y
+18 The Citadel Associate Program (Intern + Full time) 26 1y
+118 How do you nail the "wow factor" in a pitch? 43 4y
0 How can I break into HF from a funds raising group? 3 5y
+28 Craziest comp stories - downside 35 3y
+2 When is oaktree sa 2022 opening? 3 5y
0 Point 72 Academy Summer Internship Interview 1 5y
+14 Point72 Academy SA 2022 92 3y
0 Is there such thing as a secondary HF? 1 5y
+3 Take Private Ideas 3 5y
0 D.E. Shaw - Interview - Generalist Data 5y
+22 LA Hedge Fund Scene 31 5y
+32 How do you evaluate teams at MM firms? 24 5y
+5 Hedge Fund FT Recruiting 9 5y
0 AltaRock Partners? 2 5y
0 Morgan Stanley - Interview - NA Data 5y
+3 Favorite investment research tools/databases? 6 5y
0 Any thoughts on ESG? Is it just a hype during a crazy time? How to profit from ESG? 2 5y
+40 Do you think many funds have a repeatable value adding process? 29 5y
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