+10 SM L/S Compensation? 2 25m
+13 Best place to start? 5 34m
+60 Is the grass really greener? (LSD millions SM Senior Analyst hopping to C/M/BALY/P72) 19 1h
0 Best/Most Creative Investors in New Age 0 1h
0 PE to L/S Equities 1 2h
+6 How to prep for credit HF? 4 3h
0 Elliott Management Case Study Interview 1 6h
+13 Considerations for working in the Middle East 10 7h
+9 MMHF Central Execution Trajectory/Advice 1 7h
+29 SF HF Roles 23 13h
+235 Q&A: I'm a Pod PM 125 13h
+4 Info on Steadview Capital? 2 15h
0 Credit + Equity 3 16h
+16 Crake Asset Management - HF Analyst Interview 12 23h
+69 Any thoughts/color on Arini? 76 1d
+36 Marshall Wace - Lnd - Case study 38 1d
0 Discerene Group 1 1d
+6 Marshall Wace Accounting Test? 1 hour / 30 multiple Q 11 1d
+34 G-Research - Hedge fund or not? 15 1d
+17 Latest blow up / wind down 25 1d
+20 Future of L/S 5 1d
+10 Nuvei is paying $7.40 a share in cash for Payoneer, US$2.75B equity. How do you read a premium that is still below the debut valuation? 2 1d
+7 Warburg Pincus plans a JPY 9,000 per share tender for J.S.B., est. JPY 200B. How do you approach a sponsor tender in Japan? 7 1d
+3 Chefs at Pod Shops 2 2d
0 Breaking into HF from IB 1 2d
+1 The best cover letter for L/S 2 3d
0 Balyasny Geopolitical Policy Strategist/Corporate Business Operations Internship 1 3d
+9 Moving from credit to equity? 3 3d
+12 Looking for Fund to Partner With - LMM Activist 3 3d
+12 Road from quant researcher to PM 7 3d
+870 Anatomy of the 10-K 130 3d
+7 CRH agreed to buy Arcosa at US$150 per share in cash, about US$8.5B. How do you think about the spread on a big strategic cash deal? 3 3d
0 Small UK defence radio deal has cash up front plus earnouts, how would you read the timing? 1 3d
+3 Point72 2028 Summer Academy 4 3d
+24 Walleye - Latest Thoughts 21 4d
+31 p72 2025 experienced academy 185 4d
+53 Want out - next steps 22 4d
0 Pod drug test in NYC? 2 4d
+41 Distressed Debt the most right-tail outcome? 21 5d
+11 Ultramarathon/ intense running in HF? 4 5d
+80 News on Jain Global? 36 5d
0 Lateral Thoughts 1 5d
+21 Fund 1 8%, fund 2 5%, when will fund implode? 11 5d
0 Term Time HF 4 5d
+6 Hound Partners 2 6d
+13 Has anyone heard of Sender Co. & Partners? 10 6d
+3 Question on case Internship Case Study for fundamental position 1 6d
0 Point72 Academy 2 1w
+16 CIO sleeping with 24yr old analyst 34 1w
+31 Disillusioned - what to do 15 1w
+26 AI/job update 11 1w
+3 Brevan Howard 2027 SA 7 1w
0 Non-Target Small HF Coffee Chat - Advice 1 1w
0 Brevan Howard Trading Superday 0 1w
0 Freestone Grove Partners 2 1w
+36 SM HF to LO as a junior? 20 1w
0 MLP Sector Specialist Internship 4 1w
0 Jainbridge headhunter 2 1w
+27 “You gotta love public markets” 18 1w
+48 Fastes PM progression ever seen? 50 1w
+17 Biotech: SM vs MM 42 1w
+65 When giving reference to a sexist - would you care? 14 1w
+7 Japan parent tender offers: Takara Holdings for Takara Bio and Brother for MUTOH both closed in about seven weeks 2 1w
+17 Bad GPA, HF offer, lost in life, what do i do? 9 1w
+3 Cubist 1 1w
+9 Take-private spreads: Baldwin Insurance ($7.7B EV) vs a small UK deal like Dianomi (£19M). Same playbook? 1 1w
+6 HH in London 2 1w
+14 PM is a dumbass 8 1w
+24 Learning about Event Driven 7 1w
+1 Timing from Superday to offer 1 1w
+11 Should I get an MBA for VC after Tech PM? 4 1w
+9 Capula Trading & Research Internship 31 2w
+1 point72 academy recruiting process 3 2w
+7 got to citadel discovery assessment centre--hopeless candidate? 3 2w
+12 CorpDev -> HF? 3 2w
+24 Q&A: From IB to HF in London to LO in Dubai. 8 2w
+9 Confused on all the HF fee jargon 1 2w
+73 How to break into tier 0 shops/funds like Rentech/XTX 19 2w
+47 Middle-aged breaking into HF? 22 2w
+2 Recent unwinds 5 2w
+4 Disclosed non public fund performance to a headhunter 3 2w
+21 3x SWE FAANG Intern -> Fundamental Analyst @ HF 13 2w
+32 How do you think each of the major hedge fund structures will fare in the 2030+ super-AI era? 29 2w
+3 Dragoneer 1 3w
+29 Discerene Group 27 3w
0 ABC Arbitrage 1 3w
+8 Hycalibre 32 3w
0 L 1 3w
+3 Castle Hook Partners 0 3w
+3 CD&R vs Carlyle vs Veritas vs Bain vs Apax 7 3w
+3 Applied to Millennium a while back + finished test, haven't heard back yet? 7 3w
+15 HF Analyst to ECM IB Analyst? 12 4w
+3 interview process at millennium? 6 4w
+87 Q&A: SM L/S Equity Analyst 38 4w
+14 IB analyst struggling with pod interviews? 14 4w
+7 Tips for breaking into Macro RV? 3 4w
+10 MSc advice for fixed income / macro HF path 4 4w
0 Advice for SIG Equity/Macro/Credit Research Internship Round 3 1 4w
+6 Info on Briarwood Chase Management? 7 4w
+5 Citadel Pitch Comp 2 4w

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