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+7 Dragoneer 6 5y
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+6 Elliott Management FA Internship 5 5y
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+13 Pair Trades and Market Neutral Investing 7 5y
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+13 Career Economics / Risk-Reward ? 3 5y
+3 Bridgewater Internship structure/learning opportunity 2 5y
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+44 Why do YOU work in finance? 53 5y
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0 What do you all think of the fisk credit pitch competition for Corp Fin? 0 5y
+3 Deleted 1 5y
0 What's going on at Bridgewater? 5 5y
+1 How do you stay up to date with the markets? 1 5y
+5 What's next after working at a HF? 9 5y
0 NYC Metro Hedge Fund Office Returns? 2 5y
+12 Evergreen Coast Capital (Elliott PE arm) 2 5y
0 Some hedge fund terms for explanation 0 5y
0 SF Biotech Hedge Funds 14 5y
+15 HF Case Studies: Outsourced Work? 11 5y
+3 Large and isn’t fund trade frequency 0 5y
+13 Resources for practicing modeling software companies? 6 5y
+16 Activist funds recruitment? 9 5y
+15 Citadel Securities Phone Interview [What to expect?] 1 5y
+9 FCF Yield vs. Multiple 11 5y
0 Anyone considered starting a real estate hedge fund? 1 5y
+35 How many ideas do you generate per week/month? 14 5y
+8 ER to different HF types 3 5y
+3 Creditor Advisor Selection 2 5y
+2 DE Shaw Corp Dev Intern 4 5y
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+6 Any good examples of an investment memo recommending a position? 3 5y
+9 How Can I Learn More About various HF strategies? 0 5y
+51 Long Term HF recruiting 16 5y
+19 Passion For The Markets 11 5y
0 Any insights into getting a job at an allocator? 1 5y
+9 Citadel HF employee interviewing me for CitSec role? 3 5y
+47 Can I stop working with a headhunter, but still interview at the firm they introduced me at? 31 5y
0 Mid-Size Event Driven Equity/Credit Funds 3 5y
0 What do credit hedge funds do and how do people break in? 3 5y
+28 Buy Side Jobs 25 5y
+2 Equity MM Hedge Funds Strategies 2 5y
+4 Fundamental equity guys - what does your information flow look like? 1 5y
+29 Biotechnology or Pharma Primers 11 5y
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+12 Stock Pitch Question 9 5y
0 Investing in claims 0 5y
+6 What is the best background to get to an HF 0 5y
+24 Distressed Fund Exit To Equity Investing Possible? 13 5y
+9 INSTABILITY IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN 1 5y
+7 HPS Investment Partners / Highbridge Capital Management differences? 2 5y
+3 West Coast Hedge Funds? 4 5y
+25 Elliott / Third Point / Aurelius 17 5y
0 Internal Mobility within a hedgefund? 0 5y
+29 How do you go about modelling a company on the buy side? 14 5y
+76 Savings from Working at a Hedge Fund 30 5y
+4 Quant HF - How Much Should Entry PhD Quant Expect To Be Paid?? 1 5y
+10 Exit to HF from IB 2nd year associate 5 5y
+3 Free API for financial data 4 5y
+24 Does interest rate vol impact bond prices? 10 5y
+7 Ramping up period 1 5y
+21 Quant analyst at a 2.2bn hedge fund vs quantum scientist in JP Morgan (career question) 8 5y
+58 Joe Femenia - Navy SEAL to head of distressed and special situations at Jefferies 39 5y
+16 Applying directly gets no response, using a recruiter gets an interview same week. 1 5y
+15 Common techniques to contain portfolio volatility and DDs at MM platforms (Millennium/Citadel/P72 or similar) 15 5y
0 Question about CAIA's Incentive fee call option value..... 1 5y
+12 Hedge Fund Industry in Chicago - growing or shrinking? 1 5y
+12 HF Trading Platform Analyst Salary? 0 5y
+27 Question for PMs regarding budgets at multi managers 0 5y
+2 Bridgewater Front Office/Middle Office Roles? 1 5y
+51 Q&A: PM at 28! 50 5y
+18 Looking for a hedge fund interview preparation mate 20 5y
+19 solo PM at MM platform 15 5y
+11 How do you credit PMs hedge your portfolio 3 5y
+39 How to Read More Efficiently Everyday as Research Analyst 13 5y
+3 What sort of risk model would you implement at your fund? 0 5y
+3 BW Investment Implementation 3 5y
+13 How honest are (MM) HF recruiters? 8 5y
+42 Switching from Quant Research to Quant Dev? 29 5y
+10 Tudor Investment Corp comp, team structure, culture, insights 1 5y
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