0 What kind of modeling do you do in a fundamental L/S role? 3 6y
0 Any funds (larger than 200MM AUM) play in Both CRE and another Asset class? 2 6y
0 MM Reputation and Culture 0 6y
+18 MM Risk Factor Constraints 8 6y
0 MM lifestyle in Asia 8 6y
+16 Europe gas/ Liquefied natural gas (LNG) commodity trading companies in Europe 5 6y
+4 At MM platforms, who is paying analysts' base salary? 6 6y
0 What's the path from analyst to PM at MM? 4 6y
+4 How many pitches prior to L/S HF interviews? 1 6y
+14 MM Owner/Manager Split 6 6y
+6 Gap year vs business school? 1 6y
+15 HF MM Manager Interviews Practice 30 Minute Model 4 6y
+10 1st year BB analyst, how soon can I leave for SM HF 17 6y
+58 Need help sizing up new offer as 1st year analyst at L/S HF 24 6y
0 Execution Quant -> Alpha Research Quant, how to make the transition? 0 6y
+3 Top Recruiters for Quant Roles (and SWE) at HFs 0 6y
+5 is the HF industry really dying? 10 6y
0 Best Financial Statement Analysis Books/Courses 5 6y
+9 Point 72 - 2020 Summer Internship Conversion Rate 7 6y
+14 P72 vs Surveyor 4 6y
+4 How do you value cash-flowing assets? 2 6y
0 BAML HY Index vs Bloomberg Data for Bond Yields, Prices, OAS 0 6y
+10 Interning during the school year 4 6y
0 Warwick Capital Partners 3 6y
+28 List of Opportunistic Value Funds 15 6y
+18 CFA for MM Out of Undergrad 4 6y
+3 Wonderlic Test Retry 1 6y
+17 PE to HF - did you take a pay cut? 10 6y
+7 Dragoneer 6 6y
0 Quant vs SWE 5 6y
+6 Elliott Management FA Internship 5 6y
0 what's going on at CQS 3 6y
+3 Learning about Activist Investing 3 6y
+60 Raising Capital--Track Record? 47 6y
+3 MM Pod Shops 0 6y
+27 Firms That Give Analyst P&L / Carve-Outs 19 6y
0 Hedge fund interview preparation 0 6y
+17 Australia - Hedge Fund Career Advice 5 6y
+13 Pair Trades and Market Neutral Investing 7 6y
0 Deleted 4 6y
+3 best Economics book for HF professional? 0 6y
0 Non target, industry vet, mid 30’s, Looking for a gig trading 0 6y
0 What are common technical questions that might be asked in a credit investment analyst interview? 0 6y
+13 Career Economics / Risk-Reward ? 3 6y
+3 Bridgewater Internship structure/learning opportunity 2 6y
+3 How do fundamental researchers come up with 12 month TP? 0 6y
+14 Best Hedge Funds to work for out of college? 8 6y
0 Anyone has pitched an investment idea to HF? 1 6y
+3 Deleted 1 6y
0 What's going on at Bridgewater? 5 6y
+1 How do you stay up to date with the markets? 1 6y
+5 What's next after working at a HF? 9 6y
0 NYC Metro Hedge Fund Office Returns? 2 6y
+12 Evergreen Coast Capital (Elliott PE arm) 2 6y
0 Some hedge fund terms for explanation 0 6y
0 SF Biotech Hedge Funds 14 6y
+15 HF Case Studies: Outsourced Work? 11 6y
+3 Large and isn’t fund trade frequency 0 6y
+13 Resources for practicing modeling software companies? 6 6y
+16 Activist funds recruitment? 9 6y
+15 Citadel Securities Phone Interview [What to expect?] 1 6y
+9 FCF Yield vs. Multiple 11 6y
0 Anyone considered starting a real estate hedge fund? 1 6y
+35 How many ideas do you generate per week/month? 14 6y
+8 ER to different HF types 3 6y
+3 Creditor Advisor Selection 2 6y
+2 DE Shaw Corp Dev Intern 4 6y
0 Investment Memos 0 6y
0 Test notifications 3 6y
+6 Any good examples of an investment memo recommending a position? 3 6y
+9 How Can I Learn More About various HF strategies? 0 6y
+51 Long Term HF recruiting 16 6y
+19 Passion For The Markets 11 6y
0 Any insights into getting a job at an allocator? 1 6y
+9 Citadel HF employee interviewing me for CitSec role? 3 6y
+47 Can I stop working with a headhunter, but still interview at the firm they introduced me at? 31 6y
0 Mid-Size Event Driven Equity/Credit Funds 3 6y
0 What do credit hedge funds do and how do people break in? 3 6y
+28 Buy Side Jobs 25 6y
+2 Equity MM Hedge Funds Strategies 2 6y
+4 Fundamental equity guys - what does your information flow look like? 1 6y
+29 Biotechnology or Pharma Primers 11 6y
0 Australia Hedge Funds 0 6y
+12 Stock Pitch Question 9 6y
0 Investing in claims 0 6y
+6 What is the best background to get to an HF 0 6y
+24 Distressed Fund Exit To Equity Investing Possible? 13 6y
+9 INSTABILITY IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN 1 6y
+7 HPS Investment Partners / Highbridge Capital Management differences? 2 6y
+25 Elliott / Third Point / Aurelius 17 6y
0 Internal Mobility within a hedgefund? 0 6y
+29 How do you go about modelling a company on the buy side? 14 6y
+76 Savings from Working at a Hedge Fund 30 6y
+4 Quant HF - How Much Should Entry PhD Quant Expect To Be Paid?? 1 6y
+10 Exit to HF from IB 2nd year associate 5 6y
+3 Free API for financial data 4 6y
+24 Does interest rate vol impact bond prices? 10 6y
+7 Ramping up period 1 6y
+21 Quant analyst at a 2.2bn hedge fund vs quantum scientist in JP Morgan (career question) 8 6y
+58 Joe Femenia - Navy SEAL to head of distressed and special situations at Jefferies 39 6y

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