+27 $650M AUM HF 26 10y
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+21 Credit fund interview questions, experiences, advice? 11 10y
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0 BB Ops to Hedge Funds Ops 2 10y
+42 Execution Trader at Discretionary Macro Fund, Career killer or valid path to PM? 24 10y
+11 Top Fund of Hedge Funds - Compensation, Lifestyle and Career Path? 8 10y
+4 Are there any prerequisites for a Summer Analyst Intern position at a Big Bank? 1 10y
0 Night Shift Asian Trading 3 10y
+35 What color suit for an Interview ? 67 10y
0 Ray Dalio - why is he leading the poll for your favorite HF manager? 4 10y
+12 Deepen accounting knowledge - CFA® or alternatives 5 10y
0 Quick Capital IQ Favor 0 10y
0 Apollo Modeling Case Study 0 10y
0 Fundraising for Hedge Fund 1 10y
0 New To This: What does your average person do at a equity/fixed income hedge fund after graduating college? 2 10y
0 On-The-Job Behavior Questions 1 10y
+4 13F AUM and ADV Aum Difference 2 10y
0 Banks , Hedge Funds , Prop Firms. 1 10y
+32 Interview Question: What Do Your Parents Do? 23 10y
+9 HF chances 3 10y
+23 Start-Up Fund Manager 14 10y
0 Reference Stage of Recruiting Process 3 10y
+52 Would you go into a $40 mil long-only equity fund after college? 71 10y
+4 Zero hedge full story 9 10y
0 Can traders have their own personal portfolio too? 1 10y
+12 What should one prepare to enter Renaissance Tech or D.E.Shaw? 4 10y
+7 Dual-Class Stocks 11 10y
0 Carlson Capital - Any Insight? 5 10y
+4 HF Networking as Undergraduate 2 10y
+3 Wall Street 2 script - Movie 9 10y
0 Take buyside internship now or wait for IB? - Offer for a top buyside firm 4 10y
0 Syndicate Trading - Broker 1 10y
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0 Tudor - Summer internships 1 10y
+50 Ray Dalio Teaches Econ 101 24 10y
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0 Quants - HF 2 10y
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+8 Renaissance Technologies - Any insight? 7 10y
0 PIMCO interview - Junior credit analyst 1 10y
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0 Mentors - Great article 7 10y
+4 HF/PE manager analyst exit ops 3 10y
0 Junior Exotic Trader - Better to accumulate more experience? 4 10y
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+57 Hedge Fund Internships - Uncommon to get an offer? 81 10y
0 Hey - Introduction 16 10y
0 Got the job, now what - Top hedge fund 1 10y
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0 Fund of Funds internship question - What kind of research? 3 10y
0 Exit ops for research shop analyst - Possible to get into IB or consulting? 1 10y
0 Flow of Funds Question - Insights? 0 10y
0 Better Choice: Economics or Finance? 1 10y
+20 Dilemma - Second year undergrad 16 10y
0 Compensation Question - Working in IB for 1 year 3 10y
+67 Closed! - Macro Trading 55 10y
+10 Bridgewater - Investment associate 7 10y
0 Bridgewater Associates - Life of high-level software development? 3 10y
0 Business Analytics....worth it? - Graduated with a finance degree from a non-target 0 10y
0 Buying / Selling Protection - What it would mean? 6 10y
0 Career Path - Analyst going into second year 1 10y
0 Choosing a FT position - RE HF out of school or going safe route to BB? - Some insight or advice? 1 10y
+6 Bridgewater Associates - Higher up position? 12 10y
+167 L/S Credit HF Analyst - Q&A 75 10y
+16 Book Recommendation - Lifestyle of financial professionals 15 10y
0 Special Force Background & Employment Advantage in the Industry 0 10y
0 Background check pending after 6 weeks - Similar experience? 2 10y
0 Analysts Going from Distressed PE to Hedge Funds? - Common for analysts? 3 10y
+57 Developing a Macro Perspective 19 10y
+28 Analyst - use free time to think of strategies 8 10y
0 PhD in Finance vs. public markets to HF? 1 10y
0 Small quant HF manager looking for advice 3 10y
+21 Where the best/most respected HY/distressed desk analysts at? 24 10y
0 Davidson Kempner Case Study 0 10y
+15 Bridgewater Associates Investment Associate SA Position? 6 10y
0 What more can I do? Guidance required 5 10y
0 Interview Help - Internship position with a hedge fund? 5 10y
0 Finance - International Finance 2 10y
+45 VRX drops 40% 25 10y
0 Everpoint vs Point72 4 10y
0 Global macro to global equities and vice versa 0 10y
+41 How would you pull it off? 17 10y
0 Data Vendors 0 10y
0 Hedge Fund Operations Interview 1 10y
+13 Best books to read about Hedge Funds? 13 10y
0 HF Investor Relations Compensation? 0 10y
+36 Who is the most impressive HF founder you know? and why ? 28 10y
0 Hedge Fund Analyst vs Equity Research Analyst 13 10y
0 Litigation analysis q's - how to analyze IP infringment cases and their effect on public co.'s? 1 10y
+17 Please recommend books for statistical arbitrage 11 10y
0 Info on Kiski Group / Kiski Alpha Partners ? 0 10y
0 Wall St Prep Financial Modeling Premium Package For Sale, Deep Discount 0 10y
+117 Top Down Macroeconomic Framework 79 10y
+13 Rationale behind a market neutral portfolio 3 10y
+15 Actuary Investment Consulting --> Hedge Fund Portfolio Manager- Is it possible? 3 10y
+65 Love Him or Hate Him, Bill Ackman Now Runs the World’s Top Hedge Fund 68 10y
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