0 Going after retail assets 3 10y
+9 Point72 Interview Process 7 10y
+14 Distressed interview question 9 10y
+11 Fundamentals-Based Hedge Fund Closing - More to Follow? 7 10y
0 DE Shaw's "Arceisum?" 1 10y
0 BlackRock Shuts Down Global Macro Hedge Fund 10 10y
0 Rookie Fund Managers To Follow? 0 10y
0 going to college which school will be better to get into ws 14 10y
0 Using internship to get foot in the door? 0 10y
0 Trexquant - Anyone heard of them? 0 10y
0 Opinion required: HF career vs MBA 1 10y
+7 Does AQR run quant trading strategies? 4 10y
+174 Random musings that sound like venting 22 10y
0 Return of prop trading..? 5 10y
0 Anyone heard of First Quadrant? 0 10y
+83 Random Musings on the HF Interview Process 10 10y
+99 Qualities of a Great Investor 16 10y
+58 Distressed Debt Investing Is really lucrative 26 10y
+14 6 months as a credit analyst and not enjoying the job - options? 2 10y
+26 Activism 3 10y
+36 Jumping from Asset Management to Hedge Fund 24 10y
0 Hedge fund consulting firms 2 10y
0 Palo Alto Lunch -- Idea Generation: Public Investing 1 10y
+29 HF Final Round Interview - How long to hear back? 20 10y
0 Econometric Model Functional Forms 1 10y
+18 Internship at a hedge fund 9 10y
0 SPOTLIGHT: Hedge Funhouse Rules and FAQs 0 10y
0 Value/Fundamental Hedge Fund Resume - Please Critique! 1 10y
+12 Glenview Letters 4 10y
0 Whole loan securitization 1 10y
0 Hedge Fund Seeders 0 10y
+12 PM Breeding Grounds 4 10y
0 Non Computer Science Investment Roles at Two Sigma 4 10y
+39 ROIC when stockholders' equity is negative 13 10y
+2 Capital for Hedge Fund 2 10y
0 Can one contact push for someone to be hired at a HF? 0 10y
0 Accounting at Private Equity Firms and Hedge Funds 2 10y
0 Ruane Cunniff & Goldfarb Increase VRX Position 17 10y
0 How common are "pump & dump" microcap stock schemes in Hedge Funds? 0 10y
0 Gramercy Advisors 1 10y
0 Absolute return, long only hedge funds? 5 10y
+13 Carlyle-owned fund refuses to refund near 2/3 of amount requested by investors 3 10y
0 Trading - IB or Phone Call? 4 10y
+4 Launches? 3 10y
+14 What to read in an annual report 14 10y
0 Difference between Mutual Fund, Institutional Asset Management, Hedge Fund? 0 10y
+3 First Pitch/Trade 13 10y
0 First year hedge fund analyst comp - am I getting low-balled? 7 10y
0 Long Short Equity Hedged position sizing 0 10y
0 HF internship dilemma 8 10y
0 Searching for internships 1 10y
0 MBA Internship in funds 1 10y
0 Credit-Related Investment Thesis 1 10y
+11 HF pay expectations 8 10y
0 Going to HF association events for networking as an undergrad? 0 10y
+9 CFA calls out hedge fund underperformance. 3 10y
0 Equity Associate vs Global Macro Execution Trader? 3 10y
0 Sell sider road to hedge fund 0 10y
0 Analyst backgrounds in Fundamental Equity HFs 3 10y
0 Question on dual research functions 2 10y
+7 Help me decide: Paulson vs. a top-10 credit fund 7 10y
0 Structured Credit HF; Junior Analyst role, is this a good opportunity? 0 10y
0 bonuses at quant funds 0 10y
0 HF Interview - Trader vs. Analyst 0 10y
0 Alphabet (Google), Amazon and Microsoft killing reports for Q3 0 10y
0 Are there any HFs specializing in clothing/fashion industry? 1 10y
+11 Setting up a hedge fund without setting up a hedge fund 6 10y
+17 Short Selling Role 5 10y
0 3 hour long / short equity interview 0 10y
0 Good hedge fund, bad PM 5 10y
0 13F Tracker 11 10y
+17 Resume Review: Equity Research to Hedge Fund 14 10y
+37 Resident physician interested in hedge fund 24 10y
+10 Scored Lunch With a Major Hedge Fund PM - Advice for Preperation 5 10y
0 Credit investing 1 10y
+2 Is corn on the cob really that delicious? opinions? 3 10y
0 Distributor Margins and Valuations 1 10y
+23 Referred to a hedge funds, unsure about motivational letter 13 10y
0 [ISSUE 38] - Interesting Things... 0 10y
0 Prepping for Fund Assistant Interview 0 10y
0 Cyrus Capital Partners 1 10y
+21 Credits / Investments per Analyst 19 10y
0 You mean to tell me the market doesn't go up forever? 3 10y
0 Am I doing this correctly? 4 10y
+18 Headhunters for macro roles in NY? 5 10y
0 HF vs traditional AM? 5 10y
+11 Headhunter help for long/short credit 4 10y
0 Physician looking into working in the industry 2 10y
0 Help Please! HF Consulting Interview 0 10y
0 Interview w/ HF Consulting Firm 0 10y
0 College senior looking at HFs. Wondering what interviews are like? 1 10y
0 Best type of buyside firm to make most compensation - pe vs hf and debt vs equity 1 10y
+21 Credit HFs: Possible to switch from munis to corporates? 6 10y
0 Why did Buffett not need certifications to set up his hedge funds? 3 10y
0 IRS Ends "Basket Options": Effect on Hedge Funds? 0 10y
+11 Solid Returns- What would you do 5 10y
0 "The Professor" in Drobny's book 0 10y
+24 Macro/Microecon needed? 38 10y
0 Relationship between Volatility & Asset Managers 3 10y
+28 More Than One Way to Skin a Cat? 6 10y

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