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+24 Best Pods at MLP 15 1y
+12 Anyone else struggling with L/S HF analyst recruiting? 5 1y
0 Which Pods are Crushing it in AI? 1 1y
+147 Choosing HF over PE? 37 1y
+14 The Dot-Com Bubble 13 1y
+6 ESL Investments 0 1y
+23 largest MM pods 13 1y
+6 L/S Idea Pitching 2 1y
+10 Advice for Citadel interviews? 10 1y
+3 Schonfeld L/S 0 1y
+1 Thames Restructuring 2 1y
+6 Too late for MMHF FT? 2 1y
+10 Are you *expected* to be a great stock trader for a hedge fund role? 9 1y
+7 Information Ratio vs Sharpe Ratio 6 1y
+29 Got my first offer but with low base 12 1y
+32 Fundamental Analysts at Quant Firms 26 1y
+14 Would you join a first time PM pod? 14 1y
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+8 Widest mandates 14 1y
0 Jain and Exodus vs Big4 1 1y
+27 No Traction with HH Email - HF Transition 14 1y
+3 Good places to look for stock pitches? Twitter, forums, etc... 1 1y
+5 Resume Advice: PE->Hedge Fund 2 1y
+6 What happens to the "washed out" HF analysts/portfolio managers? 6 1y
+8 Which Hedge Fund is the King of Wall Street? 16 1y
+148 What are the top SMs to work for today? 56 1y
+6 Eisler shutting down 6 1y
+25 Why am I getting cut? 18 1y
+2 Is HF the best way to start a quant career? 3 1y
+7 Anyone aware of any good LinkedIn/X accounts to follow for HF theses/pitches? Thanks 7 1y
+3 Jain Global Case Study 0 1y
+55 Personal Finance: How do people manage large financial commitments? 14 1y
+14 Quarterly vs semi-annual reporting 5 1y
+44 Joining a small HF.... 18 1y
+13 Systematic funds that try to mimic fundamental style? 5 1y
+9 DE Shaw SA 2025 40 1y
+18 Leveraging offers in other processes 12 1y
+6 Small cap / mid cap Activist Investor Internship 5 1y
+3 Generalist SM HF 1 1y
+101 Ask a credit H/F analyst anything, just trying to help 51 1y
+5 DE Shaw launches new fundamental equity fund 5 1y
0 Castle Hook? 3 1y
+13 Oak Hill Advisors London 25 1y
+12 SMs managing at least 2bn with small teams, limited turnover and strong returns? 23 1y
0 MBA 2+2 Recruiting 1 1y
0 T10 MM HF Intern to S&T London - Breaking In 1 1y
0 Is it easier to break into the buy-side as a top candidate vs. IB? 3 1y
0 Stevens Capital Management 0 1y
+17 Credit Hedge Fund Case Study 18 1y
+1 L/S Sophomore Gigs 1 1y
+12 How to explain leaving a fund 7 1y
+23 How to explain no return offer? 20 1y
+6 Question about Capital Development at Millennium 1 1y
0 Breaking into hedge funds from an IB background? 2 1y
0 Thoughts on the WSO HF Interview Prep Course? What have been some results from those who utilized it to pivot into HF? 1 1y
+11 Echinus Partners 6 1y
+3 why aren't hedge funds doing better? 30 1y
+78 Is there a better way to read a book? (HF Books) 16 1y
+3 Crypto Hedge Fund? 2 1y
+38 Top Credit Hedge Funds 52 1y
0 Point72 Case Comp 1 1y
+47 SM to Running Capital? 22 1y
+311 Q&A - HF work and life in NY / LON , HF launch 158 1y
+9 Boston SMs? 14 1y
+9 QIS Research interview at BB – what to expect? 1 1y
+118 Q&A: HF PM after 14 years in L/S (credit, tiger cub, and pod) 73 1y
+18 Channel check = insider info?? 6 1y
+43 Elliott Activist Investing 23 1y
0 Hedge fund preparation together 2 1y
+3 Hedge Fund Training Prep 1 1y
+105 Why are equity research people so bad at equity research? 33 1y
+6 have you ever seen someone being helped in recruiting bc they started a blog writing about finance? 5 1y
+4 Dalio Family Office hiring 2 1y
0 Current Internship Processes for HF 1 1y
0 Holocene Advisors Internship Process 1 1y
+18 Shareholder Activism Investment Banking -->> Activist Hedge Fund 6 1y
+9 Early Career Transition to Hedge Fund 1 1y
+20 Hedge Fund Head Hunter Master List 18 1y
0 Best London AMs for Transition to L/S Equity 2 1y
+23 Future of Merger Arb/Event Driven 17 1y
+11 Just landed operational role at HF, from PC/VC, any advice? 7 1y
+37 Is there much problem solving as a HF Analyst? 12 1y
+6 Rokos Graduate Analyst Programme 1 1y
+3 Rokos Analyst Programme 7 1y
+21 Secondaries to HF? 9 1y
+14 Does HR check deferred comp / comp from previous firm? 9 1y
+7 How do you build software revenue projections? 2 1y
+28 Interview Prep for "Market" related questions 9 1y
0 P72 Experienced Academy Singapore 1 1y
0 Citadel, Point72 and Ares INTV Q’s 1 1y
+15 Private Bank to Discretionary Macro – What’s the Path? 10 1y
+7 How to think about PE vs HF after IB? 3 1y
+26 Leaving a bad gig - when is too soon? 6 1y
+63 Verition 35 1y
+29 FI Pod Analyst 8 1y
+29 Quant Developer in a pod - career advice 5 1y
+1 Does equity and credit HF pods have the same drawdown limits? 13 1y
+6 Sell side for equities needs to be laid off - they add zero value 18 1y

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