+11 Not Interested in my IB coverage, Can i still break into tech or HC hedge fund groups? 4 2mo
+33 Tell Me I'm Crazy: I Want to Start My Own Financial Advisory Firm 9 2mo
+1 UIUC 48k a year vs Georgia Tech 3k a year 2 2mo
+34 No Freshman Summer Internship 16 2mo
+2 Biotech HF Materials 3 2mo
+24 New Mentor Q&A 2 2mo
+4 What is the comp for credit hedge fund analysts at >$5bn funds? 4 2mo
+17 Darsana 25 2mo
+13 Credit HF Questions - Curious Student 6 2mo
+1 Hedge fund layoffs and movement thread 6 2mo
+44 drawdown management at MM pod 16 2mo
+18 NY to APAC Pivot 9 2mo
+14 What valuation method are you supposed to do in hedge fund pitches and case studies? What's the general structure of the model? 11 2mo
0 what % of pod PMs/SM founders would crush in their PA? 2 2mo
+16 Have I missed my chance to pivot to a MM or SM? 10 2mo
0 JPM AM Alternatives – Hedge Fund Group Career Path? 4 2mo
+4 Sourcing 15%+ private opportunistic credit deals 4 2mo
+10 Verition 11 2mo
+15 PE fund vs join SM LO Fund 14 2mo
0 UG going to pod P72/CAP 2 2mo
+11 Can we pls fix 3 2mo
+10 HSW Dream - Lone Pine vs. Viking vs Elliott vs. Capital 9 2mo
+10 Compensation at Lone Pine? 15 2mo
+12 Tips on Reading an S-1? 1 2mo
+25 Renege on BB IB for MMHF? 16 2mo
+11 Del 5 2mo
+27 Moving from Co-Invest / Secondaries to HF 10 2mo
+31 King Street Capital - Still a good place to work? 23 2mo
+27 Best Economics? 6 3mo
+18 MIT Quant Sophomore - Need Advice 5 3mo
+110 Eminence Shutdown - Can SMs Compete? 53 3mo
+14 Do SMs use as much leverage as MMs? 6 3mo
+4 HF Career in UK 16 3mo
0 Covering more than 1 major sector? 1 3mo
+55 L/S SM Analyst Q&A 84 3mo
+27 How long to learn new sectors? 5 3mo
+21 Elliott London 15 3mo
+15 How important is GPA later on if I enter a MM HF directly out of undergrad? 12 3mo
+24 Point72 culture 9 3mo
0 Citadel online test 3 3mo
+9 Why PE > HF? 8 3mo
+71 Investment principles 33 3mo
+11 Moving from systematic to semi-systematic 3 3mo
0 Practice case studies I can use? 1 3mo
+15 Demystifying Alpha Capture Teams at MMHFs 4 3mo
0 HF Target Uni 3 3mo
+6 Marshall Wace Accounting Test? 1 hour / 30 multiple Q 10 3mo
+36 Marshall Wace - Lnd - Case study 37 3mo
+13 Return of Beta Tech HFs? 15 3mo
0 Are the best performing pods all either tech/consumer/healthcare oriented? 1 3mo
+10 Point72 Experienced Academy 2 3mo
+13 P72 Academy Spring Sessions 5 3mo
+28 Net worth distribution - mid 30s 47 3mo
0 Bridgewater SA27 2 3mo
+1 Are SIE/63/etc. needed for HF? 3 3mo
+6 Two Seas Capital? 3 3mo
+17 Any non-semis tech analysts feeling...lost? 6 3mo
+36 Should YOU quit your Job to become an independent trader? 17 3mo
+9 What firms do/who here does LP stake lending for HFs? 2 3mo
+25 ER to HF Tactical Advice 8 3mo
+3 Traditional Pod Analyst vs. Discretionary Center Book Analyst? 4 3mo
0 Mangrove partners? 1 3mo
+5 "Research Portfolio" Returns on Resume? 3 3mo
0 What opportunistic credit funds recruit out of undergrad? 2 3mo
+6 Case Study for Summer Internship 1 3mo
0 Quant strat at BB- good place to start a career? 1 3mo
+10 Equities v High Yield 5 3mo
+17 systematic vs discretionary macro 3 3mo
0 Del 1 3mo
+22 Does law pay better than top HF? 25 3mo
+11 Davidson Kempner FT 2027 30 3mo
+14 Thoughts on Millennium new internship program? 19 3mo
+57 Take home case study for a MM HF. How do I stand out? 24 3mo
+4 Short Biased Candidates 4 3mo
+48 Constructing Documented Regimes - Discretionary Macro PM Sponsorship 16 3mo
0 DV Commodities Performance & Reputation 1 3mo
+15 Oxbridge Postgrad 8 3mo
0 Buyside TA or Sellside RM 1 3mo
+3 AlphaSense transcript 1 3mo
0 Updated Views on Garda 2 3mo
+6 I messed up 2 3mo
+2 London/Switzerland Event-Driven HF Recruiting 4 3mo
+32 DE Shaw Interview 17 3mo
+9 vibe coding 2 3mo
+3 Case study on work computer or personal computer? 9 3mo
+14 Ruane Cunniff/Sequoia Fund 2025 SA 23 3mo
+3 First impression at work 4 3mo
+23 SM / MM hedge fund recruiting from PE 8 3mo
+11 Cold mails to competitors 2 3mo
0 What Habits Help Analysts Develop Better Investment Thinking? 1 3mo
0 Modeling test? 1 3mo
+20 Ricky Mewani Citadel Loss 28 3mo
0 Seeking HF Mentor (Paid) 2 3mo
+7 Working at SMID focused HF 13 3mo
+6 Possibility of exiting to US HF from London? 2 3mo
+38 Thoughts on Hayfin Capital Management - London? 33 3mo
+7 Select Equity Group 6 3mo
+9 Info on Deerfield Management? 9 3mo
0 Is working at Jain Global worth it? 3 3mo
+10 Change in the role of gold 3 3mo

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