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0 DE Shaw Fundamental Research 1 2y
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+35 Working as a Prime Broker 24 2y
0 Analyst collaboration software? 1 2y
+17 Earnings season 13 2y
+20 Millennium Equities Junior Research Analyst Program 2024 23 2y
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+33 Junior analyst - what to look for? 14 2y
+24 good fundamentals, bad chart 13 2y
+25 Shorting a Merger in all stock deal 12 2y
+19 Best rates trading hedge funds 23 2y
+16 L/S Hold Period 6 2y
+12 Instantly rejected from HF internships? 6 2y
+7 DE SHAW Trader/Analyst role 5 2y
+6 Additional Round Of Interview After Final Round 1 2y
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+26 Pay at Elliott 29 2y
+6 Questions I should ask to an intern candidate? 1 2y
+9 Can someone use their bloomberg/factset for me? 3 2y
+2 Thoughts on Macro Alf setting up his own hedge fund? 3 2y
+9 O&G Funds 1 2y
+62 Life as a CLO Analyst + Career Progression 16 2y
+48 Getting current shop to match another offer 18 2y
+21 How to land a seat in biotech HF? 11 2y
0 Are you afraid of your pm knowing you are interviewing? 1 2y
+9 NYC Hedge Fund Credit Check 3 2y
+11 Living with Parents Pre-First Buyside Role, Should I Move? 3 2y
+2 Can credit risk be embedded in a stock’s price? 2 2y
+12 Top HF in Distressed Credit 2 2y
+36 MM Comp for 2+2 Candidate? 36 2y
+5 Mane Global 1 2y
0 Funds that do both Activism and Distressed 11 2y
+4 How to network with the buy side while working in ER? 2 2y
+7 What was the hardest task you were given as a HF intern? 7 2y
+3 Compensation for biotech hedge fund analyst 1 2y
+9 hedge fund firing for having a paper account/PA 4 2y
+75 Jane street suing MLP 54 2y
+55 Investor Prestige Rankings 59 2y
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+17 CTA Hedge Fund 6 2y
+11 Honeycomb Asset Mgmt 10 2y
+5 CTA Strategies 5 2y
0 Citadel FCAT Test 2 2y
+24 Taula 11 2y
+3 Making your own HF? 5 2y
+7 Alua Capital? 11 2y
+3 HFs focused on Global SMID space? 3 2y
+7 Moving from CLO at HF to L/S Equity 4 2y
+4 Corbets Capital 2 2y
+32 Advice on Trading Futures for PA 7 2y
0 DE Shaw 1st round Trader/Analyst 1 2y
+16 Updated Thoughts on Maverick Capital in 2024? 5 2y
0 3 Statement Modeling Test 1 2y
+3 How to differentiate pod seats? 1 2y
+6 Hedge Fund Stock Pitch Formatting 1 2y
+5 Pod recruiting 5 2y
+45 Why did Citadel hit the dumps in 2008? 11 2y
+4 How do Activist HF's screen for investments? 4 2y
+3 List of reputable equity SM hedge funds with longer term approach 8 2y
+7 Curious about folks’ thoughts on a Pershing US IPO? 16 2y
+18 How do I land HF from ER? 9 2y
+15 Good Substacks? 5 2y
0 What are these SM’s HF’s and their investment strategies ? 1 2y
+9 Hedge fund operations - what does your day to day look like? 2 2y
+210 Q&A: First year macro hedge fund analyst 61 2y
+27 Advice - IB to Investing (Regret?) 9 2y
+4 Infrastructure and Energy transition hedge fund 7 2y
+1 Summer Internship at a L/S Credit Hedge Fund 1 2y
+15 List of large SMs that still have a longer term investment horizon? 16 2y
+23 Please rate this sub pm deal for me 12 2y
0 What Should I Do With Finished Stock Pitches? 1 2y
+8 Pod Shop FT Offers 8 2y
+6 In Need of Help from a Hedge Fund SME 1 2y
0 Brevan Howard Summer Internship (Undergrad) 2 2y
+864 Anatomy of the 10-K 128 2y
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+12 Barclays HF group exits 6 2y
+150 Q&A: Head of Macro Strategy at Hedge Fund Taking Questions 71 2y
+22 Q&A: Macro Hedge Fund Trader/PM 21 2y
0 Academic Papers on Macro Investing 1 2y
+7 How many Pod PMs are making secret factor bets? 3 2y
+13 DE Shaw career advice 10 2y
+26 How is PnL calculated for purposes of determining a portfolio manager's bonus? 10 2y
+1 Am Going to Try this again 2 2y
+9 Is the case study normally the final round? 3 2y
0 Golden age of public distressed 1 2y
0 Treasury at hedge funds 1 2y
+6 How to communicate understanding of intern/junior analyst roles in an interview 1 2y
+9 Ivey HBA + CS/Financial Modelling vs Waterloo + Laurier Math (Mathematical Finance)/BBA 4 2y
+23 Best path from Infra PE in Asia to HF in London or US (MBA in US?LBS MiF?) 12 2y
+30 Risk VS Volatility 7 2y
0 SearchOne Coverage? 3 2y
+6 Negotiating start date 3 2y
+17 Los Angeles Distressed Debt/SS/Deep Value Shop List? 50 2y
+11 Farallon 17 2y
+18 How Long Before Team Gets Cut 25 2y

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