+3 Head of Research or Head of Macro Strategy 1 3y
+10 Small/Mid Hedge Fund MO/Ops Comp and experiences UK 2 3y
+3 Execution trader in >1B HF 0 3y
+14 Is guaranteed comp really guaranteed? 10 3y
+11 Online Columbia Value Investing Course 2 3y
+8 Work permit for HF role in London 2 3y
+2 Headhunters for PMs in Europe 6 3y
+4 Economists at pods - risk taking? 4 3y
+31 Fund Winding Down, made $$$, not sure what to do now? 13 3y
+5 TPG Public Equity and Bain Public Equity 2 3y
+31 What distinguishes the top managers from the rest of the crowd. 11 3y
+23 Intrinsic passion for money management 18 3y
+3 Risk analyst/manager at HF 1 3y
+16 Point72 launch point - best approach to launching within MMs 8 3y
+26 Crypto hedge fund capital raising - thoughts? 3 3y
+3 Management CEO 1 3y
+6 Dorsal capital management? 1 3y
0 ML masters? 1 3y
+8 Elon you genius 5 3y
+19 SM - Non-Investment Team Partners Comp 17 3y
+6 Help me understand L/S at MM HF! 0 3y
+6 Benefit Street Partners - any thoughts? 1 3y
+12 When Do People Get To Manage Their Own Book? 7 3y
+13 Serious question: Can I run a friends onlyfans account and collect money from it without reporting it as outside business activity and not get fired? 12 3y
+7 Distressed/Special Sit Question 2 3y
+3 Looking for more info on Aravt Global and Teng Yue Partners 17 3y
+9 Questions about Equities Junior Analyst @ Millennium Management 1 3y
+12 Stay as junior PM or move to a larger place as analyst? 7 3y
+52 13 year old trader 33 3y
+10 Arbitrage Opportunity? 4 3y
+8 Traded a stock while interning at an HF how fked am I? 9 3y
+13 Which Hedge fund am i best suited for 3 3y
+1 Rates/FX Sales to macro HF 3 3y
+13 3 month garden leave before new job. Want to take a modeling course. Any suggestions? 5 3y
+11 Partners Wanted: Starting a hedge fund running Long/Short Equity Strategy 7 3y
+6 Investment strategist career trajectory 1 3y
+3 Asset managers with L/S books 15 3y
+3 HF with Generous WFH / PTO 1 3y
+6 What makes a hedge fund traders? 28 3y
+2 Bridgewater SA 2023 16 3y
+9 What are my options if I do poorly at an HF in my initial years? 4 3y
+3 Best videos/movies for investing 2 3y
+3 Daily/weekly macro market data/indicators 1 3y
+16 How hard is it to achieve financial freedom in HF industry? 9 3y
+32 Moving to a quant fund - Job Market Outlook? 26 3y
+6 Upward mobility at an MM HF? 9 3y
+4 Sharpe vs Sortino - Which one is preferred? 4 3y
+10 How to get into quant finance from stats/engineering/math background, 1 year from obtaining PhD 4 3y
0 Interview with CIO of Pod 0 3y
+7 Help with finding a great stock pitch 1 3y
+3 Best resources for short sellers? 2 3y
+15 Types of “arbitrages”/inefficiencies (non quant) 26 3y
+10 Fund blew up, now stuck 3 3y
+23 Billionaire Father - What Should I Do? 21 3y
+11 Benefit package > TC 5 3y
+7 Do Hedge Funds take PhDs in History? Or should I go straight from undergrad? 4 3y
+11 Seeking Alpha? And Others? 11 3y
+21 Real Estate Hedge Fund (Groups) 16 3y
+1 How to know when a company will release financials? 3 3y
+18 Is it reasonable to be concerned about instability in HF space? 5 3y
+162 Tiger Global Hammered... Can Anyone Provide Rumors/Updates on Imploding Hedge Funds? 92 3y
+13 If you were to start your own HF what would your strategy be? 20 3y
+11 How to go from big 4 audit to HF? 6 3y
+15 Venture capital darlings that grew during the last bull run and IPO'd in the last 2-3 years - please name any you can think of in this thread! 2 3y
+12 Salary on Glassdoor - Reliable ? 3 3y
+33 Best Investor Letters 18 3y
+44 What's keeping you from starting your own (small) HF? 12 3y
+12 Try IB boutique or continue recruiting for HF? 1 3y
+3 Hedge Fund to BB S&T? 1 3y
+6 Smaller Activist Funds? 9 3y
+16 "Investment artist" firms? 15 3y
+3 Risk Frameworks 1 3y
+22 Terrified MF PE Intern 8 3y
+45 Citadel moving to Miami 24 3y
+14 Stupid question - how to buy given income split 4 3y
0 Quant fund transitions with limited experience 1 3y
0 Goldman Sachs S&T comp? 4 3y
+6 Insights into Schonfeld? 5 3y
+7 BB ER vs small HF 5 3y
+22 Marshall Wace NA Buildout? 18 3y
+12 Preparing for FT at an MM 7 3y
+11 Citadel - GHSmart Assessment? - Help 4 4y
+7 London Analyst Salary, what do you think about it? 15 4y
+49 Moving Back into Trading from FAANG 30 4y
+3 How do HFs practically use leverage? 5 4y
+12 Multi-Manager Scenario-Driven Modelling 2 4y
+8 Difference between "Research Analyst" "Quantitative Analyst" "Quantitative Researcher" 3 4y
+15 Baker Brothers 10 4y
+3 Wimbledon 2022 Live : How To Watch Stream Free 1 4y
+19 Is there more to learn? 26 4y
+15 ML SWE to finance. Is it feasible? 3 4y
+3 What are the most in demand jobs in Hedge Funds now? 2 4y
+11 Large HF: Research Analyst. Comp, growth, role, W/L? 4 4y
+3 Global Macro Fund recruiters 1 4y
+24 Leaving large SM - Career Advice Needed 23 4y
+15 Quant Strat to Front office money management 2 4y
+6 Anyone know what the Citadel Summer Associate program is like? 1 4y
+5 How is Aquatic Capital Management? 5 4y
+10 Should I leave? 2 4y
+14 Negotiating Equity in Recent Launch 8 4y

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