+12 Nano-caps: Legit Investments or Not? 4 4y
+6 Do MMs Consider re-applicants? 7 4y
+8 Hedge Funds with Longer Investment Horizons? 10 4y
0 Cyclical focused HFs 3 4y
+15 Market check on compensation 14 4y
+3 Value Investing Modelling 1 4y
+8 Why don't more hedge funds get established in geographically desirable areas? 15 4y
+3 Econometrics in Finance? 4 4y
+5 How are funds doing right now? 55 4y
+60 Why do people give their money to Hedge Funds ? 69 4y
+7 Squarepoint Capital 3 4y
+15 Are HFs a Good Place to Start a Career? 2 4y
+23 Most Interesting HF Strategy 12 4y
+21 Helpful Links to FinTwit 2 4y
+6 Carl Icahn's HBO documentary for those outside the US 1 4y
+19 ECM trades at hedge funds, how do they make $$? 7 4y
+20 Tiger Cubs in San Francisco 13 4y
+13 Choosing the right degree: With a scandinavian limit 4 4y
0 Any info on Khrom Capital 1 4y
+2 I invest in hedge funds. 3 4y
0 Delete 1 4y
+333 Ask Me Anything - Buy Side Systematic Quant 190 4y
+1 Problems at HedgeFunds 4 4y
+21 How do you guys politely decline Headhunter opportunities while staying in touch to recruit with them in the future? 5 4y
+7 First round interview with recruiter - what to expect? 2 4y
0 New Up-and-Coming Funds 1 4y
+16 Quit job to invest PA 6 4y
+8 Starting off a PA -- risk/drawdown limits? 1 4y
+12 Exactly how do brokers work? 1 4y
+26 Investment Philosophies 13 4y
+32 How did you know you wanted to move from PE to HF? 15 4y
+1 Time to enter/exit a position 2 4y
+7 Rejected by Bridgewater, now what? 4 4y
+68 IB Bubble, Limited Skillset 34 4y
+116 What it's like working for the "Tiger Cubs" 22 4y
+59 What's so attractive about joining an MM HF these days? 33 4y
+11 Going from small SM "pod" to larger SM / MM 1 4y
+18 Sculptor Capital (Och-Ziff) CEO Comp Scandal 3 4y
+41 Anchorage is ending Hedge Fund 35 4y
+14 Course Advices for aspiring Quant? 3 4y
+30 Dilemma: Switching Jobs 19 4y
0 Contrarian horse betting outperforms Hedge Fund Index and S&P500 2 4y
+84 Anchorage Capital Group: Time to Die in 2021? 54 4y
+23 Current MM PM Packages 22 4y
+11 Resources to prepare for MM HF 23 4y
+7 Credit: MF vs MSD vs Diameter 3 4y
+12 "Meet the team" Round 5 4y
+7 Product manager roles in a hedge fund (or any buy side firms) 6 4y
0 Nickel Digital Asset Management 1 4y
+3 How to start a custodian HF 1 4y
+3 Non-Tiger Cub Crossover Roles in NYC 3 4y
+17 Special Sits / Opportunistic Investment Memos 18 4y
+3 Any info on Peloton activist Blackwells Capital 2 4y
+16 From Software developer to Portfolio manager 8 4y
+18 Would you choose L/S credit or distressed? 27 4y
0 Citadel credit team 1 4y
+12 Move to different SM or MM? 1 4y
+6 Credit fund performance? 1 4y
+33 Does anyone actually believe in their models? 15 4y
+3 Information on Hound Partners? 7 4y
+28 Interest rate curves for dummies 3 4y
+17 Single Manager that recruit from H/S with PE Background - Do they care about finishing PE program / quitting to do something else until school starts? 24 4y
+26 Most obnoxious thing you’ve seen in a small group mgmt meeting? 16 4y
+47 Is talking to sell side a waste of time 30 4y
+15 Value Investors, What's Your Discount Rate? 5 4y
+13 MM PMs: How did you get your first PM job? 7 4y
+32 What exactly is Baupost's investment mandate? 9 4y
+245 Hedging Can't Fix This - A Story of Being at a Collapsed Hedge Fund 26 4y
+6 Hedge fund analyst interview questions 1 4y
+3 How do you have time to prep for interview 1 4y
+13 Offer Advice 9 4y
+9 Forecasting EPS 1 4y
+3 Delete 3 4y
+18 Delete 12 4y
+10 Delete 3 4y
+41 Sellside quant trying to understand more about how the quant buyside works 15 4y
+10 Deleted Deleted Deleted Deleted 9 4y
0 Quant finance 1 4y
+7 MBB -> PE -> HF?? 7 4y
+15 Secured bonds (distressed) 7 4y
+9 Distressed Debt 9 4y
+1 HF Trading Assistant 1 4y
+11 Eleted 1 4y
+15 Small HF vs BB IB out of undergrad 5 4y
+9 From Big 4 Valuation to Hedge Fund in NYC 2 4y
+14 (Deleted) 5 4y
0 Modeling Course 2 4y
+19 Distressed Investing 20 4y
+1 Answered 2 4y
+19 Jumping products - HF trading 2 4y
+6 Prop Shop Exits / Non-Compete 1 4y
+6 . 7 4y
+21 Ever heard of someone making the leap from alpha capture? 10 4y
+9 Besides investment pitches, what skills should I work on to try and move from PE BD to a HF? 2 4y
+12 Small L/S HF to LO research to large HF? 2 4y
+4 HF investor letter on energy or commodity 5 4y
+48 Specialist vs Generalist 28 4y
+48 Q&A: MM HF investment role out of non target ugrad 12 4y
+12 Would I need an MBA down the road? 1 4y
+4 Citadel GE FCAT exam 4 4y

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