+28 Help - Asked for References After HF Case Study 21 5y
+6 Westfield Capital Management 2 5y
+21 Distressed Investment Pitch 15 5y
+21 Personal Taxes and LLC write offs 15 5y
+118 How do you nail the "wow factor" in a pitch? 43 5y
+11 Hedge fund starting salary? 35 5y
0 Thoughts on best analysts 3 5y
+177 MM Analyst Comp 81 5y
0 West Coast Hedge Funds? 2 5y
+12 Expectations for Capital Markets Quant Analyst interview 1 5y
0 Quant Execution Algo worth the effort? 3 5y
+9 Schonfeld 17 5y
+6 $200M starting capital 3 5y
+9 Looking to connect with London based HF professionals for entry advice 4 5y
+24 Distressed Debt - Moyer 28 5y
0 Anyone Use Alternative Data for research on consumer or tmt equities? 1 5y
+11 Anyone heard of Atalaya? $2.5B distressed debt fund 17 5y
+22 Start up hedge fund or good long only? 25 5y
+15 Macro Investing Transition 1 5y
+3 Option hedge funds in Miami? 1 5y
0 Hedge funds that trade volatility purely? 1 5y
+61 Incubator Hedge Funds 49 5y
+3 Due diligence: equity vs. fixed income 1 5y
+21 Reputation of Capital Four Management? (Input on switch to buyside) 3 5y
+20 Why do PMs care about "Netting" 6 5y
0 Quant V/S Fundamental 4 5y
+12 Long/Short Hedge Fund Recruiting 3 5y
0 Which HF Pays THE MOST??!! 4 5y
+11 US HF recruiting for Canadians 7 5y
+28 Melvin Capital 5 5y
+16 HF Comp London Question 3 5y
+6 Best books to learn more about macro 3 5y
+6 CBAM Partners info? 3 5y
+6 Revolut at $33bn 5 5y
+21 PhD --> Hedge Fund? 9 5y
0 How did interns' mid-summer performance reviews go? 1 5y
+3 IR at a Hedge Fund? 6 5y
+372 Q&A: HF Analyst @ $5bn+ Fund - Breaking In and Transition to Risk-Taking Role 120 5y
+5 Ruane Cunniff & Goldfarb 2021 Reputation 4 5y
+6 Can you get pigeon holed in ER? 5 5y
0 Canyon Partners 4 5y
+37 What to watch for in contracts/offers? 21 5y
0 Investment Appreciates Faster Than Expected 3 5y
+8 Best Books For Introduction on Behavioral Finance? 6 5y
+9 Hedge Fund Directory 9 5y
0 FOF Career Path 1 5y
+16 Anecdotal Stories of How HF People Love Investing More Than Avg. Wall Street Employee? 27 5y
+16 P&L stop loss at prop firms 10 5y
+4 ………. 4 5y
0 Verition Fund Reputation 1 5y
+6 Full Time Recruiting 1 5y
+7 How to quantify a target price? 2 5y
+3 Strong non-"top" HFs 5 5y
0 Does the "tiger cub" difference matter? 3 5y
+69 Successful Career HF Partner: Eventual Net Worth? 40 5y
+11 Rising sophomore going for hedge funds out the gate, how delusional am I? 1 5y
0 Lazard Asset Management SA 22 1 5y
+21 HF professionals: How do you list investments on your resume? 11 5y
+5 Why am I “doomed” 5 5y
+6 Moving from Long / Short to Activist / Special Sits 3 5y
+4 Finance at a big tech firm>Buyside? 2 5y
+9 Bonus structure for back office ops 5 5y
0 Transitioning from Law School/Law to REPE? 1 5y
+26 Does HBS 2+2/GSB deferred make sense for HF recruiting? 5 5y
+6 Hertz Bankruptcy Exit 2 5y
0 How reliable is WhaleScore when assessing the performance of a fund? 3 5y
+15 Breaking into a Hedge Fund from Middle Market ER 10 5y
+29 US to London Recruiting - Distressed HF 17 5y
+17 IB or PE for recruiting into HF 5 5y
+9 Hedge Fund Exits 5 5y
+81 Bridgewater Layoffs - Sign of Troubled Times for HFs? 63 5y
+36 Are pension funds using quant strategies now? 17 5y
+14 Autonomy Capital 21 5y
+4 HF after undergrad? 4 5y
+9 Take an internship at a one man algo-FX "hedge fund"? 2 5y
+5 HF Taxes 6 5y
0 Will DE Shaw think Im an idiot for applying to a fellowship I don't qualify for? 1 5y
0 IR/BD at hedge fund 1 5y
+5 Sculptor Real Estate 5 5y
+16 Thoughts on Lateraling to HF from Private Credit 5 5y
+1 How do you get into a HF? 1 5y
+19 Operational Improvements as Core Thesis with No Ops Background 12 5y
0 European golden path in finance ? 1 5y
+9 S&T or AM : Exit ops into buyside? 1 5y
+6 URGENT: Interview Preparation 2 5y
0 Deleted 3 5y
+12 Analyst – Fund-Linked Credit Risk and Derivative Products – New York 1 5y
+12 Associate/AVP – Closed-End Funds; Credit Risk and Derivative Products – New York 1 5y
+6 Coatue - PA restriction 1 5y
+17 Content Creator vs HF Analyst 3 5y
0 Suggestions please!! 4 5y
+10 Has anyone had to decide between very unrelated career paths (and it worked out)? 4 5y
+38 AM vs ER for HF 28 5y
+184 Q&A: I am a Hedge Fund recruiter 100 5y
+11 Analyst at credit arm of MF (bx, kkr, carlyle) to l/s equity hedge fund? 10 5y
0 Goldman Buyside vs. Other Buyside 1 5y
0 DE Shaw SA 2022 1 5y
+48 For those that have left the HF industry.. Why? 24 5y
0 Point72 SA - Rolling? 2 5y
0 Headhunters 2 5y

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