+21 Bloomberg HF News: Commentary RE: Multistrats & Spinouts 2 7mo
+21 Bridgewater IA vs DESCO PT vs Brevan Howard vs MMs (all for Macro) 17 7mo
+21 Columbia VIP Chances 12 3mo
+21 Phoenix Learning 8 1mo
+21 Turnover rate at pod shops for junior analysts? 9 9mo
+21 LO / MM HF Recruiting out of MBA 4 9mo
+21 US vs UK Hedge Fund Careers: Is the Gap Really That Big? 15 9mo
+21 Starting career in event driven pod 7 7mo
+21 Desparation For SA26 (Sophomore) 18 11mo
+21 Viking Global Application Question 25 11mo
+20 Best Non RX Sell Side seat for Opportunistic exits? 13 2mo
+20 Final round HF process - is it weird to send another idea? 10 3mo
+20 What resources to push/ask PM for? 15 3mo
+20 Question on senior HF comp structure 6 4mo
+20 Citadel Strategic Equity Investments (Nabeel Bhanji) 13 1mo
+20 Future of Publics 9 6mo
+20 How long can a fund last with 3rd quartile performance 5 7mo
+20 Fundamental Edge, Analyst Academy 34 3w
+20 How do I get faster at updating/building complicated models? 5 7mo
+20 Quality of SM Candidate 11 9mo
+20 Energy IBD --> Hedge Fund - Is It Possible? 12 8mo
+20 Moving from s&t BB to quant HF 5 9mo
+20 Being asked for bonus expectations 17 10mo
+20 Working in alpha capture/central risk book 6 11mo
+19 Build investing edge while young, before going independent 5 2w
+19 PhD student with questions regarding long term HF planning 5 2mo
+19 Network via BBG Chat? 14 2mo
+19 Post HBS hedge fund opportunities 4 2mo
+19 P72 Academy -TLDR Worth it? 5 3mo
+19 Graduate Program in Tier1 platform or directly start at a Tier2 platform 8 5mo
+19 Citadel Global Fixed Income (Mini) Blowup? 5 6mo
+19 Navigating IB -> MM 8 6mo
+19 Modern / relevant distressed debt book recommendations? 8 7mo
+19 '27 Pod looking for '26 internship - Hungry and Hard Working 1 8mo
+19 Stay in PE or potentially recruit to HF 17 8mo
+19 Short Selling Focused Hedge Funds 10 8mo
+19 Research vs risk-taking role 4 10mo
+19 Why do SMs seemingly have more conventionally "cracked" backgrounds than MM? 13 9mo
+18 Q&A: From IB to HF in London to LO in Dubai. 7 1w
+18 PE to SM HF 3 2w
+18 How do you get a differentiated view? 3 1mo
+18 "Expected GPA" on apps 9 4w
+18 Best Way to Prepare for a Fundamental L/S Internship? 8 2mo
+18 Value Investors Club R2 Application Feedback 20 3mo
+18 Hedge Fund Pivot 7 3mo
+18 Yes, this question again… 4 4mo
+18 Anyone work at or have thoughts on Quant Funds' Fundamental Equities divisions, especially recent launches? 3 4mo
+18 MIT Quant Sophomore - Need Advice 5 5mo
+18 NY to APAC Pivot 9 5mo
+18 Junior Looking for HF Internship - Advice? 7 7mo
+18 Distressed Credit Experience 8 7mo
+18 HF Guys: What do you read? 8 6mo
+18 Are headhunters as important for the big platforms? 14 6mo
+18 Case Study: The Structural Pivot from "Activist" to "Quality" at Pershing Square 1 9mo
+18 Credit HF Path 18 3mo
+18 Citadel FCAT test 25 2mo
+18 What happened to young people founding hedge funds? 7 11mo
+18 HF Interview - 3 Stock Ideas 13 11mo
+17 L/S Equity Career London 11 4mo
+17 Average single manager slope 8 3mo
+17 Thoughts on Castleknight? 15 1mo
+17 Hedge fund lingo 7 4mo
+17 Any non-semis tech analysts feeling...lost? 6 5mo
+17 systematic vs discretionary macro 3 5mo
+17 Most optimal route to Hedge Fund? 10 6mo
+17 Stock Pitch ---> Modelling for a HF Interview? 8 1mo
+17 Interview Pitch Depth 10 7mo
+17 IB >>> HF FT Recruiting Questions 7 9mo
+17 Case study time management 6 8mo
+17 Best Path Into Public Investing? 2 9mo
+17 Tier 1 multi-strat hedge fund (quant research / trader) vs Tier 2 sell-side FX trading (trader) 3 9mo
+17 Why the Apparent Cheerleading for Candlestick's Closure? 12 10mo
+17 Biotech: SM vs MM 41 3w
+17 What do the first 6 months on the job look like? 7 10mo
+17 Will Point 72 Academy be as large and low return this year? 15 11mo
+17 Thoughts on D1 Cap hiring preferences 30 2mo
+16 If you know HF is your end goal, is IB + PE actually worth it? 8 1mo
+16 Merger Arb Funds - How to Recruit? 10 2mo
+16 Kinetic Partners? 16 3w
+16 Have I missed my chance to pivot to a MM or SM? 10 5mo
+16 Advice: Global Macro HF Seat vs S&T 8 4mo
+16 HF FT Recruiting. How to navigate. 8 6mo
+16 IB associate & I want to be in the public markets 13 6mo
+16 Choosing between public equities investing internship vs quant research internship for hedge fund recruiting 3 7mo
+16 What Skills Separate a Good Hedge Fund Analyst From a Great One? 6 7mo
+16 How many shots at becoming MD 6 8mo
+16 Large Cap Biotech AI/automation/quant risks 11 8mo
+16 Negotiating Comp 6 9mo
+16 Tips for IBD analyst / associate starting in a L/S equity HF 1 11mo
+16 Trying to transfer… but I’m worried it might be too late 4 11mo
+16 AQR Business Development 3 1mo
+16 PIMCO SA 2026 100 7mo
+15 What the fuck do I do now? 8 3w
+15 Feeling unqualified for new job 5 2mo
+15 Which sectors are having the toughest (and best) time right now in the MM / Net Neutral space? 14 3mo
+15 Is it possible to move from VC to HF? 18 4mo
+15 LO Economics - How good is this 21 4mo
+15 PE fund vs join SM LO Fund 14 5mo
+15 How important is GPA later on if I enter a MM HF directly out of undergrad? 12 5mo
+15 Career change to analyst at small SM L/S 5 5mo

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