+1 Do hedge funds and prop trading firms give Columbus day (today) off to their employees? 1 5y
+1 Equity Research vs Investment Banking as path into L/S Hedge Fund 2 5y
+1 Mizuho IB- > HF ? 4 5y
+1 Stock Pitch Feedback / Review 4 5y
+1 Salary @ a 100M AUM Hedge Fund? 3 5y
+1 Call with Recruiter? 1 5y
+1 % payout in HFT 2 5y
+1 HF Severance Pay 3 5y
+1 Background check taking forever. Should I worry? 4 5y
+1 Psychological Assessments as a part of the interview process? 2 5y
+1 Best Hedge Fund strategies for career Progression? 4 5y
+1 What’s the biggest healthcare HF launch? 4 5y
+1 Bug on this Forum? 1 5y
+1 Elite SMs that recruit directly from banking 4 5y
+1 HFs that don’t work crazy hours 1 5y
+1 I'm lonely 1 5y
+1 QR in London 2 5y
+1 CS Private Fund Group to Hedge Fund 2 5y
+1 Do any of the tiger cubs have good work life balance? 1 5y
+1 Deleted my post 4 5y
+1 How do you get into a HF? 1 5y
+1 Eminence Capital – know anything about them? 11 5y
+1 Any Info on Glazer Capital Management? 1 5y
+1 L/S Spread 1 5y
+1 Interview Question 4 4y
+1 Top-tier bank VP or hedge fund research analyst 1 4y
+1 Pod shop life during factor rotations 5 4y
+1 Jane Street rotational development program 2 4y
+1 Trying to break into prop shops 2 4y
+1 Non quant funds 5 4y
+1 Are There F500 Companies That Invest In Hedge Funds? 2 4y
+1 Is there any way to find a hedge fund's international holdings? 2 4y
+1 When is a it good to invest is highly leveraged companies? 6 4y
+1 Updated View On Balyasny 18 4y
+1 Distressed HF Exits 4 4y
+1 Point72 Experienced Academy Qs 9 4y
+1 From Sales in BB to PM in Hedge Fund 2 4y
+1 Which headhunter does Canyon Partners use? 7 4y
+1 Answered 2 4y
+1 HF Trading Assistant 1 4y
+1 Time to enter/exit a position 2 4y
+1 Problems at HedgeFunds 4 4y
+1 The Big picture 1 4y
+1 Delete 2 4y
+1 Contrarian Capital Management 5 4y
+1 Non-MM London hedge funds that recruit from undergrad? 7 4y
+1 Questioning Management 1 4y
+1 Am i getting played? 6 4y
+1 Ruane Cunniff all in comp 10 4y
+1 Base salary for MM PM in London 3 4y
+1 Questions to impress a Hedge Fund 1 4y
+1 Hedge fund path (non quant) 5 4y
+1 Expert Networks Very Hit and Miss? 5 4y
+1 Q v3 9 4y
+1 How to know when a company will release financials? 3 4y
+1 Rates/FX Sales to macro HF 3 4y
+1 Any insight on Matrix Capital in Boston? 8 4y
+1 MM HF vs Special Sits fund 3 4y
+1 What are some common backtesting software industry quants use? 2 4y
+1 New Global Macro community/forum 1 4y
+1 best macro books for equity analysts 5 4y
+1 MM bonus pool split 1 3y
+1 Multi-Manager investment style 3 3y
+1 Any Idea How MMs handle a rising interest rate environment? 1 3y
+1 Interview Question 1 3y
+1 Is it glamorous? 3 3y
+1 Buy side recruiting offer timeline 3 3y
+1 activist investment firms 1 3y
+1 Does recruiting get harder with more yoe? 1 3y
+1 List of firms in Connecticut? 3 3y
+1 Typical IRR for Hedge Funds? 9 3y
+1 SM or MM as analyst 1 3y
+1 Headhunters in Boston 1 3y
+1 Info on Polar Asset Management? 1 3y
+1 Redacted 1 3y
+1 Alkeon Capital Management 5 3y
+1 Hedge Fund sale 5 3y
+1 S&T or IB for macro exit 5 3y
+1 Why do people invest in hedge funds? 9 3y
+1 Point72 / BAM Model Test / trading intel 1 3y
+1 Elliott Email? 12 3y
+1 Citadel/P72 Full Time Recruiting 8 3y
+1 Point72 Experienced Academy - Case Study 19 3y
+1 Switching between pods 1 3y
+1 [FOR GIRLS] What should I wear?? 4 3y
+1 Deerfield Management Intel 6 3y
+1 SWFs Dubai/Qatar - Will i ever be able to move past associate role 4 3y
+1 Suit and Tie to HF Interview? 5 3y
+1 Interviewing unemployed analysts 4 3y
+1 HF Networking Event 1 3y
+1 What does Bridgewater do? 1 3y
+1 HF Interview Tutor Needed ASAP 1 3y
+1 Oak Hill Advisors Summer 2024 internship timeline 5 3y
+1 Where to learn trading & to build a good track record for a HF 2 3y
+1 Hedge Funds in Orange County, CA 8 3y
+1 Work Experience or Postgraduation 1 3y
+1 London - How easy it is to transition from top rating agency (S&P -Moodys - Fitch) to HF (structured finance) 1 3y
+1 Delete 1 3y
+1 Ghosting by HFs — is it normal? 1 3y
+1 Hedge Fund or S&T 3 3y

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