+31 Mantle Ridge Capital 13 7y
+31 How to adjust to Hedge Fund culture 10 6y
+31 small fund manager upset I am interviewing and want to leave, preventing me from taking days off 9 7y
+31 Starting up a fund in a WeWork office 22 6y
+31 Best Postgraduate for breaking into trading 2 6y
+31 If you could go back in time, would you rather set yourself up to be at Jane Street / RenTech or Viking / Lone Pine / Tiger? 14 3y
+31 Please help! 13 6y
+31 Benefits of PE prior to HF 11 6y
+31 Leaving the sell side to a Hedge fund 24 6y
+31 Best way into Long/Short Equity: Long only vs IB 23 2y
+31 Sell-side ER to Buy-side: Energy - E&P, Midstream, and/or Refiners 12 6y
+31 Is $60K Base + 25% Sales Commission + 5% Equity a good compensation package for a Hedge Fund Sales Director? 4 6y
+31 Hedge Funds in Miami? 22 5y
+31 New funds that are killing it? 24 5y
+31 When did you feel ready to make the transition from analyst to PM? 11 5y
+31 How often will a HF Analyst or Associate need to listen to earnings calls? 21 5y
+31 Kid getting paid $1mm out of college??? 41 5y
+31 HF Bonus Questions / Etiquette 3 5y
+31 Worst outcome for IBD to HF? 20 5y
+31 Are HFs still worth it? 29 5y
+31 Does CFA® help to break into HF out of undergrad? 31 4y
+31 MM HF dinner budget 27 2y
+31 Hedge Fund getting acquired? 12 4y
+31 Balyasny reputation 31 2y
+31 Lost faith in PM 17 4y
+31 How important is modelling to investing in reality 11 4y
+31 Fund Winding Down, made $$$, not sure what to do now? 13 3y
+31 What distinguishes the top managers from the rest of the crowd. 11 3y
+31 What does "Factors of Flow" mean? 3 3y
+31 Reverse Commute 16 2y
+31 Help Understanding Offer from HF 10 3y
+31 When Does Your College Become Irrelevant? 15 3y
+31 Weiss Asset Management 47 2y
+31 Recruiting diverse associates 6 3y
+31 HF Modeling Advice 16 3y
+31 Long term LO prospects vs MM HF 14 2y
+31 How many of you are multi-millionaires? 30 2y
+31 Wharton MBA to Hedge Funds 14 2y
+31 How to handle Frustration and short-fuse at work 14 2y
+31 Intricacies of a balance sheet 6 2y
+31 HF Age Limit 21 2y
+31 Point72 2025 SA 195 1y
+31 Life/Career after being a Portfolio Manager 25 2y
+31 Why are hedge funds so small? 16 2y
+31 Long Only Opportunity Straight from College 20 2y
+31 Earnings & Pattern recognition 12 1y
+31 "EV coverage" theses are lazy and a pet peeve of mine 6 2y
+31 Cash Allocation Discussion 6 2y
+31 Non-GAAP Income Statement 6 2y
+31 How to Know if HF L/S industry is for me? Wealth Management instead? Feel lost 8 2y
+31 Deleted 6 1y
+31 Question on Shorting 9 1y
+31 p72 2025 experienced academy 178 4d
+31 Corporate pension path 17 1y
+31 King Street Capital - Still a good place to work? 23 2w
+31 Harassment at work 12 3mo
+31 Catalyst Identification: Outside in Analysis 9 3mo
+31 Distressed funds with poor reputation 31 2mo
+30 Best path for starting a successful hedge fund in 5 years 27 6y
+30 Route Soros/Paulson 26 16y
+30 Which SWFs is the best? 46 9y
+30 Where do the smartest people work within the finance industry? 35 6y
+30 You are a brainwashed zombie 31 14y
+30 Fund of Funds Career Path? 16 2y
+30 Best books to read for a hedge fund analyst 59 9y
+30 Babydick Capital Annual Letter 2013 17 9y
+30 How to break into distressed investing 19 12y
+30 Hedge fund out of undergrad... What's the typical salary? 32 12y
+30 Restructuring debt - finance concepts 10 11y
+30 Wharton MBA or Top Hedge Fund directly? (overseas office, no US background) 21 6y
+30 Asset Base Lending 15 7y
+30 How to build HF track record that is worth anything? 11 9y
+30 Part-time MBA from Stern or Baruch or UConn 8 5y
+30 Investing without emotion? 14 5y
+30 Investment Idea 41 9y
+30 How easy is it to go from HF to PE? 23 9y
+30 Learn Programming or CFA for Macro Fund? 12 5y
+30 Advice needed: Offers from Top Performing HF in Hong Kong vs Reputable AM (Fido/Capital/Wellington) 12 6y
+30 What is a Hedgefund? 10 8y
+30 Moving from Fund of Funds to Hedge fund 36 8y
+30 Deciding between MM IB and BB ER to eventually break into L/S or Credit HF 9 8y
+30 Trader + Career Advice = Next Job 18 6y
+30 DE Shaw Activist 30 3y
+30 Breaking into the buyside from a non-target - You can do it 6 6y
+30 Top target schools for quant hedge fund or quant/algo prop shop? 19 3y
+30 Balyasny cuts human-machine hybrid team Synthesis 17 6y
+30 Best Route to a fundamentally driven HF in Londob: IB vs AM? 10 6y
+30 Anyone following/trading on IMO 2020? 15 6y
+30 GPA/Resume Concern 15 6y
+30 Senior Debt MODEL - INTV Help 17 6y
+30 MSF - WUSTL vs ASU 7 5y
+30 13F Filings. How do hedge funds prevent their ideas being stolen? 9 6y
+30 A Question for the fellow Quants 33 5y
+30 Structured Credit Hedge Fund Post Banking 12 5y
+30 How to assess the attractiveness of a HF opportunity / heard of Tensile? 15 5y
+30 COHEN'S POINT72 LOSES 10-15% AMID HEDGE FUND LOSSES THIS MONTH 34 5y
+30 Thoughts on Hedge Fund industry painted as villain? 8 5y
+30 Hedge Fund Management Company Qs 5 5y
+30 DE Shaw L/S equity 15 3y
+30 Diversity at Tiger Cubs 11 4y

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  • Moelis & Company 01 98.8%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.2%
  • Guggenheim Partners 01 97.7%
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June 2026 Investment Banking

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  • Morgan Stanley 02 98.8%
  • Evercore 01 98.2%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.6%
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