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+30 Q for MM PMs/Analysts - Which MM and why for a PM seat? 12 1y
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+30 Best path to career longevity in HFs: sharing research ideas with other funds? 20 3y
+30 Do you believe that in 20 years you will need to be an exceptionally quantitative person to work in this industry? 8 3y
+30 Planning to move - how to inform my team? 11 3y
+30 del 12 3y
+30 Acquihire vs. normal HF job after a startup failure 9 3y
+30 Dodge and Cox Compensation and Culture 4 3y
+30 Is Citadel unstoppable? 30 3y
+30 How Chat Gpt will impact the hf industry 17 3y
+30 Confidentiality during interviews 13 2y
+30 Managing Drawdowns in MM 11 2y
+30 How do you budget for big life decisions given career/comp uncertainty? 8 2y
+30 Incoming IB MBA Associate set on a future investing in public equities - advice on how to best prepare? 9 2y
+30 What skills do you actually need in MM HF pods? 16 2y
+30 Seed capital providers for HF launch? 7 2y
+30 How do you H-1B visa holders grapple with the stress of working at an MM? 27 2y
+30 Your opinion on top distress / opportunistic credit shop 13 2y
+30 Exploring a Novel Investment Concept: Purchasing Rights to Future Income 6 2y
+30 SM HF opportunities from banking vs 2+2 14 2y
+30 Capital Structure Analysis Questions 11 2y
+30 Catalur Capital 19 9mo
+30 Do Macro strategies require more sophisticated quantitative techniques than L/S or Long-only Equities? 13 1y
+30 Vitol posts $13B profits for 2023 28 2y
+30 Risk VS Volatility 7 2y
+30 Adjusting to HF schedule from IB (not a morning person) 8 1y
+30 Is anyone unimpressed by Connor Haley? 11 1y
+30 How do you come up with a differentiated long pitch 6 1y
+30 Tech sales to HF 19 1y
+30 is it a good idea to include how much profit you made in personal portfolio? 27 1y
+30 Passive Liquidity Squeeze 3 1y
+30 How do you learn to interpret the news? 3 1y
+30 L/S vs Pairs Trading 13 1y
+30 Millennium London grad programme with UBS 122 9mo
+30 How do firms like Eliott & other top HFs generate and validate their ideas? 8 11mo
+30 Stalled path to HF/ER 9 12mo
+30 Wars between Hedge Funds/PMs 9 9mo
+30 Thoughts on sending a 3P comp report to my PM? 12 6mo
+30 implementation research vs algo trader 7 6mo
+30 27 and an execution trader at a top Macro fund, what next? 20 6mo
+30 Path to being a Master of the Universe (SM Founder) 7 4mo
+30 IB or HF FT Out of Undergrad 15 3mo
+29 Qualitative versus Quantitative 14 16y
+29 Moving to the buy-side from the sell-side 35 15y
+29 Japanese Market Plummets 20% in 2 Days on Radiation Threat 19 6y
+29 FOF PM Analyst offer vs DCM analyst offer - Advice needed!! 20 8y
+29 The Exit of Soros and Fall of the Modern Hedge Fund 25 14y
+29 Working at a hedge fund versus starting your own 17 13y
+29 Any insight on these funds? 17 13y
+29 Long-only or HF? 17 13y
+29 Fundraising 8 12y
+29 HF Final Round Interview - How long to hear back? 20 10y
+29 WSO Hedge Fund Interview Prep Package in the Works! 34 10y
+29 Middle Office vs. Front Office 19 1y
+29 Bridgewater vs PEAK6 Investment 16 6y
+29 Real Estate Hedge Funds (RE Stocks Only) 20 1y
+29 Bridger Capital - Secret Society: What do you know? 20 3y
+29 Please see...need a business partner for a potentially lucrative derivative play on HF industry !! 8 10y
+29 Question about comp in big years 12 3y
+29 Transferring from MF PE to HF post MBA 5 6y
+29 Feedback on Stock Pitch 6 6y
+29 Australian Reaching NYC HFs 6 6y
+29 With structured products, why even bother with alpha? 9 9y
+29 Undergrad straight to HF viable? 21 8y
+29 Bulge Brackets and Hedge Funds 5 8y
+29 Living Ray Dalio's Principles 3 8y
+29 Interview question @ Wall Street hedge fund 21 7y
+29 What Separates Good PMs From the Great PMs? 22 7y
+29 HF career advice 6 6y
+29 How hedged are market neutral funds? 11 7y
+29 Cross asset hedge funds like Soros 10 4y
+29 VBA vs Python 7 6y
+29 Multi Manager PM Blow Up Before Interview 12 6y
+29 Crossroads en route to public investing: Restructuring Associate at EB vs Sr. ER Associate covering Tech Hardware at BB 20 6y
+29 Catapult Capital (Millenium Pod) 10 3y
+29 Odyssey search? 17 3y
+29 Biotechnology or Pharma Primers 11 5y
+29 Manufactured CDS Default 14 6y
+29 US to London Recruiting - Distressed HF 17 4y
+29 Goldman Sachs Multi-Strategy Investing Group 13 5y
+29 Is it an upgrade: from Big4 consulting to Hedge fund 14 5y
+29 What are the best pathways to enter into a CDS HF ? 11 5y
+29 Anyone heard of Anomaly Capital? New fund started by ex-Viking CIO 24 3y
+29 How do you go about modelling a company on the buy side? 14 5y
+29 Best HF Modeling / Case Study Prep 11 2y
+29 Insight on Oak Hill Advisors? 16 4y
+29 Potential Choices for HF Roles from Undergrad 16 5y
+29 Multi Manager Hedge Funds 35 5y
+29 Modeling at SMs 10 5y
+29 Modeling Differences on the Buy-side 6 5y
+29 HF Networking in London? 7 5y
+29 Juggling Interviews 5 5y
+29 Do new analysts get poor coverage at SMs? 11 5y
+29 How to keep learning in free time 13 4y
+29 HF Recruiting - Am I being played? 33 4y

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