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+22 Analyst Role - Buy-Side Dream or Middle Office Dud ?! 9 7y
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+22 Acceptable cold email to hedge fund? 9 7y
+22 CV / Cover Letter Review - coming back after 10 years 6 4y
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+22 Would you recommend your younger self a career in hedge fund? 6 6y
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+22 Annoying boss during vacation 8 3y
+22 MBA for credit roles (stressed, distressed, opportunistic) 5 4y
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+22 How to Switch from Prop to HF 2 5y
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+22 GoldenTree Asset Management 11 5y
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+22 Interactive Brokers Prime Services 9 5y
+22 Theoretical Questions Regarding Value Investing 2 5y
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+22 University courses/path to becoming a QUANT 8 4y
+22 Urgent Help >> Breaking into HF 7 4y
+22 Bridgewater Portfolio Associate? 13 3y
+22 Fund Manager Quarterly Bonus Structure 4 4y
+22 Is this a fund of funds role - guidance please? 1 4y
+22 Hedge funds industry in Russia? 12 4y
+22 UK recruiter claims he can't tell me any clients' names until he has my CV due to GDPR 7 4y
+22 Real estate debt hedge funds 5 3y
+22 What's the lifestyle like at a top multi manager on the west coast? 20 3y
+22 Cyrus Capital Partners Info 15 1y
+22 Will we be able to work from anywhere? 12 1y
+22 How to break into Macro HF in London? 12 2y
+22 Is the person who enters a HF out of 1-2 years in banking “ahead of the game”? 10 3y
+22 Average/Median IQ in Hedge Funds? 8 3y
+22 How do people keep getting seats at MM? 9 3y
+22 I Received The Cell Phone Number Of My Favorite Hedge Fund Manager From His Partner...How Should I Approach This 10 1y
+22 AUM ranking and changes by June, 2020 (indicative of returns) 12 3y
+22 Anti-sponsor/corporation HF? 11 3y
+22 Would you rather join a Tiger Cub or MM HF out of business school? 14 3y
+22 How to screen credibility / reputation of hedge funds? 11 3y
+22 HF Comp Policies: Deferrals, Clawbacks, Draw Clauses 3 3y
+22 Fir Tree Capital - culture, investment philosophy, performance? 13 1y
+22 Anyone regret going in the public space? 13 3y
+22 Getting to a good SM from SS ER? 16 3y
+22 LA Hedge Fund Scene 31 3y
+22 Transitioning from PE to HF 7 2y
+22 Light Street Cap Low Down 5 2y
+22 Is it common for hedge fund employees to be able to work remotely from anywhere? 14 2y
+22 Comp @ 100m+ L/S 37 1y
+22 Job offers 11 2y
+22 Terrified MF PE Intern 8 1y
+22 Active Investing: Bad Career Move? 10 2y
+22 Hedge Funds With Real Estate Arms 35 1y
+22 Are Tiger Cubs ok? 46 2y
+22 moving from 1st tier HF to smaller HFs 11 2y
+22 Opportunistic across the cap stack HFs 37 1y
+22 Fund wants to fly me out to “visit” 16 2y
+22 Get feedback on your stock ideas 13 1y
+22 Are MM Pods sector beta neutral or market beta neutral? 14 1y
+22 Joining a distressed HF now (2022] 34 5mo
+22 I want to work at a MM HF - Best way to break in? 12 4mo
+22 How many years do people last at HFs? 11 1y
+22 PM pressuring me to change my rating on a name? 10 1y
+22 Pivoting into an investment team role 4 1y
+22 PE vs HF junior Level 15 1y
+22 How to control rage/aggression? 20 1y
+22 How small is too small? 13 1y
+22 Thoughts on HF Out of UG? 6 1y
+22 Junk bonds / Marks 13 1y
+22 Undergrad HF Internship recruiting 16 1y
+22 Any Apes Done a Stint in Abu Dhabi? 17 8mo
+22 Respectable way to bow out of a process after final round 6 1y
+22 What do negative rates mean for equity investing? 12 1y
+22 Activist funds are basically PEs - you're not a true hedge funder 19 1y
+22 Tail risk funds 6 7mo
+22 Recruiting Full-Time After P72/Citadel/Millenium SA? 14 1mo
+22 Multi-year long term investing thesis 15 10mo
+22 How is it to work at Bridgewater ? 11 8mo
+22 I fucked up and took SS ER over LO fund.. How do I move forward? 9 8mo
+22 Will the jump to L/S HF be possible? Or maybe a PE shop from a HY credit research position? 13 6mo
+22 MM vs SM - is this cyclical or secular? 11 8mo
+22 Are single manager "buy and hold" concentrated funds dead? 28 7mo
+22 GS quant Vs QR/QT in HF 6 6mo
+22 Early 20s Hedge Fund Professional Needs Career Advice 7 6mo
+22 How do you determine what is priced into a stock? 11 5mo
+22 Info on Stanford's Kudla Fund (top undergrad hedge fund)? 10 5mo
+22 Secondaries to HF? 7 5mo
+22 HF recruiting at Booth MBA with no work exp but incredible technical skills/knowledge? 10 5mo
+22 Equity analyst at a trading firm to MM HF L/S equities?? 3 5mo
+22 Recruiting Advice For Experienced Professional 6 3mo
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