+25 Abscent minded genius 22 16y
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+25 Models for distressed debt investments 17 11y
+25 Compensation at Long Only Fund 14 6y
+25 CFA® Charterholders Heading Top Hedge Funds? 13 11y
+25 Anyone heard of Old Oaks Asset Management? 21 10y
+25 Hedge fund pay at mid-senior levels 12 11y
+25 How important is the location of a hedge fund? 12 6y
+25 Hedge Fund & Family Office - Q&A 14 9y
+25 Top MBA or go straight to HF from sell-side research 5 6y
+25 Lev fin / distressed lawyer seeking buy side job - help! 6 9y
+25 Brevan Howard Cuts Some Fees to 0% 15 9y
+25 Help w majors and minors 9 9y
+25 Citadel's Physical Natural Gas Presence 6 3y
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+25 Wharton To Wall Street? 7 8y
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+25 Can a Civil Engineering undergraduate work at a Hedge Fund? 7 6y
+25 Bad GPA vs the ability to bring in massive revenue for the company 8 8y
+25 Dating? 11 6y
+25 Should HF managers pay for losses? 4 3y
+25 Selling HF LLC with accounts 15 7y
+25 Small Hedge Fund (20-50m AUM) or Bulge Bracket Bank? 9 7y
+25 What portion of junior hedge fund employees are compensated primarily as a function of PnL instead of as a function of age? 1 7y
+25 T. Rowe Price equity research vs EB in New York 6 1y
+25 del 11 3y
+25 Should I start in a hedge fund internship or a full-time consulting job straight out of undergrad? 5 7y
+25 Econ PhD says HF life easier than academia 7 6y
+25 Is QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH The Best Job In The World? 9 6y
+25 Fund shutdown 5 6y
+25 Elliott / Third Point / Aurelius 17 5y
+25 become a better investor 14 6y
+25 Change of control affect debt 12 6y
+25 Best to sell strongest or weakest stocks now? 11 5y
+25 Top L/S Equity Funds in London (or Europe for that matter) 6 1y
+25 HF Headcount (Is Third Point Normal?) 11 5y
+25 question for S&T/HF professionals 6 5y
+25 Work/life balance on buyside 10 4y
+25 Breaking into public equity from MM IB 19 1y
+25 As a sector specialist, what to do when you sector is out of favor? 16 5y
+25 How to Think About Insider Selling 8 5y
+25 Millennium vs Exoduspoint 24 3y
+25 How to stop PM from talking himself into a position? 15 5y
+25 Do you guys know anything about these roles in Citadel? 18 4y
+25 Question about HF Performance Fees 2 5y
+25 Fundraising Difficulty in HF vs PE 5 5y
+25 most exclusive hedge fund 42 5y
+25 Sources of Inefficiency/Mispricings? What causes forced selling? 6 5y
+25 L/S Tiger Cub in Asia to London L/S 9 4y
+25 Sharpe 1.8 good enough? 28 4mo
+25 Best path London L/S HF: ER vs M&A vs L.O 8 4y
+25 how to take liquid medium/high frequency trading strategy with good returns to hedge fund 14 4y
+25 Post-MBA Analyst Comp in Europe. What is Market? 11 4y
+25 Thoughts on Brevan Howard 34 1y
+25 Activist Hedge Fund Case Study 4 4y
+25 HF summer intern 8 4y
+25 PhD in Math - Made a huge mistake. BB -> HF 10 4y
+25 How do you financially analyze an investment grade corporate bond? 10 2y
+25 Investor relation at hedge funds 15 4y
+25 Exit Opps from 100M AUM HF? 9 3y
+25 Is it true that HF base salary stagnates through all the "analyst" years? 30 4y
+25 D1 shutting down? 43 2y
+25 How do you know when to sell? 4 3y
+25 At What Point Does Not Having an Advanced Degree Stop Mattering for Biotech? 13 3y
+25 MM vs Lone Pine/Tiger 17 3y
+25 Info on Qube (QRT) 26 3y
+25 Foreign Opportunities in the HF space 6 1y
+25 How Does Citadel HF Make $28bn Revenue with $55bn AUM? Multi Manager Economics 20 3y
+25 Macro pitch examples? 23 1y
+25 Career earnings McKinsey vs $2-5bn SM 14 3y
+25 Help me make a decision 15 3y
+25 Who is today's equivalent of Julian Robertson 31 3y
+25 2am rant 12 3y
+25 Have people on this forum lost their minds? 20 3y
+25 Warren Buffett's claim of 50% IRR on 1 million USD 12 3y
+25 Were Buffett, Soros, Peter Lynch, Julian Robertson good investors? 23 3y
+25 Typical offer for PM at MMs 14 2y
+25 N/a 11 2y
+25 Is it possible to move from top AM to a special sits HF? 12 2y
+25 MM vs SM - is this cyclical or secular? 14 2y
+25 Opportunities after MM HF Career 13 2y
+25 Predicament going into Sophomore year 10 2y
+25 How to think about Post-IPO PE Presence in Public Equity? 3 2y
+25 Why is 75% of this forum MM HF trolls? 10 2y
+25 Negotiating small hedge fund offer 8 2y
+25 How do funds actually collect fees? 14 2y
+25 Breaking into HF/VC 8 2y
+25 How do you know you're ready to move to HF? 17 2y
+25 Analyst variation within pod 11 2y
+25 When news come in as expected 10 2y
+25 Red Flags in a PM 25 1y
+25 Leaving SM to join new pod - signing bonus ask? 20 2y
+25 How often do cold emails work when hiring? 20 2y
+25 What would your impression be? 10 2y
+25 Any R course recommendations? 14 2y

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