+24 HF Strategies protected from quants 17 5y
+24 Working at a Distressed / Credit HF - What next? 10 6y
+24 experienced BB S&T -> non-market -> Quant Funds (?) 1 6y
+24 Future for Staying in Long / Short Investing? 12 5y
+24 Leaving large SM - Career Advice Needed 23 4y
+24 Engineer to Quant, how? 21 5y
+24 Repairing relationship with PM 15 2y
+24 Breaking into Hedge Fund as Rx IB VP 8 1mo
+24 Moving from CEE HF to London 3 6y
+24 I am a master at wave mechanics. 7 4y
+24 Are Big4 MMHF grad programs still worth it? 6 1mo
+24 Are Investing Skills Something You're Born With or Learn Later On in Life? 10 3y
+24 Octavius Finance - recruiter 9 2y
+24 Most Creative Research Methods 27 5y
+24 LO AM to Millennium/P72/etc. spin out 8 4y
+24 Cambridge 1.1 math undergrad (this june); master, phd, bankjob or HF? 18 1y
+24 European Activist Fund - Interview 12 3y
+24 Muzinich & Co. - Info/Thoughts? 4 3w
+24 Chase Coleman III 24 3y
+24 VP HF Lateral To PE 1 2y
+24 European degree, no experience, just a passion. HF? 13 6y
+24 Likelihood of getting into Hedge Fund with no experience in finance or college degree? 6 6y
+24 2018 Hedge Fund Report: 8 Key Takeaways 0 6y
+24 UMM/MF PE --> H/S/W --> HF? 9 6y
+24 Typical HF Intern Hours. What Should I Expect? 2 3y
+24 Reasons people fail a case study 10 4y
+24 Learning about Event Driven 7 1w
+24 Distressed credit - public vs private? 12 2y
+24 Life Science Hedgefund List 27 2y
+24 Advice for Physics undergrad to break into Quant Fund 10 5y
+24 Big 4 MM vs. Other Pods Comp Difference 8 1y
+24 Start-up Hedge Funds & Fake Interviews 11 12mo
+24 Starting an investment fund possibility 7 4y
+24 Can you move Akuna junior trader to Hedge Fund Analyst? 5 4y
+24 Answering why HF 7 6y
+24 6 months notice period 21 4y
+23 How many hours do you work? 35 1y
+23 Taxes 15 3y
+23 HF Comp Table -- H / S 10 14y
+23 HF Analyst Sector Focus - Does it silo you? 8 13y
+23 Personal Account for HFs 8 13y
+23 Kodai and Throughline 21 10mo
+23 YTD Returns at equity L/S (non-pod shops) 9 3y
+23 How’s GBP swaption at banks for HF exit 16 1y
+23 Advancement opportunities at mid-sized or smaller hedge funds 16 11y
+23 MMHF perf YTD 43 3y
+23 HF Analyst as a Second Job? 8 11y
+23 SM / MM hedge fund recruiting from PE 8 6mo
+23 What's a long-only hedge fund? 5 11y
+23 Referred to a hedge funds, unsure about motivational letter 13 11y
+23 Quant trading from Wharton? 15 2y
+23 How do you determine what is priced into a stock? 11 2y
+23 Wanting to end up in a HF, but no idea how to get there. 4 3y
+23 Current Structured Finance/Stressed and Distressed Special Situations Credit Opportunities 8 5y
+23 What is the work culture of a hedge fund? 12 9y
+23 What are some good event driven/special situation hedge funds? 20 9y
+23 Does S&T or IB experience help breaking into Hedge Funds easier? 11 9y
+23 Adage Capital Partners? 3 2y
+23 Absolute Competence vs. Signaling When Breaking in 11 11mo
+23 Point 72 Spring Week London Process? 18 11mo
+23 “Sell side level work” 11 4y
+23 I was too scared to join a hedge fund and now have a depression 18 3y
+23 What is up with all the P72 academy kids who got cut? 26 10mo
+23 Quantamental 10 5y
+23 PDT Partners 39 5y
+23 How long should HF recruiting take? 7 7mo
+23 HF Returns - August/YTD 22 6y
+23 Analyst downside in MM Pods 9 6y
+23 How does your team split the performance fees? 7 3y
+23 Switching from credit HF to equity HF 6 7y
+23 One or Two Week Notice Period?? 24 7y
+23 Long only HF? 6 2y
+23 Is MM HF right for me?? 10 2y
+23 A few questions: Pivoting from WM to HF 4 6y
+23 Exit opps from my own hedge fund? 5 7y
+23 PnL percentiles at pod 16 2y
+23 MM vs Single Manager 8 3y
+23 Info on Stanford's Kudla Fund (top undergrad hedge fund)? 10 2y
+23 Viking Global - Credit 17 4y
+23 Is it possible to work from home in finance? 14 5y
+23 Delete 9 1y
+23 How to determine Risk Reward Ratio 17 5y
+23 Want a Quant Finance job, but I don’t like my math major. What do I do? 11 5y
+23 Are most HF opportunities actually not in L/S equities? 9 2y
+23 What proportion of hedge fund interviews involve asshole questions? 3 7y
+23 Biotech Coverage 11 1y
+23 Firm I'm interviewing with asks for a Credit Analysis 8 7y
+23 Citadel secret sauce 20 3y
+23 First-Loss Managed Accounts 19 2y
+23 Advice needed: How to get prepared for the career in ER / AM / HF 6 6y
+23 BBG: Plotkin Aims to Bury GameStop Nightmare in Hedge Fund Reboot 25 4y
+23 Tiger Cubs vs Cathie Wood 5 5y
+23 help me move from PE to HF please 35 2y
+23 HPS Investment Partners - Exits/Comps/Brand 13 6y
+23 Netting with firm central book vs trading directly with market 1 5y
+23 Are financial models even important? 17 5y
+23 Economics of pass through MM 18 5y
+23 Q&A: Tiger cub hedge fund analyst, previously worked in PE 58 4y
+23 HF Recruiting from IB 8 3y
+23 Are the incentives of research analysts and traders aligned? 26 4y

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