+14 HF Comp Breakdown ? - L/S Equity value-oriented $150mm AUM Family Office 6 4y
+14 Hedge Fund Modeling Basic - Multiples 4 1y
+14 Advice on dealing with stress as a PM 4 4y
+14 TQQQ Guy - Where Are You Now? 4 2y
+14 Feedback After Case Study 8 1y
+14 Handy Bloomberg Tips 16 4y
+14 Why do some hedge funds have so many employees? 11 4y
+14 Life Sciences HF progression 13 4y
+14 Top Under The Radar Hedge Funds? 23 4y
+14 Fixed income quant funds? 10 4y
+14 Middle East SWF --> M7 MBA --> HF? 4 4y
+14 HF straight out of undergrad? 11 1y
+14 B 13 4y
+14 Formulaic compensation in London 5 2y
+14 Private Banking Investment Counselor to HF 4 2y
+14 PIMCO Alternative Investments / Distressed Comp, Culture, Strategy, Etc. 19 3y
+14 Am I Finished? 21 3y
+14 (Deleted) 5 4y
+14 Course Advices for aspiring Quant? 3 4y
+14 Emotional Discipline 7 3y
+14 Do HF still go for Merger Arbitrage? 9 1y
+14 Citadel - Modeling Test Invite 20 1y
+14 Stupid question - how to buy given income split 4 4y
+14 HF Exits/Options 22 4y
+14 Do SMs use as much leverage as MMs? 6 5mo
+14 You have a 5x5 matrix. The numbers 1,2,3,4 and 5 appear in every row and in every column exactly once.... 15 2y
+14 Vista or Thoma Bravo HF exits? 21 4y
+14 Delete 13 4y
+14 Path Dependency in Investing Careers 1 2y
+14 What should we name new spin-offs 8 2y
+14 MBB to biotech ER (and ultimately HF). Which ER firm to target? 10 2y
+14 Best sector to cover? 22 4y
+14 HF -> LO analyst seat, pre MBA, how? 12 4y
+14 Best way to learn SM style L/S investing strategies 10 4y
+14 Thoughts on spec sales 8 2y
+14 Experience and advice dealing with HH 6 4y
+14 Optionality: from ER to ~$1B HF vs. MM? 8 4y
+14 Weak career move 2 4y
+14 Want to do QR/QT. Have opportunity to switch to DS from MLE, or to have chill SWE job 2 1y
+14 What is a "good" carry at a fund? 8 4y
+14 Final round interview...with a risk manager? 4 2y
+14 How old is too old to join a MM? 11 3y
+14 How to go about making your own model assumptions 2 1y
+14 Offering Consulting Services To Hedge Funds 5 4y
+14 Stay at Top Boutique IB or Move to MM 7 4y
+14 AM to HF advice 7 1y
+13 Buy/Hold/Sell recs vs actual stock perfomance 5 15y
+13 The Forbes Billionaires List is out… 13 15y
+13 LPs - how and why 10 14y
+13 analysts vs traders in junior HF roles? 2 13y
+13 Carlyle-owned fund refuses to refund near 2/3 of amount requested by investors 3 10y
+13 Moody's sovereign --> macro hedge funds? 9 2y
+13 Rates Derivative Sales to Macro HF? 12 8mo
+13 Lack of Catalysts = Good Short for Pair Trading? 4 2y
+13 Tough Situation, Need advice 7 1y
+13 Columbia Value Investing Program vs Hedge Fund Intern 22 1y
+13 Starting HF Career - Best Place for Mentorship? 6 1y
+13 Emerging MMs? 9 1y
+13 Buy side vs sell side vs PhD Econ? 8 2y
+13 Title 4 3y
+13 Transitioning to Portfolio Manager from Research Analyst 3 3y
+13 Looking for email organization tips 5 8mo
+13 KKR Macro & Asset Allocation Interview 6 1y
+13 Should SM HF still be the goal out of UG? 9 3y
+13 Point72 Academy Winternship 12 3y
+13 Point 72 Analyst Interview – Consumer Coverage 2 6y
+13 Two Sigma Fundamental Research Analyst 11 2y
+13 FAANG vs L/S 13 7mo
+13 3 month garden leave before new job. Want to take a modeling course. Any suggestions? 5 4y
+13 Which Hedge fund am i best suited for 3 4y
+13 Gotham City Short Report on Carvana 13 9mo
+13 ..... 10 3y
+13 G-Research layoffs 9 1y
+13 Meritage Group - Any Info? 7 9mo
+13 Does M7 MBA help for macro HF recruiting? 9 5y
+13 Tiger Cub in US from MF PE in Europe? 4 5y
+13 Master Essay 6 5y
+13 Life after hedge funds? 11 5y
+13 Career switch into Hedge Fund 3 8mo
+13 MM Pods with separate entity names from Parent MM firm? 6 5y
+13 Negotiating salary for Hedge Fund position 5 5y
+13 Credit Default Swaps question (Bill Ackman) 3 5y
+13 Navigating Semi-Systematic/Systematic HF FT Recruiting 4 9mo
+13 HF RE Seats 11 2y
+13 Understanding what is Risk & Alpha? 7 3y
+13 Getting started 5 1y
+13 Non-Investment Roles at HF 4 5y
+13 Class of 2018 but still associate? 9 8mo
+13 Why don’t HF’s spend time on AI stocks? 7 2y
+13 Sell-side has been better for last few years 13 2y
+13 What is DE Shaw total comp for new grads like? 11 2y
+13 Hedge Fund formation as a service 8 3y
+13 Point72 Experienced Academy 2023 125 1y
+13 HF to LO or LO to HF? 20 1y
+13 Big Hedge Fund or Small Prop? 8 3y
+13 Mock portfolio step in senior analyst/PM interviews 4 2y
+13 Organization/Processes in Bankruptcy Situations 4 5y
+13 MM/Prop/Single Manager 2 2y
+13 Hedge Fund Semis / Hardware Modeling 10 7mo
+13 Will HF managers understand a 6-mo gap on my resume for "taking a break" pre-business school? 4 5y

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