+12 Merger Arbitrage Case Study 4 2y
+12 Recruiting for HF from Growth Buyout 4 2y
+12 Bobby Jain fund 26 1y
+12 D.E. Shaw Generalist Intern Superday advice? 3 4y
+12 Time off school to work at a HF? 16 2y
+12 CFA in the business card? 14 4y
+12 Special Situations vs. Distressed 6 4y
+12 Post-MBA moving from PE to credit special sits 3 4y
+12 Any insights into Bain Capital Corporate Special Sits team 22 1y
+12 Which offer would you take? 12 4y
+12 Value Investors Club 1 4y
+12 Merger Arb Interview Advice 1 1y
+12 Updates on Jain? 18 6mo
+12 Need Help - Hedge Funds Chicago 9 1y
+12 Venture Capital Exit Opps? 11 4y
+12 Benefit to Joining Experienced Grad Program vs Direct to Pod 2 1y
+12 Startup HF straight from undergrad 5 4y
+12 joining and underwater fund - comp negotiation 6 11mo
+12 HF to Corp Dev? 2 2y
+12 New Format Of Expert Network 4 4y
+12 DE Shaw Generalist and Rotational Associate Program? 6 3y
+12 Starting paid newsletter 1 4y
+12 Periodic Confusion 2 4y
+12 Event- Driven HFs in UK 9 2y
+12 Long Short hedge fund offer - questions before I accept 5 4y
+12 Market maker vs alpha researcher 1 4y
+12 AM PM -> HF 3 2y
+12 Multi-Manager Scenario-Driven Modelling 2 4y
+12 Preparing for FT at an MM 7 4y
+12 Try IB boutique or continue recruiting for HF? 1 4y
+12 Salary on Glassdoor - Reliable ? 3 4y
+12 Balyasny - Equities Snr Associate comps structure 5 11mo
+12 MM PM vs SM senior analyst 7 3y
+12 Stay as junior PM or move to a larger place as analyst? 7 4y
+12 When Do People Get To Manage Their Own Book? 7 4y
+12 Andreas Halvorsen talk at Milken Institute 4 3y
+12 Evaluating a new PM 11 11mo
+12 Hedge Fund Trader - opportunity to pontificate freely 1 3y
+12 Quant Strategy or mistaken? 3 4y
+12 HFs in Ontario 11 3y
+12 HF and PE Investor Relations Comp 9 1y
+12 How often do you use ROA & DuPont analysis when looking at companies? 16 11mo
+12 Hedge fund analyst salaries 1 3y
+12 Competing with a friend for return offer 8 4y
+12 WLB at a top MM (C/M) and top SM HF? 11 2y
+12 MM Interview Turnaround Time 14 4y
+12 Quant PM Process 1 4y
+12 How do you be independent as an new analyst? 4 10mo
+12 Delete 2 10mo
+12 Tech or Healthcare team 5 2y
+12 Thoughts on investment time horizon 1 4y
+12 Thoughts on Passaic Capital (Millenium)? 3 1y
+12 Sixth Street Fundamental Strategies? 6 4y
+12 Rolling Futures Systematically 1 2y
+12 IB Offer Dilemma -> Transition to HF? 3 3y
+12 Leave my second job after 1 year? 4 4y
+12 Hedge Funds vs Startups 3 2y
+12 How to calculate the Modified Sharpe ratio? 1 4y
+12 Examining a family office 4 4y
+12 Citadel recruitment 1 4y
+12 Ranking Prop Shops 5 4y
+12 Best Path to Enter Energy Trading HF? 5 2y
+12 Start Up Hedge Fund 5 4y
+12 L/S vs Event 1 1y
+12 Equity Analyst Bullet Points on Resume? 3 3y
+12 Is there a difference between Systematic Portfolio Manager vs Quantitative Portfolio Manager? 3 4y
+12 (London) Drop recent MF/Distressed HF/HF(other) exits for your bank + avg analyst class headcount. Merry Christmas! 2 2y
+12 Point72 Analyst Program Questions 4 4y
+12 From Asset Management to HF 4 3y
+12 30min interview with HF partner - what would you prepare? 4 4y
+12 What differentiates a good research analyst/PM? 1 3y
+12 Voloridge today? 1 4y
+12 What would you ask me? 1 4y
+12 Gathering the skillset required to get a trading job at a hedge fund 1 4y
+12 Advice for a student aspiring career in HF 1 3y
+12 Building Model for Consumer Retail Company 4 2y
+12 Why dont funds that get too big break up into smaller constituent funds 1 4y
+12 Credit Hedge Fund Returns 6 3y
+12 Go start a SPAC… 6 4mo
+12 PMs out there: how did you know you were ready? 10 10mo
+12 PM at small HF having difficulty moving up to larger firms 1 3y
+12 MM Macro Interviews 7 3y
+12 Macro hedge fund 1 3y
+12 Would you still join a tiger cub in this environment? 14 3y
+12 Interview advice - Quant Intern at $4bn multi-strat/pod 7 3y
+12 The 8 MNPI control gaps SEC examiners keep flagging 0 3mo
+12 PM of a large AM doesn't know what a stock pitch is? 5 3y
+12 Thoughts on Holocene? 30 1y
+12 How much time are you given to initiate coverage on a company? 7 3y
+12 What to do after family office? Thoughts appreciated 1 3y
+12 Sdddd 1 2y
+12 LO vs. SM HF vs. MM HF 8 11mo
+12 Networking for HF tips 5 4mo
+12 Paul Tudor Jones - 'Trader' Documentary 7 3y
+12 Track record to start a small hedge fund? 7 2y
+12 Deleted 6 3y
+12 Hedge Fund Internships/Programs for C/O 2024 1 3y
+12 Best offer for Multi-Managers? 7 3y
+12 Best Energy Pods/PMs? 13 1y
+12 Citadel vs. Two Sigma: The Race to Get the Best Quants 3 3y

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