+11 Career progression at top hedge funds 1 9y
+11 How to prepare for activist fund interviews? 8 8y
+11 Anyone know what a Credit Analyst does at a HF? (Also anyone hear about Oak Hill Advisors?) 1 8y
+11 Anyone heard of Atalaya? $2.5B distressed debt fund 17 4y
+11 Am I overqualified for a Fund Accounting position? 4 6y
+11 Comp Question: 1st Year Equity Research at 5-10B HF 8 6y
+11 Convertible fund - what's the right angle? 3 8y
+11 Orbis and Oldfield Partners 1 8y
+11 Data Analyst or Operations Analyst 4 8y
+11 Macro data source 2 8y
+11 Global River Associates - scam or new firm 3 3y
+11 What to do after hedge fund blowout? 3 7y
+11 European HF Internship 7 6y
+11 Biotech Investing Pipeline Valuation 2 7y
+11 Hedge Fund Manager Selection 3 6y
+11 URGENT: 3-month notice period in offer - deal killer?!? 7 7y
+11 Point72 Intern Experience 1 7y
+11 Hedge Fund vs. Proprietary Trading 1 7y
+11 Net Expense 2 7y
+11 Trading Returns 2 7y
+11 Macro Analyst at pension fund to hedge fund 4 5y
+11 Family Offices and HF Seeders 2 6y
+11 What, if any, hedge funds offer internships? 9 6y
+11 Breaking into a hedge fund from a professional sports background 1 6y
+11 Capital allocation decision - which ratio to look at? 2 6y
+11 Fundamental funds that focus on international equities? 6 6y
+11 In-house legal roles in hedge funds & PE? 2 6y
+11 UK wannabe Quant analyst looking for advice 1 6y
+11 Mid-Tier Bank (HSBC/Nomura/BNP) placement into HF 6 6y
+11 Bonus number 2 6y
+11 DE Shaw reputation 7 6y
+11 Marshall Wace - any experience or heard anything? 2 5y
+11 Point72 2020 Academy Summit - New York 5 6y
+11 Anyone switched sectors as a senior analyst? 4 6y
+11 Your best Bloomberg Terminal Lifehacks 2 6y
+11 Any information about Merus Global Investments? 8 4y
+11 is anyone familiar with Gladstone Capital? 11 9mo
+11 Will HFs Outperform The Next 10 Years? 2 5y
+11 Echinus Partners 6 8mo
+11 How do you credit PMs hedge your portfolio 3 5y
+11 Proprietary research roles at HFs - what do you think? 5 7mo
+11 Thoughts on Elliott, Baupost, Third Point and etc 4 3y
+11 Eleted 1 4y
+11 Interview with Citadel (Ashler) 11 4y
+11 Current Senior with BO trade support engineer offer. 4 5y
+11 How can you make a decent model of a public company with such little information available? 5 5y
+11 How does fiscal policy affect interest rates? 10 3y
+11 Exit Opps 8 5y
+11 First post/career questions 13 5y
+11 Seeking advice (compliance trouble) 7 5y
+11 Backtesting setup of a quant pm 25 5y
+11 Quantitative researcher compensation 12 5y
+11 What if r/WSB blew up your job? 16 5y
+11 Role of Advisors in Bankruptcy Process 2 5y
+11 Meaning of “Tough Comps” 5 5y
+11 Man Group insights 16 5y
+11 Is there still money to be made in L/S? 33 4y
+11 Level of CS required for quant hedge fund 2 5y
+11 Quant in Hong Kong 1 4y
+11 Co-Worker etiquette outside of work. 4 3y
+11 Opinions / Thoughts - Why Public Investing over PE? 2 5y
+11 Legit headhunters or not? 25 11mo
+11 Why does nobody talk about Emotional Intelligence at Buy-Side roles? 20 5y
+11 Anybody had success with trading evaluation platforms like Collective2, FundSeeder or TopStepTrader to get into a hedge fund as a trader / sub-PM? 5 5y
+11 I want to work in an HF. I am a bit confused and need advice. 2 5y
+11 Analyst at credit arm of MF (bx, kkr, carlyle) to l/s equity hedge fund? 10 4y
+11 Rising sophomore going for hedge funds out the gate, how delusional am I? 1 4y
+11 Hedge fund starting salary? 35 4y
+11 US HF recruiting for Canadians 7 4y
+11 Next 5-10 years, MM or SM 10 4y
+11 Who works on hedging? 4 4y
+11 Best hedge funds in HY space 19 4y
+11 Delete 7 3y
+11 Private Credit / Direct Lending to Hedge Fund? 7 4y
+11 Cellar Boxing - the Market Maker's pièce de résistance and "Legal" tool for Stock Manipulation 6 4y
+11 Post-announcement merger arbitrage 5 4y
+11 Worth having lawyer review HF Associate Offer Letter? 16 4y
+11 Co-Investing advice/discussion 5 4y
+11 Would working as a health care analyst pigeonhole me into the sector? 7 4y
+11 Credit HF Offer Consideration 5 4y
+11 How do retired prop traders return to institutional career at a pod shop hedge fund? 3 4y
+11 Moving into macro/commods from EB? 4 4y
+11 Point 72 WLB and culture 6 4y
+11 Explain like im 5 years old - how does IB work translate into a HF exit opp? 7 3y
+11 BB Desk Quant vs. Hedge Fund Trading 1 4y
+11 Breaking Into a HF (PB -> MBA -> AM -> HF) Feasible Career Trajectory? 4 4y
+11 HF Tools 2 4y
+11 How to evaluate day trading / RV trading risk-adjusted return? 2 4y
+11 Distressed HF Looking for College/MBA Interns 16 4y
+11 Resources to prepare for MM HF 23 4y
+11 Going from small SM "pod" to larger SM / MM 1 4y
+11 Seeking Alpha? And Others? 11 3y
+11 Need advice for career advancement 10 4y
+11 HF (continental Europe) vs BB ER (London) for top-tier HF in London 16 4y
+11 Feeling tired and bored of doing hedge fund work 9 4y
+11 What is a sector head? 5 4y
+11 Are some funds truly the cream of the crop? 5 4y
+11 How applicable is learnings from working at a hedge fund to personal investing? 4 4y
+11 Medical School -> hedge fund 12 4y
+11 Taxation of HF Bonuses 5 4y

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