+8 Comp Breakdown 3 6y
+8 Volatility dollars 4 2y
+8 Activist pitch for an interview? 9 5y
+8 Failure Q&A 3 5y
+8 Favourite industry to benefit from COVID long-term? (No TMT ideas, anything unusual) 4 5y
+8 Predicting earnings 6 5y
+8 Good/bad investment theses 12 2y
+8 How long would you stay 9 5y
+8 Grants vs Rosenberg vs Stockman’s Contra 2 5y
+8 Small SM HF Comp 5 5y
+8 How quickly can I expect to get carry at a ~$1bn HF? 11 5y
+8 Diluted Shares Calculation 5 5y
+8 How much of your personal wealth do you put in your hedge fund? 8 5y
+8 Alua Capital Shutting Down 4 4mo
+8 L/S equity analyst BBG dashboards/setups 1 5y
+8 How to choose a L/S equity firm to work for? Can't decide on new/old, big/small, sector/generalist, etc. 4 5y
+8 Top long oriented value shops 33 5y
+8 MBA public markets roles for those w/o experience 1 5y
+8 Special Sits HFs 3 5y
+8 Interview with PM at P72 3 2y
+8 What's Your Favorite Stock & Why Roblox?? 11 5y
+8 NYU Stern HF Recruiting 21 5y
+8 Capital gains tax hike 19 5y
+8 Silver Point 2024 9 1y
+8 Breaking into the Buy-Side from ER (London) 3 1y
+8 Good educational resources about selling options? 4 5y
+8 Sohn Conference - Anyone go? 15 5y
+8 How competitive are HFs currently on front-running News from X and Truth Social. Have we reached the point of co-location with X data centers? 4 1y
+8 Can I realistically get into a top HF? 22 1y
+8 I love to research. What can I do? 1 5y
+8 TIME-SENSITIVE | HF Standard Non-Compete + Deferred Vesting Schedule 11 5y
+8 Best Books For Introduction on Behavioral Finance? 6 5y
+8 Recruiting for US funds from the UK 2 5y
+8 Point72 investment memo request 8 5y
+8 Best Hedge Funds in Spain? 7 5y
+8 When should I inform my current group I'm leaving? 1 1y
+8 Unknown French quant hedge fund 2 5y
+8 HF Recruiting 4 1y
+8 Hiring after undergraduate 6 5y
+8 Dumb associate who keeps requesting to work with me? 4 8mo
+8 HF Interview Preparation from IB 1 1y
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+8 Are HFs active in FIG? 6 4y
+8 AAPL vs ETF - $10K Investment 15 4y
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+8 Top London SM HFs 5 3y
+8 Which Hedge Fund is the King of Wall Street? 16 11mo
+8 WorldQuant Down 1B 4 3y
+8 OakTree Internship Program 2024 2 3y
+8 3 Statement Model Tests: Quarterly or Annual 3 3y
+8 Balyasny’s Peter Goodwin new $15bn equities team? 1 11mo
+8 Private credit funds, distressed debt/credit funds and real estate investment funds 3 3y
+8 Later in career PE to HF 6 1y
+8 Best Funds with Micro/Nano cap focus? 7 5mo
+8 CLO to Credit Hedge Fund? 3 3y
+8 Most Elite MM HF? 10 3y
+8 Why should I invest in your HF? 4 3y
+8 Should I take Point72 SA--breaking into SM HF's? 9 11mo
+8 Point72 Experienced Analyst Interview Process 7 3y
+8 Get up to speed on Cable/Telecom? 8 1y
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+8 Rel Val Hedge Fund Jump 13 3y
+8 What gets interviews for buyside equities SA26 roles? 1 2y
+8 SVP - Interview Process - London 6 3y
+8 Does anyone have any insight to working & Fir Tree Capital Management? 5 3y
+8 Pitching Unrelated Company for MM Pitch 1 3y
+8 Primer For Asset Management Firms? 5 3y
+8 Non IB Finance Junior Summer Internships (PE, HF, AM, etc.) 2 2y
+8 Starting investment analyst role in the summer (REPE), however just received an off-cycle internship offer at HF for Autumn... 6 3y
+8 Best Books for aspiring HF Analyst 6 2y
+8 Good risk management and portfolio construction materials 9 3y
+8 ECM book comp? 6 10mo
+8 Questions to ask interviewer 4 3y
+8 HF vs AM 5 3y
+8 Aussie HF looking for LDN move 5 3y
+8 Any insights on Citadel Equity Quantitative Research (EQR) team? 9 3y
+8 How to prep for L/S Research Analyst role? 1 3y
+8 what strategies will prevail? 7 3y
+8 New here: Trying to understand the Internship game. 2 3y
+8 Is stock picking a dying skill? 2 3y
+8 Allocator to HF? 1 2y
+8 HF Interview Feedback 3 3y
+8 Working with a HH that knows the senior people in your company 4 3y
+8 High schooler who wants to become a portfolio manager (SERIOUS) 6 2y
+8 Thoughts on Maple Capital? (2023) 3 3y
+8 Natural COI between PM and analysts 2 3y
+8 Past Successful Investements 5 3y
+8 Soros Reflexivity 6 1y
+8 Can I rock a beard in the HF world? 8 3mo
+8 Partly qualified actuary and would like to move to a HF. 1 2y
+8 How to study for convertible arbitrage interviews 4 3y
+8 DE Shaw Generalist Internship 4 2y
+8 Baupost in 2023 5 2y
+8 London Headhunters 15 1y
+8 Is the platform race over 10 2y
+8 2+2+2 vs 2+2 9 2y
+8 Economies of scale among HFs after AI? 2 9mo
+8 Long only vs L/S SM mentality 8 2y
+8 Comp exposure to AUM growth? 4 1y

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