+23 Point 72 Spring Week London Process? 18 6mo
+6 Best pathway to recruiting for MM HF/PE in London: IB SA or LO SA? 2 6mo
+55 Leaving IB as First year Analyst to Build a Hedge Fund From Scratch in Monaco — Career Suicide ? 28 6mo
+10 Britannica Capital 3 6mo
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+27 London L/S Equity Analyst Compensation 18 6mo
+27 Ares Special Opportunities Fund - London 29 6mo
+232 THE BRUTALITY OF WORKING AT A MULTI-MANAGER HEDGE FUND 89 6mo
+45 TCI Process and work experience? 64 6mo
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0 Brevan Howard Graduate Programme 2025 1 6mo
+14 Sector Selection & Process at MMs 6 6mo
+9 Physical Energy Trading (Utility) to Macro Hedge Fund 1 7mo
+18 Best Pods in Europe 10 7mo
+28 AlphaSights -> Buy-Side? 15 7mo
+6 Oxford MPhil+DPhil Economics - quant research? 3 7mo
+19 (London) End goal is HF - should I do IB first? 12 7mo
+27 PE vs HF in London, pros & cons 15 7mo
+36 HF London Scene - What's it like out of undergrad? 27 7mo
+16 Investor relations - advice on further moves (London) 8 7mo
+9 2nd Bizdev interivew at Citadel - L/S stock pitch, what to expect? 3 7mo
+12 Any insights into Bain Capital Corporate Special Sits team 22 7mo
0 Hedge Fund Recruiters - London 1 7mo
+9 Capula Trading & Research Internship 29 7mo
0 Orchard Global London - Warwick Only? 1 7mo
+6 Route to a macro PM, Sell side trader or HF strat out of undergrad 2 7mo
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0 LDN IB --> NYC HF ? 2 7mo
+7 Best TMT pods in London 6 7mo
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+6 London Late Applications for 2026 SA 3 8mo
+22 Avoid Brevan Howard - Hedge Fund - Especially Abu Dhabi 3 8mo
+425 1st Year Macro HF Analyst: My Macro Framework 65 8mo
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+12 Citadel Interview 5 8mo
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+9 HF growing offices in Dubai 4 8mo
+1 Thames Restructuring 2 8mo
+29 Got my first offer but with low base 12 8mo
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+7 Melqart Asset Management - London 10 8mo
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+44 Joining a small HF.... 18 8mo
+13 Oak Hill Advisors London 25 8mo
0 T10 MM HF Intern to S&T London - Breaking In 1 8mo
+3 Crypto Hedge Fund? 2 8mo
+311 Q&A - HF work and life in NY / LON , HF launch 158 8mo
+9 QIS Research interview at BB – what to expect? 1 9mo
0 Best London AMs for Transition to L/S Equity 2 9mo
+23 Future of Merger Arb/Event Driven 17 9mo
+6 Rokos Graduate Analyst Programme 1 9mo
+3 Rokos Analyst Programme 7 9mo
+29 Quant Developer in a pod - career advice 5 9mo
+15 King's College London - Target for Unemployment 7 9mo
+16 Help!!! IB vs HF 7 9mo
+10 Path to macro PM? 6 9mo
+30 Millennium London grad programme with UBS 122 9mo
+18 Del 13 9mo
+9 Buy Side Application Guidance 2 9mo
+6 Pod churn at big MMs 2 9mo
+10 Any insight into Exoduspoint London? 10 9mo
+3 Private Special Sits to Public Special Sits? 2 9mo
+15 Viking Global - Salary & Culture - London 18 9mo
+20 6-8YOE at sub-scale SM LO going to MBA to change geos, but am i too old? HF Inv 11 9mo
0 MO HF dress code? 1 9mo
+28 Post-MBA HF Pivot in 2025 11 9mo
+10 Should i apply to SM HF for a first summer Analyst position from a UK super target(LSE) in london. 4 9mo
+3 Delete 1 9mo
+20 What location to set up pod desk 26 10mo
+14 Silver Point - London Office 19 10mo
0 citadel - CAP London 1 10mo
+19 Taking a <100m L/S Hedge-fund Analyst job? 3 10mo
0 MM HF Case Study 1 10mo
+34 Fundamental analysts ... what keeps you motivated (besides the dollar upside)? 14 10mo
+3 Blackmoor Investment Partners 1 10mo
0 Approaching Event Driven Case Study 2 10mo
0 how selective is point72 case study invitation? 2 10mo
+6 Implications of UK CEFs being allowed to invest in infrastructure vs US CEFs 2 10mo
+15 UAE SWF vs. HF Credit 7 11mo
0 Point72 2026 Summer Academy Coach Interview 1 11mo
+74 Pod blew up. PM launching own fund, promising a sleeve + carry. ~$500m AUM already raised. Am I dumb? 38 11mo
0 Activism in London 3 11mo
+16 AN1 Comp negotiation 7 11mo
0 Millennium Office of the EMEA CEO Analyst (London Based) 1 11mo
0 GS GBM Quant Superday Advice 1 11mo
+9 Advice on Career Path – MIT MFin 1 11mo
+8 Notice Period and Non-Compete in the UK 13 11mo
+6 UK HF Recruiting 7 11mo
+10 macro/rates rv pod analyst to pm v.s. snt rates trader to pm 5 12mo
+30 How do firms like Eliott & other top HFs generate and validate their ideas? 8 12mo
0 What do people think of Attestor? 0 12mo
+9 Industry standards on schools for post-grad 1 12mo
0 Should I take an off on Day 2? 3 12mo
+30 Stalled path to HF/ER 9 1y
+32 Any thoughts/color on Arini? 32 1y
+28 How To Break Into The Hedge Fund Industry Out Of Undergrad 22 1y
+6 North Rock (London) 11 1y
+51 Medical Doctor to Hedge Fund route? 25 1y

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