+57 Any thoughts/color on Arini? 68 26m
+10 Latest blow up / wind down 13 7h
0 Pod drug test in NYC? 2 7h
+3 Point72 2028 Summer Academy 3 11h
+40 Distressed Debt the most right-tail outcome? 21 12h
+11 Ultramarathon/ intense running in HF? 4 15h
0 Lateral Thoughts 1 18h
+7 Warburg Pincus plans a JPY 9,000 per share tender for J.S.B., est. JPY 200B. How do you approach a sponsor tender in Japan? 3 1d
+17 Bad GPA, HF offer, lost in life, what do i do? 8 1d
+13 Has anyone heard of Sender Co. & Partners? 10 2d
0 Point72 Academy 2 2d
+15 CIO sleeping with 24yr old analyst 34 2d
+26 AI/job update 11 3d
+3 Brevan Howard 2027 SA 7 3d
0 MLP Sector Specialist Internship 4 4d
0 Jainbridge headhunter 2 4d
+65 When giving reference to a sexist - would you care? 14 4d
+3 Cubist 1 6d
+9 Take-private spreads: Baldwin Insurance ($7.7B EV) vs a small UK deal like Dianomi (£19M). Same playbook? 1 1w
+28 SF HF Roles 21 1w
+11 Should I get an MBA for VC after Tech PM? 4 1w
+50 Is the grass really greener? (LSD millions SM Senior Analyst hopping to C/M/BALY/P72) 18 1w
+9 Capula Trading & Research Internship 31 1w
+21 3x SWE FAANG Intern -> Fundamental Analyst @ HF 13 2w
+32 How do you think each of the major hedge fund structures will fare in the 2030+ super-AI era? 29 2w
+3 CD&R vs Carlyle vs Veritas vs Bain vs Apax 7 3w
+3 Applied to Millennium a while back + finished test, haven't heard back yet? 7 3w
+15 HF Analyst to ECM IB Analyst? 12 3w
+66 Undergrad HF Internships? 39 3w
+100 The Elite Event Driven Multi-Strat Hedge Funds (Elliott, DK, Farallon) 41 3w
+7 Verition SA27 12 3w
+9 Stay or leave? 1 3w
+24 Muzinich & Co. - Info/Thoughts? 4 3w
+6 Lateraling to MM L/S 1 4w
0 Bridgewater Associates 2027 Full Time Roles 1 4w
+9 FT HF Recruiting 5 4w
+11 Small L/S HF to LO research to large HF? 4 1mo
+19 Build investing edge while young, before going independent 5 1mo
+115 What happens if you flame out of HF? 34 1mo
0 del 0 1mo
+7 Beach Point Capital Updates 12 1mo
+36 Oxford vs Ivy League - US Immigration Issues. Green Card? 34 1mo
+12 Anyone interviewing at Lykos Global? 15 1mo
+30 Am I crazy 13 1mo
+12 How do people lie their pnl? 2 1mo
+44 Energy Pod Thesis Example 12 1mo
+29 Dodge and Cox Stock Pitch Competition 46 1mo
+68 Biotech Funds - 2Q 2026 25 1mo
+3 Point 72 Experienced Academy 2026 6 1mo
+36 Hedge Fund Interview - Ghosted??? 25 1mo
+11 Citadel CAP FT Process 2027 94 1mo
+9 Infrastructure/support for Quant pods in MM platforms 3 1mo
+2 best path to pod? 3 1mo
+13 Balyasny SA 21 1mo
+4 Info on Steadview Capital? 1 1mo
+12 West Coast Hedge Funds? 17 1mo
+3 Jane Street Strategy & Product Internship Interview 1 1mo
0 AQR Portfolio Implementation Superday 1 1mo
+8 D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments Analyst (DESRI) 13 1mo
0 No Openings at CDEL Citadel Chicago? 1 1mo
0 No Openings at CDEL Citadel Chicago? 1 1mo
+43 Dating after being nyc hf 23 1mo
+36 Is RX (aka Special Situations aka Hybrid Value aka Opportunistic Investments) Complex? 13 1mo
+70 Davidson Kempner, the most secretive of large HFs? 71 1mo
0 Luxor Capital 0 1mo
0 stage fright during interviews? 3 1mo
+16 If you know HF is your end goal, is IB + PE actually worth it? 8 1mo
+3 Lone Pine Co-CIO Leaves for Atreides 2 1mo
+20 Citadel Strategic Equity Investments (Nabeel Bhanji) 13 1mo
+16 AQR Business Development 3 1mo
+37 Comp Negotiation - L/S Equity at a Pod 20 1mo
+11 How is deferred comp invested in hedge funds that use a pod structure? 2 1mo
+6 Point 72 Referrals 3 1mo
+21 Phoenix Learning 8 1mo
+22 How hard is it to go from a large L/O to a Hedge Fund (Either L/O or L/S) 12 1mo
+17 Thoughts on Castleknight? 15 2mo
+134 Hedge Funds still a "Tier 1" career? 83 2mo
+1 Team for 2026 Citadel Intercollegiate Stock Pitch — need 1-3 teammates 7 2mo
+23 Brain fog and feeling overwhelmed in HF land 12 2mo
+11 What to expect in HF PM/Founder Interview? 4 2mo
+17 Stock Pitch ---> Modelling for a HF Interview? 8 2mo
+1 Farallon capital 2 2mo
+47 Where do you live in NY and what do you pay in rent as a Jr. / Sr. HF Analyst? 66 2mo
+9 Millennium Equities Analyst Program, New York 2027 25 2mo
+21 EB IB vs MM HF 6 2mo
+10 Can someone help me understand comp progression at SM HF? 7 2mo
+6 Liquid Credit at LO vs. Multi-Strat HF 2 2mo
+28 Undergrad Hedge Fund Programs 25 2mo
+40 Best Biotech PMs? 76 2mo
+4 Farallon Stock Pitch Competition 4 2mo
+21 Pitching a short when they're long? 43 2mo
+62 15+ Rounds of interviews, including several final rounds. Advice on how to stay healthy, motivated and positive in HF recruiting? 24 2mo
+35 No transparency to book and P&L - is this normal? 17 2mo
+18 Best Way to Prepare for a Fundamental L/S Internship? 8 2mo
+61 How is AQR Doing? What are the long-term career prospects? 36 2mo
+9 hbs vs gsb 5 2mo
+6 Event-Driven / Merger Arb to Fundamental L/S 7 2mo
+5 Chicago/NYC mid-sized SM Event-driven 9 2mo
+9 Strategy @ Private Bank -> Major IB/AM -> Research at Macro HF 1 2mo
+25 Elliott in London? 41 3mo

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