+28 College search for getting into HF 26 2y
+33 Tell Me I'm Crazy: I Want to Start My Own Financial Advisory Firm 8 2y
0 Do Hedge Fund Managers/Owners pay Self-employment tax on their management fees? 1 2y
+10 Questions from Incoming Undergrad about Recruiting 1 2y
+15 BB Systematic Trader or Quant at a new hf pod 2 2y
+1 SM HFs that take undergrad interns? 3 2y
+3 Allocator to pod possible? 9 2y
+11 Incoming freshman: If potential major is math, Penn vs. CalTech, which one do you vote? 4 2y
+25 MM vs SM - is this cyclical or secular? 14 2y
+27 Insight into Taconic? 11 2y
+4 Which firms should I look at? 2 2y
0 Stay in credit research or Jump to a RESI HF 1 2y
+19 Rejection: 2024 Point72 Academy Investment Analyst Summer Internship Questionnaire 11 2y
+41 RIP Jim Simons 28 2y
0 List of biotech hedge funds in NYC? 2 2y
+6 SMU or Texas A&M 10 2y
+22 Tell Me About Yourself for buyside? 4 2y
+18 Are most people doing comp sheets wrong? 3 2y
+11 How to show track record to recruiters? 9 2y
0 How to approach P72 Case study 1 2y
+10 Bridgewater Intern Recruitment Process 12 2y
+18 UPenn SEAS vs Cornell Engineering 8 2y
+29 Best HF Modeling / Case Study Prep 11 2y
+17 Susquehanna non-compete 14 2y
+48 Best Finance Blogs 89 2y
+10 Looking for feedback on Convertible bond thesis 33 2y
+17 SM Career Trajectory 5 2y
+67 Thoughts on Coatue? 34 2y
0 BB Distressed Desk Analyst vs Capital Group/Wellington RA 2 2y
+3 Trying to Figure Out What Fund This Is 5 2y
+4 Tanking GPA hard classes after getting an offer 5 2y
+2 Cheers to Ackman for donating $10k to UNC Pikapps! 2 2y
+12 Sdddd 1 2y
+6 MM ER to HF timeline? 1 2y
+3 Any HF opportunities in the southeast? 2 2y
+58 Looking for a Fund Manager to partner with to start a new fund. 28 2y
+141 Told You So 65 2y
0 Divestment and ESG 0 2y
+11 Would/Do Private Credit Hedge Funds Pay Advisory/Origination Fees? 2 2y
+27 People who work at hedge funds, what made you interested initially? 13 2y
+3 Interview with small SM Hedge Fund - prep? 3 2y
+16 Can you pitch a stock as a long if all brokers rate "Buy" and still be differentiated? 5 2y
+26 Laid Off from IB and Can't Get Hired 20 2y
+19 HF Final Round Interview 4 2y
+6 Thoughts on sell-side institutional FX sales? 2 2y
+17 Orange County / Los Angeles shops and headhunters 23 2y
+7 Learning to be a good LO investor? 5 2y
+30 Vitol posts $13B profits for 2023 28 2y
+20 Career Trajectory for Data Scientists in HF 6 2y
+7 Life Settlements/Life Insurance Secondary Market 4 2y
+10 info on baker bros 8 2y
+5 If a billion dollar AUM trading firm doesnt employ hedging strategies, then is it not considered a "hedge fund"? 1 2y
+8 Working US hours in London 8 2y
0 Is coding or math classes more important for a quant internship? 3 2y
+47 Why L/S Shops Prefer IB Guys Over ER Guys? 27 2y
0 Wealth managers at Baird, do you guys get stock? 1 2y
+12 HL RX NYC vs CHI for HF exits 9 2y
+1 breaking into HF 2 2y
+30 SM HF opportunities from banking vs 2+2 14 2y
0 Best way to leverage 1 2y
+18 MM Hedge Fund vs Prop Trader 15 2y
0 Point72 Summer Intern/Academy Associate Comp in Asia 0 2y
+18 Possible exits from BB role below 1 2y
+16 Dallas (DFW) Fund Landscape 3 2y
+39 Already at a HF, does it make sense to go to B-School? 43 2y
+18 Jumping from PERE to HF. Advice? 7 2y
+56 Point72 Academy SA 2021 160 2y
+52 Compiled Bondarb's Comment History 11 2y
0 If I wanted to start a hedge fund, does it have to be in New York? 1 2y
+9 Equity Research Data Sources 1 2y
+16 Paying for Alpha while getting Beta ?? 3 2y
+3 Newly established hedge funds in LDN 2 2y
0 How do multimanager PMs gain insight into factor exposure? 2 2y
+17 Cost of leverage at MM funds / pod shops? 20 2y
+14 Hong Kong L/S from M.B.A. 12 2y
+20 L/S Credit vs. L/S Equity 8 2y
+28 Thoughts on MMF 19 2y
+5 Aussie HF employee looking to for London/US move 6 2y
+18 How to Structure Bonus Comp for Analyst 5 2y
+252 Q&A: HF out of Undergrad, 114 2y
+16 Diameter Capital and Taconic Advisors 9 2y
+174 Q&A: PE Associate to MBA to HF Analyst 95 2y
+55 IB Associate trying to pivot to L/S equities - Interview Process Advice 11 2y
+3 South FL 5 2y
+1 Multi-Managers - NYC vs London 4 2y
+12 HF to Corp Dev? 2 2y
+6 Point72 Summer Analyst Interview 4 2y
0 Hedge fund non-competes for international employees 2 2y
+4 Drawdown limits at major HFs 8 2y
+3 L/S & Activist On-Cycle 4 2y
+14 [Help Needed] Case Study w/ Special Situations / Distressed Generalist 11 2y
+44 Fake HF interviews - case studies that want free work 41 2y
+26 Tiger Global Memo - anyone able to comment on legitimacy? 16 2y
+5 MM IBD/MM ER to move to HF? 6 2y
+5 Truist Exit Opps to HF/LO 11 2y
+5 Which sector coverage would you say is most in demand? 9 2y
+10 Any insight on what an Execution Trader does in a fund? 5 2y
+9 Select Equity Group - any insights appreciated! 14 2y
+27 Small Prop shop vs BB middle office quant intern 9 2y
+16 BSOF 15 2y

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