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+23 Useful Analyst Excercises/Habits 10 2y
+8 Marshall Wace - Investment Analyst - Summer Internship - Final Round Interview/Tests 11 2y
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+4 What do my exit opps look like after 2/3 years postgrad at a LO? 14 2y
+8 Non IB Finance Junior Summer Internships (PE, HF, AM, etc.) 2 2y
+6 PM Track Record Validation 4 2y
+18 Switching region as a QR 6 2y
+21 MM / Pods - Expenses 16 2y
+15 Thoughts on Holocene Advisors? 9 2y
+5 Median long-term bonus expectation at quant funds and prop shops 3 2y
0 Determining companies ripe for a restructuring or liquidation 1 2y
+12 Latest Tiger Drama 0 2y
+6 Thoughts on Lakewood 5 2y
0 Investment Strategy in AM to Global Macro Fund. Possible? 4 2y
+31 Reverse Commute 16 2y
+21 Better PM than Analyst? 8 2y
+9 Better Path to Get Into a Hedge Fund 10 2y
+92 Would you rather be a top PM at a top HF (Viking/Coatue/D1) or an average NBA player think (Norman Powell/ Trae young/ Jalen Brunson) 72 2y
+1 Pentwater Info? 2 2y
0 Citadel Datathon 0 2y
0 SPX Capital 0 2y
+29 Pod shop or top tier LO 20 2y
+7 Multi-Manager Analyst Base Salary 9 2y
+15 HF Dta Science Career Trajectory 7 2y
+25 Opportunities after MM HF Career 13 2y
+9 Is there a route to portfolio manager with CS undergrad? 1 2y
0 India hedge funds 2 2y
+5 MBA vs CFA: Is it worth it? 3 2y
+9 HF/Family Office BO Internship as an Engineering Undergraduate? 1 2y
+47 500K+ PnL Contribution 23 2y
+15 PhD & tips for portfolio manager career 3 2y
0 S&T at Investment Bank to Hedge Fund Route? 2 2y
+18 Boutique Sell-Side Analyst vs. Large MM HF Analyst? 8 2y
+3 Graham Capital Management vs Tudor Group vs Brevan Howard 5 2y
+28 HF Analysts: How many positions do you cover/research at a time? 6 2y
0 Fundamental Equity Position at a HF - What does the job entail? 1 2y
+3 Idkidkidkidkbsndkwjwhhsbsjsjjsbdbdbdb 2 2y
+15 Credit HF to Asset Manager? 2 2y
+3 Orchard Global 2 2y
+13 HF RE Seats 11 2y
+3 Bridgewater Associates Comp 1 2y
+35 Silver Point Recruiting? 36 2y
+10 Quant Developer Interview prep 2 2y
+6 HF Comp backend roles and career ops -> NYC and London 1 2y
+60 Is Anton Kreil's HF salary and trajectory data BS? 14 2y
+36 Post-MBA HF Pivot 17 2y
0 What are some healthcare focused SM L/S equity HFs? 1 2y
+9 Buy side associate vs sell side analyst? 8 2y
+43 Private Credit -->> ??? 15 2y
+3 Nahnahnahnah 9 2y
+10 Balyasny (BAM) Model Test - help! 23 2y
+3 DE Shaw Fundamental Equities 6 2y
+3 Centiva Capital 14 2y
+10 Feedback - Transition from PE to Hedge Fund 3 2y
+19 How does MM HF Recruiting work 8 2y
+12 Event- Driven HFs in UK 9 2y
+6 Choosing between 2 summer offers, Citadel Ops and Top 20 IBD, help? 5 2y
+11 Sophomore Ghosted by Hedge Fund 4 2y
0 Noncompete 1 2y
+63 Culture at Bridgewater as bad as "The Fund" portrays it? (curious to hear from ex-Bridgewater employees) 19 2y
+5 Capital Structure Arbitrage 3 2y
+3 Fixed Income PM @ AM SA to Macro Fund? 2 2y
+23 How do you determine what is priced into a stock? 11 2y
0 Magnetar Capital Culture 1 2y
+21 Equity analyst at a trading firm to MM HF L/S equities?? 3 2y
+19 Na 19 2y
+14 Sophomore SA BB (Global Markets) To Junior SA BB (IBD) 9 2y
+3 Point72 Sector Insights Analyst Position 0 2y
+4 ER vs L/S? 6 2y
+9 Millennium Quant PM 8 2y
+10 MM BD reached back out after I was cut from process 2 2y
0 Broker selection-Insurance and high commission 1 2y
+8 Lodbrok Capital - any street insights? 9 2y
0 DESCO - Trader/Analyst Intern London 0 2y
0 E&F Case Study 1 2y
0 How did you know you were ready for MMHF 2 2y
+25 Breaking into HF/VC 8 2y
+379 Q&A: 3rd Year Hedge Fund Analyst 169 2y
+22 Farallon 35 2y
+44 Brigade Capital 18 2y
+33 Considerations in Family Office 17 2y
+4 2024 Citadel International Equities Summer Application - London 6 2y
+1 Quant Educational Requirements 1 2y
+26 CS Major at Ivy with older sibling at HF hoping to break in 6 2y
+7 Squarepoint Capital Fundamental arm? 5 2y
+22 HF recruiting at Booth MBA with no work exp but incredible technical skills/knowledge? 10 2y
+6 Millennium Management Research Analyst Interview 8 2y
+14 HG Vora Capital 24 2y
+11 Hedge funders 5 2y
+5 Toronto Hedge Funds 17 2y
+53 point 72 winternship 2024 112 2y
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+3 Point72 Diversity Accelerator 9 2y
+3 GIC Public Equities 5 2y
+16 HRT vs Balyasny 17 2y
+7 Distressed Debt Investment Pitch Review? 8 2y
+12 Conversation with head of analyst recruiting/diligence at a MM 2 2y

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