+35 Credit HF --> L/S equity?? 32 3y
+21 How to Defer FT by a Year? 5 3y
+1 Hedge Fund or S&T 3 3y
+17 Good Returns 45 3y
+19 My algos are up 75% YTD. (Post Update) 19 3y
+3 BDT (black derman toy) - usage / models 0 3y
+208 Q&A: London L/S + event-driven analyst 66 3y
+108 Any info on Viking? 59 3y
+3 Derivatives at MM HF 2 3y
+31 Best way into Long/Short Equity: Long only vs IB 23 3y
+2 Hf 2024 SA? (repost for traction) 1 3y
+9 HF Internship 2024 SA? 1 3y
+14 What do people do to generate passive income? 44 3y
+46 Reneged HF, then recruited for UMM PE and realizing reneging might've been a massive mistake. 10 3y
+16 Info on Maverick 20 3y
+7 Whats up with Finepoint Capital? 5 3y
+30 Fund of Funds Career Path? 16 3y
0 Tiger Global, Viking, Lone Pine, etc... partner all in comp at top global funds 30 3y
+1 Hedge Funds in Orange County, CA 8 3y
+50 Citadel (Surveyor) Case Study/Modeling Test 14 3y
+7 Deciding between HSW v CBS - much difference for HF/AM roles? 8 3y
+12 SWF career progression and HF 3 3y
+3 University Hedge Fund Experience? 1 3y
+34 Crazy D.E. Shaw phone interview question -- Help! 28 3y
+37 Convertible Pricing from CDS 12 3y
+9 Quant Sell Side Resources 2 3y
+18 How to become a PM at a Hedge Fund 5 3y
+4 Delassshshshshsh 19 3y
+20 Books for Portfolio Management and HF 7 3y
+7 First year hedge fund analyst salary in Hong Kong? 12 3y
0 Citadel-Ops Analyst 5 3y
+41 How to get a Hedge Fund Internship 34 3y
0 Searchlight Opportunities Fund? 2 3y
+9 Investor Surveys - Theoretical Expected Returns? 1 3y
+39 I may have spoken too much in my 1st interview. ,,, 18 3y
+13 Oak Hill (OHA) 16 3y
+26 Structured/Securitized Credit HFs 15 3y
0 BuySide Execution Trader 7 3y
+3 Compensation: multi-strat platform HF (Citadel, Point 72, Millennium, Balyasny) in London? 14 3y
+32 Comparing Multi-Managers 59 3y
+47 Highest earning portfolio managers 49 3y
+49 List of HFs that recruit from undergrad (FT and interns) 46 3y
+72 Have any of you HF folks made 7 figures? 58 3y
+45 Balyasny Asset Management 64 3y
+127 Biggest bonus of your career 91 3y
+18 IvyLine Capital Investment & Derivative Program on Resume 8 3y
+115 Anyone has experience starting a hedge fund? 46 3y
0 Point72 HK 4 3y
+51 Hedge Fund Industry in Chicago - growing or shrinking? 33 3y
+3 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Conference 1 3y
+22 Comp @ 100m+ L/S 37 3y
+33 London Value / Deep Value Hedge Funds 21 3y
+9 Advice for choosing Graduate Program 1 3y
+3 Chicago Hedge Funds? 2 3y
+217 Delete 127 3y
+12 Hedge fund analyst salaries 1 3y
+25 Millennium vs Exoduspoint 24 3y
+4 Any info on Eisler Capital (London)? 5 3y
+25 Back Office Position in a Hedge Fund 27 3y
+14 HF / PE reading 5 3y
+8 Point72 Experienced Analyst Interview Process 7 3y
+84 Getting into RenTech 65 3y
+86 Point72 Experienced Academy Program Interview Process 225 3y
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0 Hedge Funds in Italy 6 3y
+12 Portfolio advisory analyst 3 3y
+2 Breaking into Hedge Fund/ Equity Research/ Buy side Finance 3 3y
0 WSO HF Interview Course Worth It? 2 3y
+7 Cowell and Lee 7 3y
+31 If you could go back in time, would you rather set yourself up to be at Jane Street / RenTech or Viking / Lone Pine / Tiger? 14 3y
+23 Starting a hedge fund 12 3y
+3 Varde Partners - anyone familiar? 1 3y
+30 Top target schools for quant hedge fund or quant/algo prop shop? 19 3y
+33 G-Research - Hedge fund or not? 14 3y
+10 Do Hedge Funds like Citadel, Two Sigma, AQR etc. hire people with Mechanical Engineering degree as Quantitative Researchers? 4 3y
+6 Most notable HFs outside the traditional finance hubs. 22 3y
+13 Oaktree lose its shine? 10 3y
+12 Laid off during interview process - should I tell them? 6 3y
+15 Which hedge funds are TRULY capital structure agnostic? 4 3y
+10 Hedge Fund Application/Interview/Offer Timeline 5 3y
+14 PIMCO Alternative Investments / Distressed Comp, Culture, Strategy, Etc. 19 3y
+13 Flexible Mandate 16 3y
+185 8 figures for late 20s/early 30s HF employees 95 3y
+190 Hedge Fund Economics 93 3y
+5 Value Chain Analysis 6 3y
+30 DE Shaw Activist 30 3y
+29 Catapult Capital (Millenium Pod) 10 3y
+54 Hedge Fund Compensation Breakdown 29 3y
+105 2021/2022 Hedge Fund Comp 187 3y
+10 ExodusPoint 33 3y
+46 Size matters, but does performance? Large activist funds ;) 19 3y
+13 Transitioning to Portfolio Manager from Research Analyst 3 3y
+44 That Feeling When Someone Gets Fired 29 3y
+145 3rd Year HF Analyst Q&A 70 3y
+13 Title 4 3y
0 Title 1 3y
+5 Brevan Howard NY 5 3y
+11 Institutional Asset Allocation Comp? 7 3y
+29 Question about comp in big years 12 3y
+12 Citadel vs. Two Sigma: The Race to Get the Best Quants 3 3y

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