+3 HF Headhunters 1 6y
+3 Holocene Advisors 2 6y
+12 Advice needed: from software engineer to a quantitative developper 4 6y
+15 NYC Conferences/Events 2 6y
+9 Strategy & ops role at a hedge fund 2 6y
+14 Could the grass be much greener for me? 3 6y
+5 China Hedge Funds 1 6y
+13 What's your journey into the HF career? 3 6y
+21 Seeking Advice - Summer Investment Research Associate Intern 2020 1 6y
+27 Offer compare: QMA(NJ) vs. Millennium(HK) vs. WellsFargo(NY) 16 6y
+19 Where does the Bridgewater shuttle pick up from in NYC? 12 6y
+3 Where does the Bridgewater shuttle pick up from NYC? 2 6y
+15 Natural Gas Cash Trader Looking to Join Energy Hedge Fund 5 6y
+45 How to Explain Large Trading Loss in Interview 19 6y
+21 Pathway to HF out of undergrad? 3 6y
+12 DE Shaw India office: Financial Analyst role 1 6y
+11 Point72 2020 Academy Summit - New York 5 6y
+10 Boston vs California (buyside) 7 6y
+9 Index Analyst at an Exchange Exit Opps 1 6y
+12 Experience of dealing with layoffs 1 6y
+3 McNab Pension 1 6y
0 DC Hedge Funds 14 6y
0 Miami - HFs based in the city? 34 6y
0 The return of the King? (as Forbes presents it) 0 6y
+21 Best school in Texas for a job in Hedge Funds 20 6y
+44 Hedge-Fund Managers With Flashy Sports Cars Make Worse Investors 15 6y
+16 Looking for a Plan 1 6y
+13 Books 3 6y
+5 An attorney in the DC Area 2 6y
0 Awesome apartment in SF 0 6y
+6 NYU stern or USC Marshall undergrad 2 6y
0 Wharton undergrad... would math PhD be ridiculous?? 15 6y
0 Ivy League Masters into Finance? 13 6y
+22 Post-MBA jobs in Distressed Debt 10 6y
0 MS in Mathematics in Finance to HF 4 6y
+64 Do most hedge fund managers come from top MBA? 50 6y
+12 Career Restructure to DD with 18 Month Garden Leave 1 6y
+21 Why Is Nearly Every Hedge Fund Located in NY, CT, or London? 8 6y
0 Good Long/Short Hedge Fund names in London and the U.S 11 6y
0 Help on Hedging with Futures HW 0 6y
0 Hedge Fund Placement in HBS/GSB 3 6y
+29 Transferring from MF PE to HF post MBA 5 6y
+3 Why do US MFE Programs place better into Funds than their U.K. counterparts? 1 6y
0 Anyone familiar with bcIMC 0 6y
+12 The hedge fund industry in Canada 1 6y
+41 Post MBA Hedge Fund Career - How should I plan? 18 6y
+30 Wharton MBA or Top Hedge Fund directly? (overseas office, no US background) 21 6y
+10 Likelihood of getting an internship through emailing PM at big funds. 1 6y
+36 Tiger Grand Cub HF from a pre-MBA perspective? 9 6y
+3 Asia Pacific Land (US) 1 6y
+46 SALT Conference - How many people are attending 40 6y
+12 Going from RE Development -> MSRED -> Distressed/NPL HF (RE focus) 4 6y
+75 Transitioning from IB/ER to HF Series - Part 2: Where to Interview and Behaviorals 24 6y
0 Best possible understanding of the Street - for a non-career, non-streeter. 12 6y
0 Where should I work? Math, Economics, Computer Engineering Triple Major, MA Statistics 2 6y
+118 Importance of an MBA for PE and Hedge Funds 91 6y
+39 Columbia Engineering vs Carnegie Mellon Engineering 15 6y
+23 need some advice regarding Bridgewater Associates and hedge funds in general 18 6y
+3 Philly Hedge funds? 3 6y
+7 Trading platform (PA) 4 6y
+28 What does it take for an engineer, to be a portfolio manager at a Quant hedge fund? 19 6y
+8 Hedge Fund Location 3 6y
+12 PA investments 3 6y
0 Wall Street Cribs: NYC Edition part deux 13 6y
+192 Q&A: I'm a hedge fund recruiter. 143 6y
+9 Team Atmosphere & Psychology | HF vs Sell Side 1 6y
+12 UPenn CS+Math to Quant? 6 6y
+3 Undergrad at Fordham Global Finance @ LC or Baruch Finance? 1 6y
+31 Please help! 13 6y
+11 Breaking into a hedge fund from a professional sports background 1 6y
+11 Family Offices and HF Seeders 2 6y
+12 Got a job at small hedge fund but have no idea what's next. 2 6y
+12 Breaking into hedge funds from data science - Columbia '21 admit/ non U.S. citizen 1 7y
+94 Columbia Value Investing Program Placement 89 7y
+9 video courses online for value investing 1 7y
+52 7 Figure Hedge Fund Salary - Myth or Real? 17 7y
+25 Should I start in a hedge fund internship or a full-time consulting job straight out of undergrad? 5 7y
+14 Concrete Advice to Break into HF from Non-Target Undergrad 2 7y
+9 Best Option for HF Post-MBA 1 7y
0 Wall Street Intro 2 7y
+12 LSE (BSc in Finance) vs NYU Stern vs UMich (Possibly Ross) vs UVA vs BC Carroll 1 7y
+24 Transition from Quant to HF/PE/IB : Seeking some evaluation 1 7y
+2 Hedgefund salaries 13 7y
+13 Realistic Exit Opps 6 7y
+4 Redwood Capital Management?? 4 7y
+6 Finally landed an HF internship, how to make most out of it now 1 7y
+21 CPA AUDIT -> Wharton MBA -> Top Hedge Funds? 1 7y
+25 Selling HF LLC with accounts 15 7y
+56 Q&A: 1st year Equity Hedge Fund Analyst straight out of undergrad 30 7y
+1 G-Research vs. top NY hedge funds? 1 7y
+58 Moving between hedge funds 31 7y
+20 Does Anyone Know How Ken Griffin Did It? 11 7y
+19 AI in trading? 8 7y
+20 Economic Consulting to Hedge Fund Post MBA 2 7y
+15 I've been at a fund for 2 months and hate it. please advise 6 7y
+16 Which internship is better for moving into top L/S: GS NY ER vs. Dodge & Cox ER 3 7y
+29 Interview question @ Wall Street hedge fund 21 7y
+15 Risk Per Trade in Macro Investing 4 7y
+108 Demystifying GSO Capital (Blackstone) 45 7y
+12 How crazy would it be to start an investment partnership right after graduation? 1 8y

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  • Moelis & Company 01 98.8%
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June 2026 Investment Banking

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  • Morgan Stanley 02 98.8%
  • Evercore 01 98.2%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.6%
  • Banco Santander 01 97.1%

Professional Growth Opportunities

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  • Moelis & Company 01 98.8%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.2%
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