+121 Q&A: Founder/Tech Exec, Former Hedge Fund Research Director, SEAL Team Intelligence Officer, Consultant 36 4y
+14 Offering Consulting Services To Hedge Funds 5 4y
+12 New Format Of Expert Network 4 4y
+7 Shorting Biotech Stocks Based On Possible Clinical Trial Outcomes 8 4y
+5 Best books on top down thinking 2 4y
+19 Tired and overwhelmed. think I'm in the wrong job 7 4y
+6 Liquid Alternatives - Interview 1 4y
+6 What does an Equity Derivatives Sales Intern need to know before starting? 1 4y
+4 Internship Offer HF or MFPE? 6 4y
+9 Is it possible to break into HFT/Market making without a summer internship in the space? 3 4y
+3 HF MO to FO? 4 4y
0 Fixed Income HF vs L/S Equity 0 4y
+72 Passing up on a job? 33 4y
+3 HFT Jr Trader vs Hedge Fund Valuation Analyst 1 4y
+18 Robin Judson? 11 4y
+9 Starting a Career in HF vs. PE 1 4y
+13 Prep and Best Practices for Starting at HF 6 4y
+14 What is a "good" carry at a fund? 8 4y
+3 CFA class 1 4y
+3 Marathon Asset Management 1 4y
+3 Internships? 1 4y
0 From a MAM account to a Hedge Fund, possible ? 1 4y
+9 Ssss 1 4y
+88 PE vs HF L/S equity - which one is harder to excel in? 36 4y
+14 Weak career move 2 4y
+11 Tier rankings for hedge fund straight out of undergrad? 7 4y
+9 Exit Opportunities from brokerage 2 4y
+6 Internships to apply for if looking to break into HF/Prop trading out of undergrad. 3 4y
+3 TrendUp Now Program 1 4y
+3 Zeal Asset Management 1 4y
+9 Sellside Trader to HF Transition 0 4y
+9 Test Your Knowledge About Hedge Fund Reinsurance In This Insider Activity 2 4y
+2 What do you travel for when working at a SM? I don't understand what events might be relevant to travel to. 1 4y
0 Gpa for interviews 1 4y
+6 Publishing a novel while at a hedge fund? 1 4y
+12 Post-MBA moving from PE to credit special sits 3 4y
+5 SaaS company unit economics and ROIC? 4 4y
0 Private Placement Memo (for bonds) 2 4y
+27 Info about good quant funds for researchers 17 4y
+5 Starting A Hedge Fund 9 4y
+15 Which Hedge Funds Recruit At Stanford GSB? 17 4y
+9 Non-Coding HF Roles 3 4y
+9 Ssss 2 4y
+59 (CELH) Celsius Holdings: a massive fraud ? 32 4y
0 Advice/Prep for options MM 1 4y
+7 A FoF internship could be a good stepping stone to get into HF? 1 4y
+12 D.E. Shaw Generalist Intern Superday advice? 3 4y
+8 Quant hedge fund UNPAID internship 3 4y
+41 HF to LO? 23 4y
+36 Millennium Info 60 4y
+18 Breaking into the Asset Management /HF world from being a traditional Adviser 6 4y
+29 Cross asset hedge funds like Soros 10 4y
+52 LO to MM HF? 35 4y
+32 0 withholding on bonus, throwing into the S&P 14 4y
+3 Making Masks Is A Waste of Resources 2 4y
+71 HF Analyst - Looking For 3 Years And Can’t Find A New Job? 25 4y
+2 How well is Voleon regarded? 15 4y
+33 How smart do you have to be to work in a HF? 20 4y
+9 Trading vs Research 1 4y
+9 Hiring - Equity Long/Short Analyst 2 4y
+38 What is the most under-appreciated stocks with huge potential in the coming year? 50 4y
+9 Choosing between Jobs and Career Types 1 4y
+9 Choosing Careers 2 4y
0 Interviewing with a US Small cap fund 2 4y
+3 Accounting Test for Hedge Fund Interview 1 4y
+6 Investment Strategist/Business Development at a HF 1 4y
+57 Breaking into the Buy-Side from High School 33 4y
+8 Equity Research vs S&T for HF exits 3 4y
+11 Distressed HF Looking for College/MBA Interns 16 4y
+13 Hiring - Equity Long/Short Analyst 2 4y
+3 One-Way Video Interview for Graduate Trader Role at Flow Traders 1 4y
0 Interesting video on hedge fund strategies 2 4y
+25 Activist Hedge Fund Case Study 4 4y
+3 Value Investing Modelling 1 4y
+15 Are HFs a Good Place to Start a Career? 2 4y
+6 Carl Icahn's HBO documentary for those outside the US 1 4y
+19 ECM trades at hedge funds, how do they make $$? 7 4y
+20 Tiger Cubs in San Francisco 13 4y
+7 Product manager roles in a hedge fund (or any buy side firms) 6 4y
+16 From Software developer to Portfolio manager 8 4y
0 Citadel credit team 1 4y
+17 Single Manager that recruit from H/S with PE Background - Do they care about finishing PE program / quitting to do something else until school starts? 24 4y
+245 Hedging Can't Fix This - A Story of Being at a Collapsed Hedge Fund 26 4y
+9 Distressed Debt 9 4y
+9 From Big 4 Valuation to Hedge Fund in NYC 2 4y
+19 Jumping products - HF trading 2 4y
+6 Prop Shop Exits / Non-Compete 1 4y
+12 Small L/S HF to LO research to large HF? 2 4y
+12 Would I need an MBA down the road? 1 4y
+3 Help Finding initiation reports 1 4y
+10 Citadel London 5 Hour Case Study info / Tips 8 4y
+10 Leverage loans/ CLO interview prep? 6 4y
+13 REPE > Fundamental Equity HF - Advice 13 4y
+10 Trading price for distressed debt after a PIK event 2 4y
+14 B 13 4y
+19 Index Inclusions & How to predict them. 27 4y
+6 Special Situations Credit Interview 1 4y
+74 Drop out of MSF for $200M HF internship 48 4y
+41 S&T and Global Macro 17 4y
+17 Satellite IB to London HF 17 4y

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