+20 Dilemma - Second year undergrad 16 8y
0 Compensation Question - Working in IB for 1 year 3 8y
+67 Closed! - Macro Trading 55 8y
+10 Bridgewater - Investment associate 7 8y
0 Bridgewater Associates - Life of high-level software development? 3 8y
0 Business Analytics....worth it? - Graduated with a finance degree from a non-target 0 8y
0 Buying / Selling Protection - What it would mean? 6 8y
0 Career Path - Analyst going into second year 1 8y
0 Choosing a FT position - RE HF out of school or going safe route to BB? - Some insight or advice? 1 8y
+6 Bridgewater Associates - Higher up position? 12 8y
+164 L/S Credit HF Analyst - Q&A 75 8y
+16 Book Recommendation - Lifestyle of financial professionals 15 8y
0 Special Force Background & Employment Advantage in the Industry 0 8y
0 Background check pending after 6 weeks - Similar experience? 2 8y
0 Analysts Going from Distressed PE to Hedge Funds? - Common for analysts? 3 8y
+57 Developing a Macro Perspective 19 8y
+28 Analyst - use free time to think of strategies 8 8y
0 PhD in Finance vs. public markets to HF? 1 8y
0 Small quant HF manager looking for advice 3 8y
+21 Where the best/most respected HY/distressed desk analysts at? 24 8y
0 Davidson Kempner Case Study 0 8y
+15 Bridgewater Associates Investment Associate SA Position? 6 8y
0 What more can I do? Guidance required 5 8y
0 Interview Help - Internship position with a hedge fund? 5 8y
0 Finance - International Finance 2 8y
+45 VRX drops 40% 25 8y
0 Everpoint vs Point72 4 8y
0 Global macro to global equities and vice versa 0 8y
+41 How would you pull it off? 17 8y
0 Data Vendors 0 8y
0 Hedge Fund Operations Interview 1 8y
+13 Best books to read about Hedge Funds? 13 8y
0 HF Investor Relations Compensation? 0 8y
+36 Who is the most impressive HF founder you know? and why ? 28 8y
0 Hedge Fund Analyst vs Equity Research Analyst 13 8y
0 Litigation analysis q's - how to analyze IP infringment cases and their effect on public co.'s? 1 8y
+17 Please recommend books for statistical arbitrage 11 8y
0 Info on Kiski Group / Kiski Alpha Partners ? 0 8y
0 Wall St Prep Financial Modeling Premium Package For Sale, Deep Discount 0 8y
+108 Top Down Macroeconomic Framework 79 8y
+13 Rationale behind a market neutral portfolio 3 8y
+15 Actuary Investment Consulting --> Hedge Fund Portfolio Manager- Is it possible? 3 8y
+65 Love Him or Hate Him, Bill Ackman Now Runs the World’s Top Hedge Fund 68 8y
0 hedge fund message boards 3 8y
0 Interview- Sidepocket/Allocation Case Study Problem- Please Help!! 1 8y
0 Mr Ackman's letter to the Allergen board - Bronte Capital 2 8y
0 Madoff show... Thoughts? 2 8y
0 What are the hot industries to start in right now? 0 8y
0 Quant hedge fund out of Investment Banking 5 8y
+17 CAIA Question and Answer Thread 12 8y
+29 Please see...need a business partner for a potentially lucrative derivative play on HF industry !! 8 8y
0 What would you do? - Struggling to evaluate my current situation 5 8y
+50 How to ask for a raise 34 8y
0 Soph FoF -> Junior Banking SA Possible? 2 8y
+10 Questions for a Portfolio Manager 4 8y
0 15 minute final round interview? 2 8y
0 Compensation at crowdsourced quant hedge funds WorldQuant, Quantopian, or Trexquant 0 8y
0 Summer Internship - Junior at an ivy league 7 8y
0 Adjusting to Free Cash Flow 4 8y
0 GMAT - Currently 1st year analyst at a bank 10 8y
0 Advice - Interned at a large hedge fund 4 8y
0 Resume - Pursuing a research position FT 3 8y
0 Interview Questions - Endowment-style fund 0 8y
+4 Will a stock analyst internship help with future HF recruiting? 3 8y
0 Merger Arbitrage interviews 2 8y
+22 HF Itw: Merger Arbitrage Case Study 6 8y
+13 Series 7 - no longer need to take? 4 8y
0 Morgan Stanley Fund Services Super-day 2016 1 8y
0 Please help Investment Company CFO 5 8y
+67 Advice from an ex-IB MD: The Habits of Winners 6 8y
+7 Companies with two share classes (A & B) 6 8y
+27 What did Bill Ackman do after undergrad and before MBA? 26 8y
0 Statistical patterns within asset classes 3 8y
+5 Graham Capital Management Summer Intern Interview Questions 5 8y
+32 BB IB vs top HF for SA 25 8y
+15 PLEASE HELP - Credit Pitch 3 8y
+19 Market-Neutral Vs. Beta-Neutral 8 8y
0 what-if valuation method: any of you assign probabilities? 4 8y
0 Citadel vs BlackRock summer internship 4 8y
+15 Hedge Fund Stocks 5 8y
0 Bloomberg SA Exit Opps 1 8y
0 Real Test for a Money Manager 0 8y
+22 Rift at Bridgewater Associates ? 6 8y
0 Urgent - Kingdon Capital Interview in 2 days time! 0 8y
0 Is S&T right for me? Offers at DB Credit Trading & >$1bn Buyside Fundamental Credit Fund 5 8y
0 How to keep track of so many numbers/information 1 8y
0 Better exit to HF - PE v. ER 8 8y
+29 WSO Hedge Fund Interview Prep Package in the Works! 34 8y
0 How to Approach Informational Interview at $3B AUM Alternative Manager 2 8y
+14 Yuan options (puts) 14 8y
+16 Which programming skills for risk management? 6 8y
0 Conflict of Interest? 0 8y
0 Kingdon Capital 5 8y
+43 Quitting Hedge Fund Gig 20 8y
+148 1st Year HF Analyst taking questions 74 8y
0 Cold Call Ex-employee for opinion on fund? 4 8y
0 Sector Specialist vs. Investment Analyst 1 8y
0 Fixed Income HF PM bettter compensated than equities PM 0 8y
+3 Experience as a Technology Associate at Bridgewater 0 8y
0 Going after retail assets 3 8y

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Overall Employee Satisfaction

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