+12 Can someone explain portfolio performance on whalewisdom dot com? 1 6y
+15 What type of companies can't be valued using the standard DCF model? 1 6y
+10 Melody Capital Partners (Ex-UBS SSG Heads) Info/Insight? 3 6y
+12 Tier2 candidate - what investment strategies should I target? 1 6y
0 Point72 - Review - Investments Data 6y
0 Point72 - Salary & Bonus - Investments Data 6y
+12 How to study the history of an industry? 1 6y
0 Point72 - Interview - Trading Data 6y
+23 Evolving Monkey: How do I ask for more responsibility as an intern? 5 6y
+15 Breaking into fundamental single-name equity L/S (Tiger, Coatue, D1, Whale Rock, etc) 2 6y
+14 Hedge funds that spun out of Harvard Mgmt Co 21 6y
+56 Q&A - HY/Special Situations Analyst at $30bn+ HF in London 28 6y
0 Levine Leichtman 5 6y
0 Third Point LLC - Salary & Bonus - Quantitative Research Data 6y
+9 Sample Abstract Reasoning Tests for HFs 2 6y
+4 Credit to Equity HF (or vice versa) 1 6y
+20 Q&A: long/short analyst in London 34 6y
+35 London Tier 1 Buyside Recruiters List 27 6y
+15 Would population decline mean the end of finance? 6 6y
0 Exoduspoint - Review - Trading Data 6y
0 Exoduspoint - Salary & Bonus - Trading Data 6y
+3 WSO Hedge fund Prep 1 6y
+43 Help us determine a fair compensation structure and non-competes for a new HF 22 6y
+12 Where to find good stock pitches? 3 6y
+25 Change of control affect debt 12 6y
+28 How did you figure out what asset class and strategy you wanted to work in HF? 14 6y
0 PwC - Review - Investment Banking Data 6y
0 PwC - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 6y
+14 Primers for debt terms? 6 6y
+68 I want to intern at BW or P72 34 6y
+47 Finding Top Tier Banking Analysts w/o Using a HH 35 6y
+3 WFH: Hedge Fund Analysts vs Banks Analysts 4 6y
+12 time allocation in HFs 1 6y
+8 Credit Investing -- Books 19 6y
+1 Bridgewater Internship 4 6y
0 DE Shaw email format? 0 6y
0 Finally....SpotCloud 1 6y
0 Point72 - Review - Equity Research Data 6y
0 Point72 - Salary & Bonus - Equity Research Data 6y
0 Evercore - Interview - Equity Hedge Data 6y
+12 index hedging levels 1 6y
0 Fisher Investments - Review - Asset Management Data 6y
0 Fisher Investments - Salary & Bonus - Asset Management Data 6y
0 Hartree Partners - Review - Oil & Gas Data 6y
0 D.E. Shaw - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 6y
+3 Scalable intraday strategies at MM platforms 1 6y
0 Jane Street Capital - Interview - Generalist Data 6y
+42 Compensation Differential NYC/London 18 6y
0 Bridgewater Associates - Review - NA Data 6y
0 Bridgewater Associates - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 6y
0 D.E. Shaw - Salary & Bonus - Quantitative Research Data 6y
+9 Building a Passive Portfolio 4 6y
+21 Best Desks for SA 7 6y
0 Qatalyst Partners - Interview - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 6y
+13 Idea generation - talking to friends at other funds 2 6y
+24 UMM/MF PE --> H/S/W --> HF? 9 6y
0 Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership - Salary & Bonus - Information Technology (IT) Data 6y
+15 Investment process at a fund of funds 2 6y
+99 Long term, concentrated, deep fundamental investing 34 6y
+28 HF Analyst Exit Opps 10 6y
+13 Viking Global Investors Interview Questions 11 6y
+181 Ho-Hum to Hedge Fund 86 6y
+177 LinkedIn Secrecy - Hedge Funds 68 6y
+168 Long TSLA 130 6y
+133 ER to HF 89 6y
+121 Crazy Networking - Standing Outside Buildings for Buy Side Networking 134 6y
+106 Whether to go after the name or not 61 6y
+98 End of Hedge Funds? 34 6y
+70 You Miss 100% Of The Shots You Don't Take 43 6y
+69 Which MFs have great placements into HFs? 22 6y
+67 Large hedge fund analyst compensation 24 6y
+64 MIT vs. Princeton vs. Yale undergrad for quant hedge fund 29 6y
+63 Musings of the Recently Unemployed 11 6y
+60 Boston - Tell me more 48 6y
+59 David Tepper Personally Earns $4 Billion for 2009 Performance 26 6y
+54 Bon Voyage SAC Capital 39 6y
+54 Straight from Non-Target to Hedge Fund - Friend's path - Am I missing something? 56 6y
+53 Recruiting Process for Hedge Fund from IB Analyst Role 45 6y
+49 Realistically, can I become a Research Analyst at a Hedge Fund? 8 6y
+47 Starting a hedge fund with very credible people in the industry 19 6y
+45 How to Explain Large Trading Loss in Interview 19 6y
+43 Masters degree for hedge fund? 42 6y
+41 FoF interview HELP!!! (don't we all love interviews) 41 6y
+40 Columbia vs. Wharton MBA 41 6y
+39 London Credit Hedge Fund Recruiters 11 6y
+39 Why are there buyside (hf) on the west coast? 30 6y
+38 Asset Management vs Investment Banking for exit opps into value-based hedge funds 16 6y
+38 Ingenious, or stupid, way to fast track to PM 23 6y
+36 List of Hedge Funds in NYC 74 6y
+35 Point 72 Academy 2019 Recruiting 126 6y
+35 Which places better into hedge funds, HBS or Stanford GSB? 28 6y
+35 D.E. Shaw Equity Research Analyst Internship 11 6y
+35 Rejected Hedge Fund 23 6y
+34 Possible to transition from attorney to hedge fund? 26 6y
+34 Citadel and Surveyor Capital Overview 25 6y
+32 Will setting up a hedge fund be a good idea? 24 6y
+32 Breaking Into Activism 23 6y
+32 The dillema - a good one 14 6y
+32 $1.5-2mm Bonuses? 20 6y
+31 Black River Asset Management and Cargill funds 19 6y

Career Advancement Opportunities

November 2026 Hedge Fund

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  • D.E. Shaw 98.0%
  • AQR Capital Management 97.1%
  • Citadel Investment Group 96.1%
  • Magnetar Capital 95.1%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

November 2026 Hedge Fund

  • Magnetar Capital 99.0%
  • D.E. Shaw 98.0%
  • Blackstone Group 97.0%
  • Citadel Investment Group 96.0%
  • Two Sigma Investments 95.0%

Professional Growth Opportunities

November 2026 Hedge Fund

  • AQR Capital Management 99.0%
  • Point72 98.1%
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  • Citadel Investment Group 96.1%
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Total Avg Compensation

November 2026 Hedge Fund

  • Portfolio Manager (9) $1,648
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  • NA (9) $320
  • Engineer/Quant (83) $287
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  • Manager (4) $282
  • 2nd Year Associate (32) $253
  • 1st Year Associate (77) $193
  • Analysts (235) $177
  • Intern/Summer Associate (29) $145
  • Junior Trader (5) $102
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