+8 Balyasny’s Peter Goodwin new $15bn equities team? 1 7mo
0 Bridgewater Associates - Interview - Generalist Data 7mo
+48 Start up Hedge Fund Economics for Juniors? 16 7mo
+21 How much do asssociates at bridgewater make? 28 8mo
+11 Removed 1 8mo
0 Learning about Shareholder Activism 2 8mo
+4 Grant Wonders / Voyager 2025 4 8mo
+4 BI Rising Stars, 2025 1 8mo
0 Vol Desks in NYC 1 8mo
+24 Best Pods at MLP 15 8mo
+12 Anyone else struggling with L/S HF analyst recruiting? 5 8mo
0 Which Pods are Crushing it in AI? 1 8mo
+144 Choosing HF over PE? 37 8mo
+14 The Dot-Com Bubble 13 8mo
+6 ESL Investments 0 8mo
+23 largest MM pods 13 8mo
+6 L/S Idea Pitching 2 8mo
+10 Advice for Citadel interviews? 10 8mo
+3 Schonfeld L/S 0 8mo
+1 Thames Restructuring 2 8mo
+6 Too late for MMHF FT? 2 8mo
+10 Are you *expected* to be a great stock trader for a hedge fund role? 9 8mo
+7 Information Ratio vs Sharpe Ratio 6 8mo
+29 Got my first offer but with low base 12 8mo
+32 Fundamental Analysts at Quant Firms 26 8mo
+14 Would you join a first time PM pod? 14 8mo
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+8 Widest mandates 14 8mo
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0 Jain and Exodus vs Big4 1 8mo
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+27 No Traction with HH Email - HF Transition 14 8mo
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+5 Resume Advice: PE->Hedge Fund 2 8mo
+6 What happens to the "washed out" HF analysts/portfolio managers? 6 8mo
+4 Which Hedge Fund is the King of Wall Street? 16 8mo
+144 What are the top SMs to work for today? 56 8mo
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+25 Why am I getting cut? 18 8mo
+2 Is HF the best way to start a quant career? 3 8mo
0 Worldquant - Review - Quantitative Research Data 8mo
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+7 Anyone aware of any good LinkedIn/X accounts to follow for HF theses/pitches? Thanks 7 8mo
+3 Jain Global Case Study 0 8mo
+55 Personal Finance: How do people manage large financial commitments? 14 8mo
+14 Quarterly vs semi-annual reporting 5 8mo
+44 Joining a small HF.... 18 8mo
+13 Systematic funds that try to mimic fundamental style? 5 8mo
0 Bridgewater Associates - Interview - Generalist Data 8mo
+9 DE Shaw SA 2025 40 8mo
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0 Citadel Investment Group - Review - Information Technology (IT) Data 8mo
0 Citadel Investment Group - Salary & Bonus - Information Technology (IT) Data 8mo
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+6 Small cap / mid cap Activist Investor Internship 5 8mo
+3 Generalist SM HF 1 8mo
+101 Ask a credit H/F analyst anything, just trying to help 51 8mo
0 Two Sigma Investments - Review - Prop Trading Data 8mo
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+5 DE Shaw launches new fundamental equity fund 5 8mo
0 Castle Hook? 3 8mo
+16 Does Apollo have a hedge fund? 23 8mo
+13 Oak Hill Advisors London 25 8mo
+12 SMs managing at least 2bn with small teams, limited turnover and strong returns? 23 8mo
0 MBA 2+2 Recruiting 1 8mo
0 T10 MM HF Intern to S&T London - Breaking In 1 8mo
0 Is it easier to break into the buy-side as a top candidate vs. IB? 3 8mo
0 Stevens Capital Management 0 8mo
0 Point72 - Interview - Hedge Fund Data 8mo
+17 Credit Hedge Fund Case Study 18 8mo
+1 L/S Sophomore Gigs 1 8mo
+12 How to explain leaving a fund 7 8mo
+23 How to explain no return offer? 20 8mo
0 BGC Partners - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 8mo
+6 Question about Capital Development at Millennium 1 8mo
0 Breaking into hedge funds from an IB background? 2 8mo
0 Thoughts on the WSO HF Interview Prep Course? What have been some results from those who utilized it to pivot into HF? 1 8mo
+36 PE-> Strategic Finance -> HF. Story Problem. 5 8mo
+11 Echinus Partners 6 8mo
+3 why aren't hedge funds doing better? 30 8mo
+78 Is there a better way to read a book? (HF Books) 18 8mo
+3 Crypto Hedge Fund? 2 8mo
+38 Top Credit Hedge Funds 52 8mo
0 Point72 Case Comp 1 8mo
+47 SM to Running Capital? 22 8mo
0 Susquehanna International Group - Interview - Quantitative Trading Data 8mo
+311 Q&A - HF work and life in NY / LON , HF launch 158 8mo
+9 Boston SMs? 14 8mo
+9 QIS Research interview at BB – what to expect? 1 8mo
+18 Shareholder Activism Investment Banking -->> Activist Hedge Fund 8 8mo
+118 Q&A: HF PM after 14 years in L/S (credit, tiger cub, and pod) 73 8mo
+18 Channel check = insider info?? 6 8mo
+41 Elliott Activist Investing 23 8mo
0 Hedge fund preparation together 2 8mo
+3 Hedge Fund Training Prep 1 8mo
0 AQR Capital Management - Review - Operations Data 8mo
+105 Why are equity research people so bad at equity research? 34 8mo
+13 Has anyone heard of Sender Co. & Partners? 8 8mo

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Overall Employee Satisfaction

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