+25 Econ PhD says HF life easier than academia 7 6y
+9 What should I expect for virtual fixed-income research internship? 1 6y
+4 Purdue Krannert or UIUC Business/LAS? 1 6y
0 Credit Suisse - Interview - Generalist Data 6y
+3 anyone have the CQF certification? any good? 1 6y
0 Vontobel Asset Management - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 6y
+6 Any info on BFAM Partners in Hong Kong? 4 6y
0 Citadel Investment Group - Interview - Hedge Fund Data 6y
0 Citadel Investment Group - Salary & Bonus - Quantitative Research Data 6y
0 Citadel Securities - Review - NA Data 6y
0 Citadel Securities - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 6y
+6 Best Places to Read About Biotech Investing? 1 6y
+16 Urgent - Feedback needed - WDYT of virtual unpaid internship? 1 6y
+12 Advice for first year analyst 1 6y
+10 Pathway to Distressed/Special Sits Investing from M&A Background 4 6y
+38 Do FRM or CFA help in HF 12 6y
+9 Ruane Cunniff Goldfarb Competition 8 6y
+11 Your best Bloomberg Terminal Lifehacks 2 6y
0 AQR Capital Management - Review - Research Data 6y
0 AQR Capital Management - Salary & Bonus - Research Data 6y
0 Squarepoint Capital - Interview - Research Data 6y
0 Credit Suisse - Review - Real Estate Data 6y
0 Credit Suisse - Salary & Bonus - Real Estate Data 6y
+6 Moving Hedge Fund Ops 2 6y
+13 Thinking About Moving to Distressed/Activist Fund 1 6y
+3 Thoughts on RIAs? 1 6y
+14 Treatment of Spring Maturity Clause in Distressed Debt 7 6y
+20 How much self-study do u do after work? 11 6y
+9 Quantitative Trading/Research 2 6y
0 29th Street Capital - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 6y
+18 Quantitative Hedge Fund PM Career Path? 4 6y
+3 LMR Shutting Down Two Funds 2 6y
+35 What's a good stats/ML book that I can use to prep for interviews? 18 6y
0 HPS Investment Partners - Review - Credit Data 6y
0 HPS Investment Partners - Salary & Bonus - Credit Data 6y
+13 Strategy Positions at Quant Funds 5 6y
+11 Anyone switched sectors as a senior analyst? 4 6y
0 Armstrong Fleming and Moore - Interview - NA Data 6y
0 Point72 - Interview - Equity Research Data 6y
0 Money laundering 7 6y
+3 Books on Shareholder Activism 1 6y
+4 Need to practice my pitch for interviews, switching from PE to L/S equities.. looking for someone to provide feedback 1 6y
+21 Appropriate comp for 1st year analyst 8 6y
+3 Best Practices Company Valuation 1 6y
+30 Senior Debt MODEL - INTV Help 17 6y
0 Two Sigma Investments - Review - Investment Management Data 6y
0 Two Sigma Investments - Salary & Bonus - Investment Management Data 6y
+20 More than 90% of the Hedge Fund managers outperformed the global markets during March? 12 6y
+13 How should I understand hedge funds? 7 6y
+12 Modeling Question - Case Selector? 0 6y
+9 Bloomberg Pricing Sources for Illiquid Credit Names 3 6y
0 Evercore - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 6y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Review - Risk Management Data 6y
+3 When to look for a job? 1 6y
+44 Physical Commodities vs Buyside ER 12 6y
0 Citadel Investment Group - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 6y
0 Two Sigma Investments - Review - Investment Management Data 6y
0 Two Sigma Investments - Salary & Bonus - Investment Management Data 6y
+17 Buy Side ER or Top BB EB M&A/RX for L/S Equity 12 6y
+9 Differences between quant roles 1 6y
+12 Good PhD Programs 1 6y
+45 Private Credit -> Public Credit Exits? 17 6y
0 Deutsche Bank - Interview - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 6y
+34 High-school freshman seeking advice 18 6y
+1 Planning to purchase of fund. But need some suggestion like which fund must be purchase & that have high growth factor. 3 6y
+8 Hedge Fund Location 3 6y
+17 Quant Background 4 6y
+6 Do L/S hedge fund or asset management actually buy/short stocks or do they just buy an underlying, e.g. spread bet, CFD, etc.? 1 6y
+20 Trading to PM at HF 2 6y
+12 PA investments 3 6y
0 TD Securities - Interview - Generalist Data 6y
+9 Ronin - anyone know whats happening? 14 6y
+19 Is this a dead-cat bounce or the bottom investors have been waiting for? Dow Jones up to 20% in the last 7 days 1 6y
+13 Where can investors get "alpha" during a market crash ορ ? 1 6y
+21 Bear Market 2020 COVID19 Edition - Thoughts? 8 6y
+3 Market Rebound 1 6y
+7 How much margin will retail brokerages extend? 3 6y
+34 What exactly happens in a recession? Which strategies and asset classes tend to perform better 16 6y
+48 Renaissance Technologies 20 6y
+12 Quant Role at a Fundamental L/S Fund? 5 6y
0 JPMorgan - Interview - Generalist Data 6y
+26 Highest paid HF manager 2020 13 6y
+12 Shift from Passive to Active? 1 6y
0 Centerview Partners - Interview - NA Data 6y
+15 No summer offer yet - how to land a summer gig during the outbreak? 4 6y
+10 TFW no quantitative horse racing hedge fund... 3 6y
0 PJT Partners - Interview - Generalist Data 6y
+3 Equity Initiation Reports For $ 1 6y
+100 Q&A: Equity Analyst & Trader (VP level) at $12+ bn Hedge Fund 33 6y
0 GMO - Interview - Investments Data 6y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Interview - NA Data 6y
+6 New Hire Comp Discussion 2 6y
+41 Capital Structure Arbitrage Hedge Fund Opportunity 10 6y
0 Citadel Securities - Interview - Trading Data 6y
+30 Where do the smartest people work within the finance industry? 35 6y
+44 Curious to know who's doing well and not doing well 31 6y
+13 Lazard Buyside Equity Research - Exit Opps: IB, PE, HF? 8 6y
+23 AI in Fundamental L/S Equity 22 6y
0 JPMorgan - Interview - NA Data 6y
0 Intrepid Investment Bankers - Interview - NA Data 6y

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