+18 Best ways to frame upside / PT for a stock 1 10mo
0 Sophomore Gigs 2 10mo
0 What are the best ways to fund raise and invest for starting a hedge fund 9 10mo
+17 Best Financials Pods / PMs 11 10mo
+7 PE -> HF Sector Alignment? 3 10mo
+16 Investor relations - advice on further moves (London) 8 10mo
0 Citadel Investment Group - Review - Quantitative Research Data 10mo
0 Breaking into Macro 1 10mo
+11 Proprietary research roles at HFs - what do you think? 5 10mo
+25 Analyst here: Gone Through 2 Senior Pms 1 year. What to do now? 15 10mo
+6 Pod Ramping Coverage Advice 7 10mo
+236 SM -> MM Transitions 65 10mo
+43 “Tier 1” MM Platforms 17 10mo
+24 Start-up Hedge Funds & Fake Interviews 11 10mo
+17 Is it worth staying in the HF industry in Los Angeles? 6 10mo
0 IMC Chicago - Interview - Quantitative Research Data 10mo
+12 L/S market neutral guys - how are you navigating current market 3 10mo
+78 Built $3M Net Worth in Mid/Late 20s - What Next? 48 10mo
+34 Insanely high pod comp? 38 10mo
+103 Variant vs. market/ street/ consensus view 35 10mo
+20 Working in alpha capture/central risk book 6 10mo
+4 Any info on Surgo Capital? 9 10mo
+16 Event-driven at pods 16 10mo
+9 2nd Bizdev interivew at Citadel - L/S stock pitch, what to expect? 3 10mo
+373 The Investment Process -- How to find and develop good ideas (discretionary l/s equity) 40 10mo
0 Susquehanna International Group - Review - NA Data 10mo
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0 Verition Fund Management - Salary & Bonus - Risk Data 10mo
0 Elliott Credit Team 3 10mo
+18 What happened to young people founding hedge funds? 7 10mo
+15 Hedging Mkt Exuberance: IWM Puts > SPY Puts 5 10mo
0 Distressed Debt/Vulture Fund Model Template 1 10mo
+185 Point72 Recruiting is AWFUL 61 10mo
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+13 Coatue Titles?? 7 10mo
+18 Oak Hill Advisors? 11 10mo
0 Pagaya - Review - Generalist Data 10mo
+36 How likely are junior analysts getting replaced by AI? 16 10mo
+18 Top Players in the Value/Distressed HF Space 20 10mo
+44 Quant vs Equity Long Short 36 10mo
+38 Lied in Ops interview about not ever wanting to be FO 14 10mo
+3 Feedback on stock pitch 4 10mo
+184 HF Distribution of outcomes - by mid-30s 78 10mo
+12 Any insights into Bain Capital Corporate Special Sits team 22 10mo
+1 Short interest in the market 4 10mo
+78 Those at a HF, do you ever feel like you’re not doing much? 24 10mo
0 Citadel Associate Program 1 10mo
0 Hedge Fund Recruiters - London 1 10mo
0 Verition Intern 2026 SA Process 2 10mo
+6 How long to stay before leaving? 1 10mo
+9 Capula Trading & Research Internship 29 10mo
0 Marshall Wace Elevate Programme 0 10mo
+56 Glenn Dubin - Highbridge 40 10mo
0 Path to Buyside PM from Sell-side Execution 1 10mo
+73 Is Value Investing Outdated? 28 10mo
+11 Starting Hedge Fund in modern finance question 2 10mo
0 How to ask to be laid off 2 10mo
+420 Why did you choose HF over PE? 132 10mo
+3 1.5 yoe Analyst salary at Emerging manager fund HK - expat 1 10mo
0 Orchard Global London - Warwick Only? 1 10mo
+97 P72 Academy rescinding internship offers 60 10mo
+6 Route to a macro PM, Sell side trader or HF strat out of undergrad 2 10mo
+3 Reneging: bank vs hf 6 10mo
0 Bracebridge sophomore winternship 1 10mo
+14 What are the all-time relaxation techniques for HF? 13 10mo
+24 HF intellectual capability requirements 24 10mo
+3 Is it possible going from IR to HF 5 10mo
+53 why isnt being a quant not a MORE popular career choice then things like ib 50 10mo
+18 HF Interview - 3 Stock Ideas 13 10mo
+3 Gumshoe Capital 18 10mo
0 Susquehanna Buyside Equites Role 0 10mo
0 Peak6 Analyst 2 10mo
0 MM PE to HF 1 10mo
+14 Macro y1 comp 7 10mo
+21 Viking Global Application Question 25 10mo
+4 London HF recruiting scene 2025 5 10mo
+9 Farallon Pitch Expectation? 1 10mo
+21 Viking Spins 38 10mo
0 Susquehanna International Group - Review - Research Data 10mo
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+13 Moving from LO to L/S and terrified 14 10mo
+5 Susquehanna Math assessment 8 10mo
+5 have an offer to work w PM based in HK 3 10mo
+14 HF Green Card Policy 5 10mo
+7 Global 5 10mo
+22 Why do Tiger cubs/grandcubs have a bad rep on here? 7 10mo
+6 MM HF SA -> What? (no return offers) 16 10mo
+9 Macro Platform Analyst 1 10mo
+11 Thoughts on Martin Shkreli? 22 10mo
+278 Best SM seats in 2024? 136 10mo
0 LDN IB --> NYC HF ? 2 10mo
+6 Citsec Fundamental Analyst vs Optiver Equity Analyst 13 10mo
+7 Best TMT pods in London 6 10mo
+12 AM/HF SA -> IB FT: advice? 12 10mo
0 Marshall Wace - Review - Generalist Data 10mo
0 Best way to model orders and revenues? 1 10mo
+8 Should I take Point72 SA--breaking into SM HF's? 9 10mo
+3 BAM Model Test 11 10mo
0 Marshall Wace - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 10mo
+12 Rates FT @ Top BB vs Intern @ Macro Fund 6 10mo

Career Advancement Opportunities

September 2026 Hedge Fund

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Overall Employee Satisfaction

September 2026 Hedge Fund

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Professional Growth Opportunities

September 2026 Hedge Fund

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Total Avg Compensation

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  • 2nd Year Associate (32) $253
  • 1st Year Associate (76) $193
  • Analysts (234) $178
  • Intern/Summer Associate (29) $145
  • Junior Trader (5) $102
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