+5 Top BB S&T vs Top HF Macro 5 10mo
+6 Brevan Howard Grad Scheme 10 10mo
0 Peak6 2 10mo
0 Citadel Securities - Salary & Bonus - Operations Data 10mo
+29 Small SM vs. MM Opportunity 14 10mo
0 Millennium - Salary & Bonus - Quantitative Research Data 10mo
+43 Sector with best $ opportunity? 33 10mo
+6 Understanding carry 3 10mo
+18 L/S vs the rest 17 10mo
0 New England Consulting Partners - Salary & Bonus - Restructuring Data 10mo
0 Holocene Internship 4 10mo
+1 Sophomore Summer 2 10mo
+3 Davidson Kempner 5 10mo
+9 Waiting time after the final round 1 10mo
+56 Dreams of L/S role. For now, UBS ER vs no-name AM LO? 31 10mo
+18 Violated personal trading policy 3x at a major fund am I cooked? 16 10mo
+14 LO and HF internships 19 10mo
+6 London Late Applications for 2026 SA 3 10mo
+36 How will the HF industry look in the coming years? 13 10mo
+115 Post-MBA Recruiting At Top Asset Managers / LOs 38 10mo
0 Smaller Credit Hedge Funds 1 10mo
+147 Would they still be the GOATs today? And WTF can you do now? 50 10mo
0 Citadel Securities - Interview - Consumer - Retail Data 11mo
+22 Just started, are these red flags? 19 11mo
+22 Avoid Brevan Howard - Hedge Fund - Especially Abu Dhabi 3 11mo
+28 Good Resources on Convertible Arbitrage 12 11mo
+19 Exits from fundamental analyst at market maker 15 11mo
+20 HFs with ECM Strategy 22 11mo
+28 Macro Funds 2024 Returns 20 11mo
+36 Macro vs Equities MM? 27 11mo
+29 Credit HF seat vs. analyst at a Credit Pod within a Multi Strat Fund 15 11mo
+4 Longest Tenure at a MM L/S? 11 11mo
+47 The L/S Entry-Level Toolkit 14 11mo
+16 Fellow L/Sers 10 11mo
+17 Breaking in early 30s L/S or ideally LO 12 11mo
+15 Best non-IG L/S credit pods? 7 11mo
0 Hedge Fund in Asia 1 11mo
+428 1st Year Macro HF Analyst: My Macro Framework 65 11mo
+13 Credit Hedge Fund L/S 7 11mo
+16 Crake Asset Management - HF Analyst Interview 11 11mo
+46 Going from DeFi to TradFi 31 11mo
0 Tolarus Capital Advisors - Review - Restructuring Data 11mo
+62 Strongest crossover investors going into 2024 47 11mo
0 Hedge Fund Undergrad Interview 1 11mo
+9 Q&A: Bridging Energy, Economics & Quantitative Finance | My Career Journey 1 11mo
0 Macro Credit/ Credit RV Pods 1 11mo
0 Del 1 11mo
0 PE (AI Manager) + Northwestern MBA in AI pivot to Hedge Fund 1 11mo
+85 Is merger arb the right place to be in? 42 11mo
+15 Recruiting; 2+2? 23 11mo
+12 Citadel Interview 5 11mo
0 What to expect in interviews/how to prep for HF 1 11mo
+3 Citadel Work Life Balance 1 11mo
+1 Rokos 2 11mo
+25 High Schooler question about HF 23 11mo
+13 Equity L/S vs Quant statistical arb perf 2025 5 11mo
0 Two Sigma Investments - Review - Generalist Data 11mo
0 Two Sigma Investments - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 11mo
0 HF recruiting after 2+2 1 11mo
0 Schonfeld - Salary & Bonus - Technology Data 11mo
+3 HighVista Strategies? 2 11mo
+14 Sole analyst at a small L/S fund - am I at a major disadvantage? 4 11mo
+3 Withdraw from class? 5 11mo
0 Elliott Associates - Review - Structured Products Data 11mo
0 Elliott Associates - Salary & Bonus - Structured Products Data 11mo
0 Optiver - Interview - Quantitative Research Data 11mo
+2 Clearlake Distressed Debt? 2 11mo
+6 HF Interview Questions for PM 1 11mo
+22 Future of pod shops for systematic trading 4 11mo
+13 Undergrad student Question about HF? 5 11mo
+20 The future of HF 21 11mo
+10 Where to start? Incoming IB Analyst with no Background in Public Markets 4 11mo
+174 Developing Macro Understanding 58 11mo
+9 Fundraising Valuation for a Gold Exploration Company in Africa 1 11mo
+9 HF growing offices in Dubai 4 11mo
+82 Sole analyst at new pod vs 10th analyst at established pod? 28 11mo
+8 Balyasny’s Peter Goodwin new $15bn equities team? 1 11mo
0 Bridgewater Associates - Interview - Generalist Data 11mo
+48 Start up Hedge Fund Economics for Juniors? 16 11mo
+21 How much do asssociates at bridgewater make? 28 11mo
+11 Removed 1 11mo
0 Learning about Shareholder Activism 2 11mo
+4 Grant Wonders / Voyager 2025 4 11mo
+4 BI Rising Stars, 2025 1 11mo
0 Vol Desks in NYC 1 11mo
+24 Best Pods at MLP 15 11mo
+12 Anyone else struggling with L/S HF analyst recruiting? 5 11mo
0 Which Pods are Crushing it in AI? 1 11mo
+146 Choosing HF over PE? 37 11mo
+14 The Dot-Com Bubble 13 11mo
+6 ESL Investments 0 11mo
+23 largest MM pods 13 11mo
+6 L/S Idea Pitching 2 11mo
+10 Advice for Citadel interviews? 10 11mo
+3 Schonfeld L/S 0 11mo
+1 Thames Restructuring 2 11mo
+6 Too late for MMHF FT? 2 11mo
+10 Are you *expected* to be a great stock trader for a hedge fund role? 9 11mo
+7 Information Ratio vs Sharpe Ratio 6 11mo
+29 Got my first offer but with low base 12 11mo

Career Advancement Opportunities

September 2026 Hedge Fund

  • Point72 99.0%
  • D.E. Shaw 98.0%
  • Citadel Investment Group 97.0%
  • AQR Capital Management 96.0%
  • Magnetar Capital 95.0%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

September 2026 Hedge Fund

  • Magnetar Capital 99.0%
  • D.E. Shaw 98.0%
  • Blackstone Group 97.0%
  • Citadel Investment Group 96.0%
  • Two Sigma Investments 94.9%

Professional Growth Opportunities

September 2026 Hedge Fund

  • AQR Capital Management 99.0%
  • Point72 98.0%
  • D.E. Shaw 97.1%
  • Citadel Investment Group 96.1%
  • Magnetar Capital 95.1%

Total Avg Compensation

September 2026 Hedge Fund

  • Portfolio Manager (9) $1,648
  • Vice President (27) $464
  • Director/MD (11) $372
  • NA (9) $320
  • Engineer/Quant (83) $287
  • 3rd+ Year Associate (26) $284
  • Manager (4) $282
  • 2nd Year Associate (32) $253
  • 1st Year Associate (76) $193
  • Analysts (234) $178
  • Intern/Summer Associate (29) $145
  • Junior Trader (5) $102
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (276) $95
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