+102 Eric Mindich’s Eton Park Hedge Fund to Close Down and Who's Next ? 44 9y
0 Interview with Blackstone Fund of funds ... HELP! 16 9y
0 Does anybody have any Clarium quarterly letters? 1 9y
0 New to WSO - looking for fellow discretionary global macro monkeys 0 9y
0 Single manager vs. Multi manager 0 9y
0 Ascend Capital 0 9y
0 Elliott Management Intern Interview 11 9y
+112 Has Herbalife won in the fight versus Bill Ackman? 80 9y
0 D.E. Shaw Corporate Development Summer Internship Interview 1 9y
+44 Bonuses and bonus etiquette 19 9y
+10 Aksia Research and Mgmt 7 9y
0 PAAMCO Interview 7 9y
+6 Shenkman Capital: Working Hours, Pay? 9 9y
+103 Q&A: HY/Distressed Analyst at NYC based Mid-Sized Credit Hedge Fund 60 9y
+22 Acceptable cold email to hedge fund? 9 9y
0 Definition of a Crowded Trade 1 9y
0 BlackList Monitor Gives Businesses Options to Ensure Opt-in Email Gets Through 0 9y
0 Looking for collaboration (algo trading) 1 9y
0 Do interns have to preclear trades with compliance? 0 9y
+30 How easy is it to go from HF to PE? 23 9y
+100 Differentiating yourself for hedge fund recruiting (post-IB) 43 9y
0 Generalists in Today's Global Macro Environment 1 9y
+31 Unconventional Hedge Fund Path 25 9y
+8 AQR Interview 7 9y
+9 WSAT - wall street admissions test 30 9y
0 Best Books on Capital Structure 8 9y
+36 How is Chopper trading? 80 9y
+155 Best Path to Hedge Funds ? (S&T or I-Banking) 207 9y
+19 Sell side equity research---->Hedge fund 11 9y
+11 Abrams Bison Investments 5 9y
0 Trader intern interview with AQR? 0 9y
0 Lateraling to Another HF 0 9y
+80 Is short selling ethical? 37 9y
0 surprise merger in stock pitch 2 9y
+7 Recruitment for internationals 0 9y
0 Putting Portfolio Manager's names on resume 0 9y
0 Best career-path for non-traditional 1 9y
+3 Outline for Stock Pitch 1 9y
0 The Not Prestigious Career 0 9y
+115 Efficient market conundrum 73 9y
+9 Why does Point72 have so many employees? 2 9y
+63 Family Office vs. Hedge Fund 45 9y
+7 D. E. Shaw Background Check 12 9y
0 Applying online to Hedge Funds with pitch 1 9y
0 Divide between Quants and Fund Managers 0 9y
+4 Vault Guide to Hedge Funds pdf? 11 9y
0 Stevens Capital Management in Philly: insights and more info? 9 9y
0 Is Active Management Really Dying? 0 9y
0 What it's like to be a woman in the hedge fund business 1 9y
0 Rejected 3 9y
+41 Hedge Fund vs. Long Only Compensation 7 9y
0 Transitioning From IR Role To Analyst Role At Fund 0 9y
0 how similar is HY credit analysis to EQ 0 9y
0 What's to stop hedge funds from stealing your pitched ideas? (If your "ideas" have nothing proprietary) 1 9y
+5 D.E Shaw Generalist Internship Interview 8 9y
+6 Highbridge Capital 19 9y
0 Tudor - Insight? 20 9y
0 From US Investment Banking to International HF 0 9y
+3 N/A worked it out 0 9y
+6 Reading WSJ, no idea where to start 4 9y
+158 Opinion: Herbalife vs. Ackman, four years later 173 9y
0 Ray Dalio is stepping down at Bridgewater 0 9y
+30 Investment Idea 41 9y
+9 Improving as an Analyst / Investor 1 9y
+24 The "Fair-value-to-arrive equity" of Noble Group. How a trader exploits a loophole in the system. 0 9y
0 Blackstone Special Opportunities Fund 20 9y
+45 Mutual Funds (GAMCO/PIMCO/BlackRock) vs. Hedge Funds 20 9y
+27 Hedge Fund Analyst Exit Opps 30 9y
0 QVT Financial LP interview questions and recruiting process? 17 9y
+5 Hedge Funds in Philadelphia 11 9y
+5 Moore Capital 24 9y
+25 Force Capital Management additional info? other funds they run besides L/S equity? 44 9y
+91 Best Way Into a Hedge Fund 99 9y
0 Generalists - Research Process 1 9y
0 Make BW3 Great Again? Marcato Capital Management Publishes Takedown Deck 3 9y
+22 Family office based hedge fund - Compensation structure 2 9y
+13 A new grads from applied math is looking for advice! 7 9y
+15 Backtesting commodities futures 9 9y
0 Bridgewater Investment Engineer 2 9y
+6 hall capital partners 9 9y
+47 From a target: My major matters? Philosophy or Economics? 76 9y
+16 Thoughts on FinTech industry as a career? Specifically Order/Portfolio Management System software 5 9y
0 Forensic Accountant/Analyst position 0 9y
+10 Hedge teams for the summer: special situations or long/short 3 9y
0 Trian Partners Builds $3 Billion Stake in P&G 1 9y
0 What requirements do i need to meet to become a liquidity provider in FX? 0 9y
+33 Will hedge funds beat the market again? 5 9y
0 Not a stock based compensation expense question... 0 9y
+19 Need help in making choice for undergrad school (Yale, Princeton, Columbia with scholarship) 17 9y
+57 Hedge Fund as the 1st job out of undergrad 31 9y
+54 CFA and HF Recruiting 30 9y
0 How to handle in-house modeling/pitch interviews 1 9y
+24 Credit / Distressed Fund Technicals 24 9y
+30 Best books to read for a hedge fund analyst 59 9y
+23 what's a typical day like as a global macro hedge fund analyst? 13 9y
0 TPG Opportunities Partners 26 9y
+38 Time Series Questions 39 9y
+67 The worst Hedge Fund Manager/Investor? 43 9y
0 Mezvinsky's (hillary donor) investors pull (now that the connection to hillary is less valuable) 1 9y
0 Sophomore Internship. 1 9y

Career Advancement Opportunities

August 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

August 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

August 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

August 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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