0 IRS Ends "Basket Options": Effect on Hedge Funds? 0 10y
+11 Solid Returns- What would you do 5 10y
0 "The Professor" in Drobny's book 0 10y
+24 Macro/Microecon needed? 38 10y
0 Relationship between Volatility & Asset Managers 3 10y
+28 More Than One Way to Skin a Cat? 6 10y
0 Phd Finance vs Phd Computer Science vs 1st Job 5 11y
0 Asking for Investment Reports/Write-Ups 3 11y
+11 Capital Management 5 11y
0 Final Round - Credit Fund 2 11y
+4 Hitchwood Capital 1 11y
0 Hedge fund IT Intern - worth taking? 4 11y
+10 CTAs explained 9 11y
+32 Wharton or Princeton undergrad for HF? 24 11y
+22 Introducing: The Hedge Fund Name Generator 4 11y
0 Fund raising strategy 1 11y
0 Finding a home for my equity quant strategy 11 11y
0 CLO News 2 11y
+20 What to expect in this industry 10 11y
0 PE Ratio: business cycle and growth rate (g) - short term - long term relationship 1 11y
+75 My heart on my sleeve 41 11y
+16 Inflation Calculations, CPI vs Alternatives 6 11y
+15 point72 breakfast 7 11y
0 Hedge and Private Equity Fund 2 11y
0 Bloomberg Terminals at HFs 9 11y
0 Pershing Square's "Open Source Model" 8 11y
+54 Only girl, help? 19 11y
0 Warren Buffett Letter Summaries 4 11y
+15 Why is Telecom undervalued? 3 11y
0 Do GSO recruit undergrads? 1 11y
0 Hedge Fund recruiting 2 11y
+25 Anyone heard of Old Oaks Asset Management? 21 11y
+27 What's the best way to develop your own expert network? 19 11y
0 Looking for top 500 Hedge Fund firms 2 11y
0 Offered a middle office job advice 0 11y
+37 Special Situations/Macro Investing ? 9 11y
0 Tips for ultimate newbie? 1 11y
+34 What does a DISCRETIONARY macro trader do at Citadel/DE Shaw/AQR? 10 11y
+50 Hedge Fund Compensation in a Banner Year 40 11y
+23 What's a long-only hedge fund? 5 11y
0 Where to go from here? Hedge fund internship 2 11y
+20 Is this Blackstone internship back office? 6 11y
+20 Nuances between Hedgefund, Asset Mgmt, Investment Mgmt 2 11y
+25 Hedge fund pay at mid-senior levels 12 11y
0 Shorting property. 2 11y
+61 Starting in top BB IBD vs HF ($1bn+) 26 11y
+20 Hedge Fund Dress Code 22 11y
0 Fixed income/credit after rates go up 3 11y
0 Info on Newtyn Management? 0 11y
+16 Oil - A contrarian play? 9 11y
+19 Advice for a CFA® /CA,CPA 12 11y
+40 Take HF Offer Out of Undergrad? 52 11y
+15 Expectation for Hedge Fund Associate 4 11y
+8 Is it creepy or weird to mention to a fund manager that you looked at his 13F? 3 11y
0 JAT shutting down 12 11y
0 Tiger Global Senior Departures 0 11y
0 Mariner Investment Group: performance, strategy, Pay, bonus etc ? 6 11y
0 WR Huff Asset Management: more info, experiences, insights? 2 11y
+6 Ziff Brothers Investments: bonuses, culture, interview process? 18 11y
+23 HF Analyst as a Second Job? 8 11y
+19 Q&A: Target to megafund Straight out of college 15 11y
0 Distressed 2 11y
0 Karsch Capital Management: need details 0 11y
+12 Clarium Capital: info on organizational structure? 9 11y
0 Mount Kellett Capital Management: informational interview tips? 4 11y
+18 Stark Investments: how are they doing 8 11y
0 Quantitative Research Consultant - model alphas 2 11y
+19 Why Do So Many PE Firms Have Long/Short Credit Hedge Fund Units 6 11y
+6 SALT 2015 9 11y
+25 CFA® Charterholders Heading Top Hedge Funds? 13 11y
0 Contract position (1-2m) as HF Analyst with top BB. Take? 1 11y
+3 Where do Hedge funds add most value? 2 11y
+22 Time Limit for Staying on Sell Side? 9 11y
0 How do activist investors get a company to listen to them? 7 11y
+13 LevFin to Equity L/S fund 2 11y
+10 Crestline Investors - any info? 5 11y
+18 Any distressed fund analysts? 5 11y
0 Accern used 600k articles in an event-driven sentiment backtest. 0 11y
0 Future Macro Hedge Fund Opps? 2 11y
+13 Would they hire from a debt or PE fund - No MBA track? 2 11y
+24 Hedge Fund Prep Pack?! 4 11y
+25 Models for distressed debt investments 17 11y
0 Machine Learning for Hedge Funds 9 11y
+17 Alternatives to Bridgewater? 8 11y
+19 Top hedge funds by strategy 7 11y
+11 Philly Funds? 8 11y
0 Beach Point Capital interview 3 11y
+3 Oaktree Capital Info 4 11y
+76 Which HF offer to take? 51 11y
+44 Networking 101 -- Hedge Fund Edition 11 11y
0 DCM vs Consulting 3 11y
0 firms similar to GGHC 0 11y
+13 Working at a place like P72 or Citadel, 2 11y
0 Options Modeling? 1 11y
0 Event driven hedge funds - questions re holding period and other 3 11y
0 Repo Voting Rights 1 11y
+7 HF for College Grads 92 11y
+14 High turnover/stress at multi-manager platforms? 3 11y
0 Junior at macro HF learning opportunities? 5 11y
+9 Hedgefund vs Investment Management 5 11y

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
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