+3 What are some things you would want to ask a partner of an activist hf? 3 12y
0 Trying to understand spin-off investment opportunity- Any Experienced Users Out there? 4 12y
0 Private Market Value + Catalyst (Gabelli) 2 12y
0 Starting in Audit at BIG 4, Help Guide Me 12 12y
+37 Dilema - What Would You Do 24 12y
0 Looking for candidate interested in working on stock pitches and model valuation part time via email 1 12y
+23 Should I even bother with the CFA??? 20 12y
0 Put options (alternative) 3 12y
0 Engineer at a Hedge Fund 0 12y
+9 Starting at a fund, advice for hitting the ground running? 1 12y
+5 Fundamental L/S Equity Internship Advice [How to get a FT offer?] 13 12y
0 How to break in 4 12y
0 Commodities Hedging Risk Case Studies 1 12y
0 GIPS verification 0 12y
0 Stone Ridge Asset Management 0 12y
0 Question for analysts at value oriented shops 4 12y
0 Mega fund Investor relations job 0 12y
0 Does anyone know anything about Malabar Capital Management? 0 12y
0 Question about Equity Strategy Hedge Fund!!! 0 12y
0 RE: Cold-Email 6 12y
0 Default Insurance/CDS Question 9 12y
+14 Hedge Fund Resume "Buzz Words" 4 12y
0 Making a leap from a Stock Exchange to a HF? 3 12y
0 S&P 500 2 12y
0 Alpha 1 12y
+23 Industry switcher needs some perspective 11 12y
+15 Global Macro - Instinct and Pattern Recognition 5 12y
0 hedge question 1 12y
0 buy, sell, or stay away? 0 12y
0 Engauge Digitizer - Getting Data from Charts 0 12y
+32 What's up with the tech stocks? 14 12y
0 Mezz Funds / Credit Funds / Bank Debt HFs 1 12y
0 Industry coverage- most complex industry? 7 12y
0 Hedge funds focused on FIG 3 12y
+31 Seeking Alpha authors? 22 12y
0 IPO activity so far in 2014! 0 12y
+7 Why Hedgefund/PE Shop? 3 12y
+12 Are these the new Warren Buffetts? 15 12y
0 I was wondering about a potential networking opportunity..? 4 12y
0 Modelling Interview - Precedents 3 12y
+21 Private Foundation - Analyst 2 12y
0 Anyone know of some decent 100M-750M Long/Short funds I can cold call? 1 12y
+16 HF Fundraising 15 12y
0 QCOR - Cashed in my chips, should I rebuy and hold through the merger? 4 12y
+52 Leaving Buyside Job - Am I crazy?? 44 12y
+18 Crazy DE Shaw story 20 12y
0 Advice on Showing Positive Remarks 1 12y
0 Compensation for BB/MM Prime Brokerage Roles 0 12y
0 Shorting pump & dumps 17 12y
0 Intercreditor arbitrage example 1 12y
+4 HFT Front Running Everyone - 60 Minutes 3 12y
+6 Chesapeake Energy – Where to From Here? 17 12y
0 Back Office Comp at Boutique HF / PE Shops 0 12y
0 Merger arb - Net capital requirement 1 12y
0 Brigade Capital interview 1 12y
+2 Tiger Eye Capital (part of Tiger Management) ? 3 12y
+61 S&T or Research for future hedge fund career 26 12y
0 L/S Equity Analyis Books / Case Studies 2 12y
+30 Hedge fund out of undergrad... What's the typical salary? 32 12y
0 Please provide a good overview of models + skills for inputs :) 1 12y
+3 Why do people like Joel Greenblatt? 3 12y
+30 How to break into distressed investing 19 12y
0 Athletes and Traders Collide 13 12y
0 Credit Fund Recruiting Advice 3 12y
0 Am I screwing myself over for future recruiting? Headhunter process 1 12y
0 Best New hedge funds? 0 12y
0 Mid/Jr Level Hedge Fund interview, what's Taboo? 0 12y
0 HF Recruiting Cocktail Events 1 12y
0 What Drives Equity Indices 10 12y
+4 Dammit... Investor Relations 5 12y
+21 What Graduate Degree Should I Get?!? 6 12y
0 When does hedge fund analyst recruiting start? Similar process to PE? 3 12y
+13 Hypothetical Situation - Meeting with Paulson 19 12y
0 Best macro minds of the next generation? 17 12y
0 Physically running out of time. Somewhat of a rant. 8 12y
0 Distressed HFs: Value the CDBV Credential? 2 12y
0 delete--- 9 12y
+4 Viking Global Email Format 9 12y
0 What do you think of Citron Research? 6 12y
+48 BEST THING to happen to mankind 53 12y
+21 Which offer? Advice pls! 19 12y
+18 What is the general thought on joining a HF that was once $1B+ and now is sub $200MM? 23 12y
+19 SA Choice 11 12y
0 What are largest macro funds? 1 12y
0 Can quantitative research lead to portfolio management? 4 12y
+7 Activist Hedge Fund List 13 12y
0 WSO Equity Challenge 25 12y
0 Will you still take an offer from S|A|C Capital Advisors? 19 12y
+15 1234 15 12y
0 Campbell & Company and Chesapeake Partners Management 2 12y
+26 Forbes 400 Richest Americans 26 12y
+15 Who works at activist hedge funds? 12 12y
+31 CFA® or MBA Hedgefund Manager 20 12y
0 Duh-lete 1 12y
0 HF Returns 2 12y
0 Spamming Semi-Well-Known Hedge Fund Manager's Inboxes 16 12y
0 Public Market Investing at Private Equity Firms 0 12y
0 Question on Hedge Fund Investors' taxation 0 12y
+17 Mission Statement 2 12y
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