+32 (Help) To tell or not to tell 9 1y
+32 How to Break Into Structured Credit: A Niche Path in Finance 10 1y
+17 Raising capital as a one-man shop 4 1y
+9 Squarepoint performance 10 1y
+229 2024 HF Bonus Thread 181 1y
+4 MLP analyst program 3 1y
0 Balyasny Asset Management - Interview - Business Development Data 1y
+3 P72 Academy Upcoming Graduates 2025 12 1y
+33 People who made the jump from MFPE to SM HF 45 1y
0 Intern at SM HF to Investment Banking Full-Time? 2 1y
+20 Scaled SM or MM FT 4 1y
+9 Delete 4 1y
+5 How long after a case study to hear back? 2 1y
+10 HBK Latest 5 1y
+9 Advice on Career Path – MIT MFin 1 1y
+8 Notice Period and Non-Compete in the UK 13 1y
+3 Holocene Advisors SA Interview Process 1 1y
+35 Accelerate Idea Generation - Focus on one sector or go very broad? 5 1y
+3 How soon do blowups typically happen for 1st time funds 1 1y
0 L/S Fund Interview Process 3 1y
+6 UK HF Recruiting 7 1y
+123 LO Comp (Fidelity, Wellington, Capital, TRowe) 50 1y
0 Leveraging genAI in research process 2 1y
+9 Senior headhunter in the Asia-Pacific region recruiting top quantitative hedge funds, seeking top talent. Can tailor contracts specifically for hedge funds in the Asia-Pacific region to meet customer needs 1 1y
+6 LO RA case study/model test 3 1y
+5 Are there any successful finance billionaires who did not attend top universities? 7 1y
+10 macro/rates rv pod analyst to pm v.s. snt rates trader to pm 5 1y
+30 How do firms like Eliott & other top HFs generate and validate their ideas? 8 1y
0 What do people think of Attestor? 0 1y
+91 HF to Startup? 32 1y
+9 Industry standards on schools for post-grad 1 1y
0 Should I take an off on Day 2? 3 1y
+12 Best HC Pods / PMs 30 1y
+21 How good does p72 case study have to be? 19 1y
0 Small and mid-sized SMs with high employee retention and good performance? 4 1y
+10 Inputting raw sec filings - any tips? 4 1y
+14 SM AUM vs MM GMV - comparison 3 1y
+3 Shady hedge funds? 5 1y
+28 Career at $2-4B fund 10 1y
+39 Today's Great Investors 18 1y
+27 HF Analyst Question 5 1y
+5 Regencell Bioscience ($RGC): Is this company just a huge scam? 2 1y
+18 Fundamental to Quantimental? 10 1y
0 Highbridge Capital? 1 1y
+9 Any Centralized Website to Find Hedge Fund Job Postings? 8 1y
0 Is Iconiq good for Structured Credit Trader? 1 1y
+3 Bridgewater Investment Implementation 2 1y
0 Nepo at HYP + Super target 3 1y
+36 Capital IQ / BBG Daily Dashboard Set Up for 30-50 names (Financials) 6 1y
+9 Seeking feedback on pitch 15 1y
0 New hedge fund launches 0 1y
+9 Convertible Arbitrage 1 1y
+21 MMs involved in Distressed / Special Sits 11 1y
+13 Is there such a thing as getting a risk taking seat too early? 4 1y
0 Average Number of Positions Held by Marco PM? 1 1y
+12 Corporate IR vs. PE/HF IR? 9 1y
+1 Pod / PM Quality 1 1y
0 How bureaucratic are the multi-manager platforms? 1 1y
+3 Sharpe ratio to aim for in paper book? 1 1y
+7 Baupost Group & Equivalent 8 1y
+21 Incoming L/S Credit HF Analyst - Need Advice 4 1y
+4 IB to HF timeline 8 1y
+30 Stalled path to HF/ER 9 1y
+14 Feedback After Case Study 8 1y
+11 MMHF -> SM 10 1y
+7 Why Don't Hedge Funds Publish Research to Pump Stocks? 9 1y
+10 Is L/S Easily Replaceable by AI 10 1y
+28 JD or CFA for Distressed Debt/Activism? 14 1y
+9 HF from LO 1 1y
0 Underperformance and duration 1 1y
0 Hedge funds recruiting out of IB 2 1y
0 Deerfield Management - Salary & Bonus - Healthcare Data 1y
+47 Restructuring IB v HF out of undergrad? 28 1y
+28 How To Break Into The Hedge Fund Industry Out Of Undergrad 22 1y
+22 Are fundamental equity hedge funds actually “hedged”? 7 1y
+57 Millennium Equities Junior Research Analyst Program 97 1y
+3 Competitiveness differences between roles 2 1y
0 how to find a list of PMs at the platforms? 2 1y
+42 Diligencing the PM 17 1y
+47 AI-Driven Investment Firm 40 1y
0 Interview at Cubist, applying to Bschool 2 1y
+6 North Rock (London) 11 1y
0 Private Credit potential from GS? 1 1y
0 Point72 Fundamental Researcher HireVue 1 1y
+51 Medical Doctor to Hedge Fund route? 25 1y
+11 Modeling Help 3 1y
+7 I want to read more than the classics 5 1y
+23 How to tell if HF is a viable path 8 1y
+18 FT Recruiting vs Focusing on the Internship 7 1y
0 Citadel international equities interview 1 1y
0 Two Sigma Investments - Salary & Bonus - Engineering Data 1y
+39 SM HF from UMM PE Fund 8 1y
+32 Taking holiday 2 months in 27 1y
+12 2025 HF performance through May 0 1y
+8 How difficult is going straight to HF from undergrad? 8 1y
+6 Suspect PM Leaving: Career Advice? 1 1y
0 Point72 - Interview - Hedge Fund Data 1y
+9 Systematic vs Semi-systematic 2 1y
+19 European perspective only - Masters 3 1y
0 FT recruiting for hf/pe during internship 1 1y

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Overall Employee Satisfaction

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