+33 ER vs IB? Best option for MM HF exit 12 1y
0 Davidson Kempner Capital Management - Review - NA Data 1y
0 Davidson Kempner Capital Management - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 1y
+6 Cheyne Capital - Strategic Value Credit 2 1y
+1 CS / Stat for L/S 4 1y
+1 MMHF Monkeys - How’s it hanging? 4 1y
0 Citadel Securities Fundamental Analyst Intern 1 1y
0 Millennium Global - Interview - Technology Data 1y
+8 Get up to speed on Cable/Telecom? 8 1y
0 SCGE 2 1y
+6 Recruiting for Distressed / Opportunistic Credit from LevFin 3 1y
+63 Can I make the jump? What am I battling? (RIA to HF) 28 1y
+67 Is there any reason to switch PE to HF now? 24 1y
0 Biotech investing 3 1y
+9 Recruitment agency Execuzen 7 1y
+95 Nepotism Internships 52 1y
+19 MM HF Internship for Consulting 9 1y
+173 2022: Multi-Manager (Citadel, Point72) vs Single Manager HF (Tiger, Coatue) 68 1y
+6 Caxton 2 1y
0 Qube vs Squarepoint 3 1y
0 MBB Intern --> L/S or Quant HF FT? 3 1y
+3 HF performance tracking for SM 3 1y
+14 New Grad Recruiting 7 1y
+14 Tips on improving Wonderlic/IQ test 23 1y
0 Special Situations Interview 1 1y
+9 Salary expec for SM London HF, US$1.5bn AUM 8 1y
+3 March 2025 performance numbers 1 1y
+14 SaaS Idiosyncratic Headwinds/Tailwinds 8 1y
0 Does any hedge funds want some short selling exposure? 1 1y
+20 Pod blew up while on garden leave 12 1y
+19 Landing a PM role 12 1y
0 Keeping up with distant network - portfolio update email? 2 1y
0 Two Sigma Investments - Interview - NA Data 1y
+6 SMHF recruitment timeline and notice period 1 1y
+1 Quant Research Role 3 1y
0 Boutique Macro Firms on West Coast? 1 1y
0 Citadel Investment Group - Interview - Trading Data 1y
+6 L/S Equity Industrials 4 1y
0 how to break into Long Short equity 2 1y
0 How did you find/land your most recent HF job? 1 1y
+58 Distressed Credit Dead? 10 1y
+10 Weiss Asset Management 16 1y
0 Jane/HRT prop risk taking 4 1y
+21 M7 MBA to HF w/o finance experience 17 1y
+25 West Coast / SF based L/S HF 14 1y
+27 How Do I Prep for Starting as a Analyst 16 1y
0 24 hour nasdaq 2 1y
+11 Force ranking across sectors 3 1y
+9 Second Degree to Quant 1 1y
+19 DAILY READING STACK? 11 1y
0 Headhunters who focus on Hedge Funds? 1 1y
0 Weiss Asset Management Interview 1 1y
+9 Best Software L/S Investors? 12 1y
+7 Akuna Capital Option 201 course april 2025 intake 3 1y
0 Two Sigma Investments - Review - Hedge Fund Data 1y
0 Two Sigma Investments - Salary & Bonus - Hedge Fund Data 1y
0 10-k Filing 3 1y
+5 Breaking into HF out of Undergrad 8 1y
+4 TDO at Jane Street vs Quant Technologist at Qube Research 6 1y
+9 BlueCrest returns 1 1y
+21 Old timers: what was it like during GFC? 8 1y
+10 Switching from Quant Dev to Quant Research 9 1y
+9 Trader to HF TA? 4 1y
+8 Garden Leave 5 1y
+19 Three Factor Model 5 1y
+3 Select Equity Onsite Case Study 1 1y
+11 Commodity Fundamentals vs Quants 4 1y
0 Macro Pod Compensation - Differences Across Geographies 2 1y
0 Social media in investment process 1 1y
0 College Major for HF out of undergrad 3 1y
+5 Hf searches recently 10 1y
+13 Anomaly 26 1y
+8 Target unis Uk for HF 12 1y
+12 DE Shaw Fundamental Analyst 5 1y
+12 Third Point 27 1y
0 Transitioning from Web3 VC to a Hedge Fund 4 1y
+1 Pod Shops Culture 4 1y
+10 Lawyer recs for MM HF contract 5 1y
+8 Breaking Into Pod / MM - Networking or HeadHunters? 12 1y
+61 Today's market drawdown vs. other periods 16 1y
+13 Del del del del del del del 17 1y
+1 #1 II ER Associate vs MM IB Analyst for Ultimate Hedge Fund Career 1 1y
0 Sophomore Summer Investing Seat Timeline 1 1y
+24 How do you handle the never-ending nature of this work? 7 1y
+9 Need Advice 1 1y
0 Two Sigma Investments - Review - Investments Data 1y
0 Two Sigma Investments - Salary & Bonus - Investments Data 1y
+26 Emerging market structured credit 3 1y
+80 News on Jain Global? 32 1y
+10 How to select a few stocks to follow in the market? 3 1y
+29 Building my own factor model to explain share price performance 8 1y
+5 Do any of you plan on starting your own funds? What are your long-term career goals? 2 1y
+6 Long-Term Focused Quantamental Shops/Teams 1 1y
+29 Unpopular opinion: deep fundamental research is overrated 21 1y
0 Balancing figures in balance sheets 4 1y
+18 How hard is it to make money? Math Major 18 1y
+13 Analyst PM? 2 1y
+9 Point72 Modeling 1 1y
+12 What makes a star analyst/PM? 5 1y
0 Sachem Cove Partners SA 2026 Megathread 0 1y

Career Advancement Opportunities

July 2026 Hedge Fund

  • Point72 99.0%
  • D.E. Shaw 98.1%
  • Citadel Investment Group 97.1%
  • AQR Capital Management 96.2%
  • Magnetar Capital 95.2%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

July 2026 Hedge Fund

  • Magnetar Capital 99.0%
  • D.E. Shaw 98.0%
  • Blackstone Group 97.1%
  • Citadel Investment Group 96.1%
  • Millennium Partners 95.1%

Professional Growth Opportunities

July 2026 Hedge Fund

  • AQR Capital Management 99.0%
  • Point72 98.1%
  • D.E. Shaw 97.1%
  • Citadel Investment Group 96.2%
  • Magnetar Capital 95.2%

Total Avg Compensation

July 2026 Hedge Fund

  • Portfolio Manager (9) $1,648
  • Vice President (27) $464
  • Director/MD (12) $423
  • NA (9) $320
  • Engineer/Quant (86) $288
  • 3rd+ Year Associate (26) $284
  • Manager (4) $282
  • 2nd Year Associate (32) $253
  • 1st Year Associate (77) $191
  • Analysts (242) $181
  • Intern/Summer Associate (29) $145
  • Junior Trader (5) $102
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (282) $96
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