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+18 Does cfa matter? 9 1y
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+9 Long Only Crossover Teams 2 1y
+14 Atlantic Investment Management Co. 16 1y
+11 Route to HF from physical commodity trading 3 1y
+4 Point72 Experienced Academy Application 11 1y
+5 Recommended textbooks for new quant researcher 2 1y
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+30 Passive Liquidity Squeeze 3 1y
0 Switching from one sector in PE to another in HF 2 1y
0 Christman Group - Review - Sales Data 1y
+2 Maverick vs Candlestick 6 1y
+16 Explain the central book for MM platforms 7 1y
+81 What HFs pay the most for juniors coming from 2+2? 46 1y
+10 What is HF Infra 10 1y
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+5 Candlestick comp? 9 1y
0 Point72 - Interview - Equities Data 1y
0 Millennium - Review - Quantitative Research Data 1y
0 Millennium - Salary & Bonus - Quantitative Research Data 1y
+28 Is Penn worth $150K in debt for quant/buy-side roles compared to GaTech, UCLA, or Northwestern? 13 1y
+2 People with No return from MMHF Summer - Where did they end up 4 1y
+9 Thoughts on recent market downturn 1 1y
+9 Current Sophomore Trying to Break into the Finance Industry - Looking for Advice 1 1y
+21 Just got rejected from M&T and now I’m starting my own fund—AMA 3 1y
+9 Point72 Experienced Professional - UK - What do they even look for? 3 1y
+10 Career advice - moving to larger fund 3 1y
+3 Financial services investing 1 1y
0 Bracebridge SA26 3 1y
+24 Normal to not Project CF and BS in my Model? 8 1y
+11 DCM to MM HF 9 1y
0 Lincoln Alternative Strategies 0 1y
+18 What's going on at Point72? 14 1y
+5 I broke into a hedge fund without a degree 14 1y
+5 Del 3 1y
+27 What’s up with mlp / citadel. Returns lower ytd - momo unwind hurting? 21 1y
+33 ER vs IB? Best option for MM HF exit 12 1y
0 Davidson Kempner Capital Management - Review - NA Data 1y
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+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 Millennium - Interview - Technology Data 1y
0 Citadel Securities Fundamental Analyst Intern 1 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
+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
+15 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
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+6 SMHF recruitment timeline and notice period 1 1y
+1 Quant Research Role 3 1y
0 Boutique Macro Firms on West Coast? 1 1y
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+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
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