+3 Financial Model Vendors 5 1y
+119 Recovering from drawdowns in MM/pods 21 1y
0 AlphaQuest Partners (f.k.a Quest Partners) in NYC 1 1y
+6 Which MMs are best at promoting analysts from within? 2 1y
+110 How often do you truly have an “edge”? 25 1y
+77 MM seat with young family 27 1y
0 Non-investing careers at large HFs (operations, infra, strategy, tech, etc.) 1 1y
+17 Is it too late for HF MM? 5 1y
+6 Interview Advice for Event Driven Fund 1 1y
+2 Modeling and Research practice 1 1y
+14 HF straight out of undergrad? 11 1y
+28 My Only HF Offer - Should I Take It? 9 1y
+3 What is a day in the life of a pod shop analyst? 1 1y
+9 Brevan Howard - 2024 returns pretty mid - What is going on over there? 3 1y
0 hedge fund coaching? 1 1y
+6 Bridgewater Recruiting 9 1y
+9 PE to SS HF - preparation 2 1y
+42 Those at pods / MMs - ever feel limited? 27 1y
+21 Best research on AI + Software 8 1y
+11 Citadel event driven equities 2 1y
0 shitpost 1 1y
+6 Top Buyside Credit Recruiters 14 1y
+6 Thoughts on Elliott latest O&G investments? (BP / Phillips 66) 7 1y
0 Dodge & Cox - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 1y
+9 Hedge Fund Summer Analyst to Investment Banking at BB/EB? 4 1y
+18 Generate Ideas... How? 10 1y
+9 How do MMs run their books intra-quarter? Barring any catalysts 7 1y
0 Magnetar Capital - Salary & Bonus - Credit Investments Data 1y
0 Susquehanna International Group - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 1y
0 High Yield Debt Analyst Within LO 1 1y
0 Weiss Asset Management Interviews 1 1y
0 Key Ratios? 1 1y
+4 First Call 4 1y
0 Marshall Wace - Review - Engineering Data 1y
0 Millennium Partners - Interview - Quantitative Research Data 1y
+4 Farallon Capital update? 12 1y
+8 What's going on at Snowcat? 16 1y
0 Two Sigma Investments - Salary & Bonus - Engineering Data 1y
+25 To those that joined a HF startup in Special Sits / Multi-Asset: what was your DD process? 5 1y
+3 Book sizes, splits and max DD’s at Brevan Howard and Moore Capital 1 1y
0 MM HF -> MBA 3 1y
+11 IB/PE vs QT/QR 7 1y
+14 Hfs outside of pod shops in Europe 20 1y
0 How to find good pod seats? 3 1y
0 Citadel Associate Program cherry-picking ? 1 1y
+16 How is Georgia Tech for Quant HFT/SWE roles ? 4 1y
0 Handling Bugs / Errors as a Quant 1 1y
+5 Thoughts on Valiant Capital Partners? 9 1y
+19 What is comp like at Baupost? 27 1y
+35 Top LO to Top SM HF Pivot Possible? 19 1y
0 Point72 - Review - Research Data 1y
0 What do you do at a l/s credit pod in MMHF? 1 1y
+13 Finding New Job with 1 Year Non-Compete 5 1y
+25 Top L/S Equity Funds in London (or Europe for that matter) 6 1y
0 What technicals exist 1 1y
+3 One Investment Management - London Team 3 1y
0 Hillhouse Capital Management - Review - Investment Banking Data 1y
0 DE Shaw/Bridgewater Recruiter Outreach 3 1y
+9 Hedge Fund Owner/PM on resume 16 1y
+26 Q Investments 64 1y
+9 Fir Tree Winding Down 14 1y
0 Lynx Capital - Review - Trading Data 1y
0 Head Hunters - Activist HFs 1 1y
+4 Silver point? 7 1y
+40 Intel - What would an activist push to unlock value? 12 1y
+21 Mathematics or computer science? 9 1y
0 Akuna Capital Options 201 2 1y
+40 Seeking Guidance: Path to MM Hedge Funds (Citadel, P72, BAM, Millennium) as a 30-Year-Old 23 1y
0 How to use a Comps 1 1y
+2 Is SS ER a great path to investing? 17 1y
0 Incoming IB SA 25, advice for HF 4 1y
+13 DRW 5 1y
+9 HPS - London Office - SS Team 13 1y
+3 Which Activist and/or Flexible Mandate HF Recruit out of IB? 9 1y
+11 Going to top distressed HF vs staying in equities 3 1y
0 Pinpoint Capital Advisors - Interview - Generalist Data 1y
+3 What is best way to prepare for MM Pod shop interview before starting IB stint? 1 1y
+47 New York vs London as fresh grad 25 1y
0 How is working at Geode Capital viewed on the street? 1 1y
0 USPPs, EUPPs, Schuldscheins and other private placements 0 1y
+41 How to Get Better at Modeling? 23 1y
+339 So you want to be a Quant? 55 1y
+18 Nut Tree 11 1y
0 Deleted 1 1y
+15 IB An - HF? 5 1y
0 Trump 2.0 2 1y
+15 Endowment Investing Role vs BB Investment Banking for HF Placement? 10 1y
0 Squarepoint FE case study (London) 1 1y
+3 Mackay Shields 0 1y
+20 Hedge Funds vs Family Office vs Prop shops 6 1y
+26 Any Apes Done a Stint in Abu Dhabi? 20 1y
+3 Alpine Global 1 1y
+19 Why does consensus matter? 9 1y
+4 Any info on arena holdings (feroz dewan)? 3 1y
+1 X 2 1y
+6 Nut Tree Capital - All Joking Aside - Whats the Deal 0 1y
+32 Point 72 lay off 6 1y
0 Anyone Have Context on Maple Rock? 2 1y
+3 Atika Capital / Brad Ferber 4 1y
0 Two Sigma Investments - Review - Research Data 1y

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