0 Merger Arb / Event Driven Case Studies 4 1y
+35 Citadel Commodities FT 17 1y
+3 Boutique/LMM IB to MMHF? 3 1y
+28 How to build a "track record" at single manager funds? 10 1y
+9 HF MultiStrat Long/Short Equity Leverage 1 1y
0 Citadel Investment Group - Interview - Macro Data 1y
+7 How smart do you have to be to be successful and become a buy side quant 6 1y
+65 I Know I Am Underpaid. How Badly Though? 22 1y
+80 Stay Mediocre and Keep $350K at MM HF 36 1y
+47 Most important skills for macro/RV/FI 11 1y
0 Moving from SM to MM 4 1y
0 Break down returns in your own words 3 1y
+20 HF/PE difference in 3-statement modelling 7 1y
+5 What AI software do HF managers use? 3 1y
0 Activism vs. PE 2 1y
+15 Earnings Previews and Reviews — PM expectations? 10 1y
+20 Moving to HF - confidential info 8 1y
0 Changing coverage 1 1y
+4 Applying to pod shops 11 1y
0 Comp at $180M new LO Fund 2 1y
0 Hovde Capital Advisors - Salary & Bonus - Financial Institutions Group (FIG) Data 1y
0 Hovde Capital Advisors - Interview - Financial Institutions Group (FIG) Data 1y
+9 Don’t bull markets make HFs less attractive? 4 1y
0 Hedge Fund performance tracking 2 1y
0 Competing for Capital at HF? 3 1y
0 Have any of you moved to a geography you were not excited about for your dream HF opportunity? How did it turn out? 2 1y
+33 Pod Shops: what to be wary of the central risk book? 29 1y
+4 Generation Investment Management - London 2 1y
+7 Anyone heard of Generation Investment Management 6 1y
+6 Xxx 7 1y
+32 Partners Leaving Coatue 22 1y
+9 Startup hedge fund to MM? 9 1y
0 del del del 4 1y
+6 Salary of Bd or head of equities 8 1y
+39 Freestone Grove 27 1y
0 Qube Research and Technologies - Interview - Quantitative Research Data 1y
+12 Bobby Jain fund 26 1y
+16 Jain Global 42 1y
+24 Jain Launch 23 1y
+13 Are there any fundamental L/S funds that don't use Bloomberg / BBG Terminal? 12 1y
+19 Comp for new LO Fund 25 1y
+13 Tiger Cub Style Interview Prep 6 1y
+11 Deciding Between Quant Role at Small HF vs Big 4 Tech Consulting 3 1y
+11 Why is 2,2,HF so common in the US? 2 1y
+7 Bonus paid every 6 months? 8 1y
+12 YO too old for HF 5 1y
+22 what returns would top-tier pod PMs generate outside of the model? 5 1y
+7 Thoughts on Daloopa / fintech software for hedge funds? 2 1y
+10 When is it too early to leave your job? 9 1y
+34 I am so cooked 12 1y
+45 How important is camaraderie to you? 15 1y
+12 Moving to the US 10 1y
+13 Jain CIO book? 6 1y
+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”? 24 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
+43 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
+19 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

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