+21 Where along the HF spectrum do you draw the line? 21 1y
+2 P72 Wonderlic Assessment 4 1y
+16 Student-Run Investment Funds 8 1y
0 Corbets Capital 1 1y
+12 Post Final Round Case Feedback 2 1y
0 Squarepoint Capital - Interview - Hedge Fund Data 1y
0 Fixed Income AM to HF? 1 1y
0 Entrepreneurial Finance 1 1y
+9 Primer on consumer tech or growth companies 2 1y
+6 Glenview Capital - Consumer Team & Performance 3 1y
0 Worldquant - Review - Quantitative Research Data 1y
0 Worldquant - Salary & Bonus - Quantitative Research Data 1y
+9 How is RV actually traded 1 1y
+7 ER to l/s London. Still a viable path? 2 1y
0 Man Group - Review - Equities Data 1y
+6 How soon is to soon to jump ship? 8 1y
0 Fund of Hedge Funds Interview 1 1y
+16 Payouts for PMs at platforms without pass-through 9 1y
0 How does one go about choosing a multiple when valuing cyclicals? 1 1y
0 Investing Bonus in MM 1 1y
+6 How to break into Trading/FO from HF Ops 2 1y
+6 Anyone move from SM / MM to LO mid-career? 3 1y
+21 Unpaid Non-Compete 10 1y
0 What to expect for interviews? 3 1y
+12 London: Activist Hedge Funds 11 1y
+1 AI tools to add to process 3 1y
+57 Best finance podcasts out there 31 1y
+15 are quarterly models formatted like QQQQYQQQQY or QQQQQQQQ YY 21 1y
+12 Thoughts on Safe Haven by Spitznagel? 1 1y
+9 Best strategies for Law background 10 1y
+4 BlueCrest - 38% returns? 5 1y
+1 King Street - Opp. Credit - London Team 2 1y
+58 Fred Alger 2022 and general questions? 27 1y
+23 Viking CIO Ning Jin Departing 30 1y
+39 How much mentorship is there at an MM/pod shop? 14 1y
+12 do you need a track to get a book at an MM? 3 1y
+7 Do severance end when you find another job 4 1y
+6 Feels like I am stuck 1 1y
+9 Pod AuM calculation in multi-strat hedge fund 1 1y
+23 Number of positions held by a PM in L/S pod? 26 1y
0 S&T to Hedge Fund 2 1y
+3 HF roles and WSO course 3 1y
+7 Wondering about Maven Securities 8 1y
+6 Cheyne Capital (London) 4 1y
+5 Applying for a 1-year masters starting Sep 2025 in top UK uni - can I apply to 2026 summer internships for hedge funds, S&T at banks and market making firms? 5 1y
+16 Trading FX futures vs FX options 5 1y
0 HF Exit Recruiting For 2025 Grads 3 1y
+11 EDR price above silver lake acquisition bid? 7 1y
+19 MM Pitch Examples/Format 10 1y
0 Where to start? 1 1y
+3 HF / AI adjacent roles 1 1y
+62 Hedge Fund Role Post-MBA 15 1y
+15 Variant view - Valuation 6 1y
+20 Crazy Borrow Fee? 8 1y
+9 HF career prospects as a IB summer intern 5 1y
0 Any books recommended? 1 1y
+30 is it a good idea to include how much profit you made in personal portfolio? 27 1y
+28 MM HF: non-consensus on 1st level vs 2nd level 9 1y
0 What are some of your best/ funniest stories from working at an hf 1 1y
0 Is SF better for tech investors at HFs? 2 1y
0 thoughts on durable capital? 2 1y
+14 How do pods have 1+ Sharpe, when they shoot for 4-5% on GMV, and risk free rate is ~5%? 5 1y
+3 Number of names in a $500m-$1bn GMV portfolio at MMHF? 1 1y
+21 Analyst WLB at Pods 17 1y
0 Hawk Ridge Management - Interview - Hedge Fund Data 1y
+49 How to keep cool with bad bonus after a very good year fund performance 20 1y
+52 Should I be nervous? 20 1y
+10 Is this salary normal for a L/S hedge fund? 8 1y
+55 Future of Discretionary/Fundamental Hedge Funds 23 1y
+9 Finance theory as a foundation for superior investment analysis 1 1y
0 Undergrad > ? > macro fund? 1 1y
0 CitSec Institutional Options Analyst? 0 1y
0 how do you think about valuation support? 1 1y
+1 MMHF 2026 Recent Grad Timeline 2 1y
+50 Expectations Investing - Missing Timing 9 1y
+14 Factor Models 1 1y
+3 Sovereign Credit HF 2 1y
+8 Later in career PE to HF 6 1y
+6 ECM -> HF 1 1y
+135 Interested to hear from average pod PMs 25 1y
+6 MM HF 2025 Outlook 10 1y
0 Worldquant - Review - NA Data 1y
+6 Capstone Investment Advisors 2 1y
+7 Relative performance of Citadel equity businesses 3 1y
+17 Is Soros a pod shop now? 5 1y
+4 HF not from IB -> PE route? 2 1y
+3 Citadel FIM 1 1y
0 Starting HF role in 2 months, best prep courses? 3 1y
+9 Shuffling Game for Macro Pods 3 1y
+4 HFs in Switzerland 3 1y
0 Financials SMs 1 1y
0 Utilizing statistics in options and intuitive explanation 1 1y
+20 Need help on understanding notice versus non compete 5 1y
+9 From buyside to sell side research 1 1y
+6 IB -> MBA -> SM HF? 2 1y
+12 why does long only exist 5 1y
+13 Graham Capital setup 15 1y
+14 Idiots completing the CFA 11 1y
+20 Distressed Credit in MMHF / Pods? 11 1y
0 Citadel summer International Equities 2025 1 1y

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