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+15 Del 4 1y
+52 Stay in LO AM or Move to SM HF? 23 1y
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+3 Massachusetts funds with good informal/formal intern programs 2 1y
+7 Good Pitches 3 1y
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+98 Quant shops paying $600k out of college? 99 1y
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+13 HF Analyst Comp and PnL Netting 7 1y
0 Python for IB and hedge fund? 2 1y
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+27 Transition from HF Quant/Analyst to HFT 7 1y
+40 Long-only HF offer, thoughts? 15 1y
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+9 Point72 SA and Academy- Conversion rate, Comp, WLB 8 1y
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0 Point72 - Interview - Investments Data 1y
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+29 Real Estate Hedge Funds (RE Stocks Only) 20 1y
+12 Updated view on Squarepoint? 27 1y
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0 IB -> Derivatives @ Multi-Strat HF? 3 1y
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+12 Road from quant researcher to PM 6 1y
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+13 Elliott London departures 32 1y
+69 Alta Fox - How did Connor Haley do it? 27 1y
+11 Hedge Fund preparation materials 2 1y
+3 SIG / Susquehanna Equity Research Online Assessment 1 1y
+65 Help me frame my YE meeting 35 1y
+9 SIG 2025 SA Thread 29 1y
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+11 Screening Stocks for Pitch Ideas 7 1y
+16 Walleye Capital 13 1y
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+221 How to get better at forecasting? 51 1y
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+2 Thoughts on Beach Point ? 4 1y
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+40 Why doesn't BAM have an intern/graduate L/S program? 25 1y
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+18 Walleye Capital Info - MN 12 1y
+4 Thoughts on Greenland Capital Management 16 1y
+12 Two Sigma Fundamental Equities 3 1y
+10 SMs - good vs. bad culture/process 3 1y
+48 How is Greenlight nowadays? 11 1y
0 Infrastructure PE to MMHF 2 1y
0 Readystate asset management? 3 1y
+33 Slow even with practice 17 1y
+16 Target School to Target? 18 1y
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+5 Need Advice - Non trad w/ global macro end goal 2 1y
+15 PE vs. LO Hedge Funds: Should I Trust My Dates’ Dream Job Pitch? 9 1y
+17 From Special Sits (public & private) to Macro / Multi-Asset HF 8 1y
+13 HF Seeding 7 1y
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+54 Funds that best position you to run your own shop? 34 1y
0 Bridgewater Associates - Salary & Bonus - Equity Research Data 1y
+16 Why don’t platforms run more levered? 5 1y
+11 Napkin Math Valuation 3 1y
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