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+9 Sales pitch to find new investors 2 1y
+12 Most interesting subsectors for gross exposure 5 1y
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+1 Investing Heuristics 3 1y
+23 Fir Tree Capital - culture, investment philosophy, performance? 15 1y
+6 Bouncing back after a bad year 2 1y
+6 Interning at a Hedge Fund 1 1y
+11 Recent Graduate Seeking Advice in Risk/Compliance Roles 3 1y
+15 NOPE strategy 2 1y
+11 What does cyclicals sector coverage entail 4 1y
+14 D.E Shaw Fundamental Research Interview 65 1y
+92 Any info on Elliott? 40 1y
0 Owning shares that were bought a while ago or inherited 0 1y
0 Math in Hedge Funds 3 1y
0 Alpha generation in metals and mining 1 1y
+5 Does PM Matter at the Pod-ish MMs? 3 1y
+32 Prince in need of an advice for universities 36 1y
+12 Will begin to manage a book in early 2025 - any advice? 1 1y
+3 Has anyone heard back regarding Bridgewater's Immersion Program Winter 2025 4 1y
0 AlphaGrep Securities - Review - Hedge Fund Data 1y
+30 Tech sales to HF 19 1y
+52 Point72 2025 Future of Finance Accelerator 40 1y
+10 Catalyst-driven (short to medium term) investing in sectors with lumpy order flows 2 1y
0 Verition Fund Management - Interview - Hedge Fund Data 1y
+3 Best Modeling Course for Buy-Side 1 1y
0 Activist Hedge Funds 1 1y
+20 HTX IB or Top ER for HF? 4 1y
+151 How much of pod shop hate is just jealousy? 71 1y
+52 $500m single manager HF P&L and comp 29 1y
+110 Quant PM - Q&A 103 1y
+19 Note Taking at Hedge Funds 14 1y
0 Pod coverage universe 1 1y
0 Citadel Securities - Review - Generalist Data 1y
0 Citadel Investment Group - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 1y
+70 2024 HF Net Worth Check 79 1y
+12 Why does sell side do those quarterly matrix models? 5 1y
+15 Del 4 1y
+52 Stay in LO AM or Move to SM HF? 23 1y
+3 Going the event driven / credit route from a public equity background 4 1y
+12 Going from l/s equity to special sits/event driven 5 1y
+3 Massachusetts funds with good informal/formal intern programs 2 1y
+7 Good Pitches 3 1y
0 Citadel international equities summer intern interview - London 0 1y
+98 Quant shops paying $600k out of college? 99 1y
0 Strategic Value Partners - Review - Investments Data 1y
0 Strategic Value Partners - Salary & Bonus - Investments Data 1y
+13 HF Analyst Comp and PnL Netting 7 1y
0 Python for IB and hedge fund? 2 1y
0 ER to Global Macro at HF 1 1y
+9 Move to quant HF or stay in prop shop 4 1y
+9 PM positions at DRW 1 1y
+36 Feeling jaded about sleepy LO fund seat 17 1y
+27 Transition from HF Quant/Analyst to HFT 7 1y
+40 Long-only HF offer, thoughts? 15 1y
+3 Tegus Transcript 0 1y
0 When are bonuses decided ? 1 1y
+9 Point72 SA and Academy- Conversion rate, Comp, WLB 8 1y
+3 Largest Teams at MM's 1 1y
+9 Software Engineer Required Skills for Commodoties Focused Funds 2 1y
0 Point72 - Interview - Investments Data 1y
+8 Valuation of Investment Properties 4 1y
+5 FOMO-stay in HF or take startup risk 1 1y
+29 Real Estate Hedge Funds (RE Stocks Only) 20 1y
+12 Updated view on Squarepoint? 27 1y
0 Credit trading 1 1y
0 IB -> Derivatives @ Multi-Strat HF? 3 1y
+1 Interview / Case study follow up 2 1y
0 HF headhunters? 1 1y
+18 How did you make "Portfolio Manager"? 17 1y
+13 Merger Arb / Good Tips / Books / Recommendations 2 1y
+9 HIG Bayside London 6 1y
+4 Bonuses in Funds of Funds? 7 1y
+9 SM Case Study Question 1 1y
+3 Long only Questions 1 1y
+3 Citadel / MM Case Study 1 1y
+16 Summer Intern Help Needed! 7 1y
0 Valiant Capital Management - Interview - Equity Hedge Data 1y
+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
+4 UMichigan Math for Quant? 1 1y
+45 Secular trends in L/S investing 13 1y
0 Qube Research and Technologies - Salary & Bonus - Power Data 1y
+85 19 Hedge Fund Perks That Pity You 90 1y
+15 2 hour Hedge Fund assessment 12 1y
+9 PM positions at Prop firms 1 1y
+19 To the TQQQ Guy - can we get an update on how 24' was? 6 1y
+11 Screening Stocks for Pitch Ideas 7 1y
+16 Walleye Capital 13 1y
+3 Two sigma offer timeline? 9 1y
+221 How to get better at forecasting? 51 1y
0 Metronome Capital - Thoughts? 3 1y
+2 Thoughts on Beach Point ? 4 1y
+106 I really don't see how MM PM's could possibly make 30m in a year 68 1y
+40 Why doesn't BAM have an intern/graduate L/S program? 25 1y
0 Walleye exiting discretionary macro & Brevan axing developmental PM program 4 1y

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