+5 Arini HH 3 1y
+15 Millenium FT 2025 28 1y
+28 Waterfall Recovery - Capital Leases - Ch 11 11 1y
0 DE Shaw Connect Invite 1 1y
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+27 Dinged from Citadel... Advice moving forward? 23 1y
+14 Equity L/S question 2 1y
+10 Another Partner Leaving Tiger Global 21 1y
+42 Multi-managers technology edge 19 1y
0 Balyasny Asset Management - Salary & Bonus - Global Data Data 1y
+9 Quant research career for a Stats major? 2 1y
+8 Best Books for aspiring HF Analyst 6 1y
0 Thoughts on Waterfall Asset Management - Bonds trading group? 0 1y
+27 Next Steps after Being Let Go from Fund 7 1y
0 Litigation-oriented Funds? 1 1y
0 D.E. Shaw second round interview 1 1y
+21 Breaking into Quant. How could I best position/reorient myself into a quant role? 6 1y
+6 Best Internship Path for Joining a Hedge Fund After, IB or ER? 1 1y
+13 IB to HF process for AN1 6 1y
+10 Millennium FT London 2025 13 1y
+3 Junior Trader all-in Comp on Options Quant Team 2 1y
0 Path to Top Hedge Fund from SS ER 2 1y
0 SS Equity Research to Top HF 4 1y
+8 Buying yen??? 6 1y
+12 SVP Case Study - London - Associate 18 1y
+3 Option Quant Team - Jr Trader 1 1y
+13 Can I jump from IB to HF without doing a PE stint? 6 1y
+25 MM PE -> HF 12 1y
0 Does citadel and other hedge funds accept final year students for summer internships? 1 1y
+9 Transition from Macro HF to Compliance at Regional Bank - Need Advice! 0 1y
0 HH coverage - activist? 2 1y
0 S&T -> HF Transition 1 1y
+24 IP protection 12 1y
+12 Merger Arbitrage Case Study 4 1y
0 Alt Data Source for Global Shipping 2 1y
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0 Best energy L/S? 1 1y
+26 Q&A: M&A Analyst Turned HF MO Operations Manager -- Ask Me Anything 9 1y
0 Long / Short Equity Books 1 1y
+13 Quant dev offer vs current faang job 3 1y
+15 Activist pitch needed for activist interview? 4 1y
+7 Private Account Performance: Why or Why Not? 1 1y
0 D.E. Shaw - Review - Markets Data 1y
+69 The Best Distressed HFs in 2024 41 1y
+6 Reneging on p e offer for large SM seat 7 1y
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0 Qube Research and Technologies - Review - Commodities Data 1y
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+21 Interning in Macro 11 1y
+34 Can't consensus be correct? 9 1y
0 Monoceros? 1 1y
0 Dodge & Cox - Interview - Generalist Data 1y
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+18 Cevian Capital – Analyst 20 1y
+14 Am I (27) cooked? IR 3 1y
+87 Multistrat terms for PM's 55 1y
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0 Fair Play 1 1y
0 Quant PM platform IP ownership 1 1y
0 Thoughts on HF database 1 1y
+9 3bn+ under the radar funds with lean single-digit investment teams? 18 1y
+26 Pershing Square Valuation 11 1y
+6 How to get a robust cross correlation relationship between variables. 1 1y
+6 Citadel Credit / Career Navigation 1 1y
0 Do I cold message recruiters or portfolio managers? 1 1y
+15 Macro Pod Groups 1 1y
+9 Interested in buy-side career: Advice for rising junior in undergrad? 4 1y
+28 Coming up with trackers for input costs? 6 1y
+22 Advice Wanted: Large HF Internship from No-Name School 3 1y
+6 Balyasny Merger Arb Pod Drawdown Limits 1 1y
+24 What are the differences between different MMs? 9 1y
+6 Software Engineer -> Quant Researcher advice 2 1y
+8 How do you justify active management? 22 1y
+9 Moving from HF to Corporate Role Questions 3 1y
+9 Hedge Fund Interview Case Study Debrief - what now? 3 1y
0 Worldquant - Review - Equity Research Data 1y
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+11 How much detail should I share about my trading strategy during an interview with a competitor? 6 1y
+5 PE or IB for HF route? 8 1y
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0 Sign on bonus of PM in hedge funds 1 1y
+3 Do hedge funds trade on IPOs? 9 1y
+12 Best Buy to Hedge Fund 10 1y
+4 Credit AM/HF headhunters UK and EU 2 1y
+17 Sign on bonus for PM positions at MMs 5 1y
+54 What are the non-negotiables that make a good fundemental l/s analyst? 14 1y
+23 help me move from PE to HF please 35 1y
0 AQR Capital Management - Review - Information Technology (IT) Data 1y
0 AQR Capital Management - Salary & Bonus - Information Technology (IT) Data 1y
+14 Reaching out to MM PMs - risky? 4 1y
+25 Joining a Startup HF out of college? 4 1y
+16 Rockefeller Fundamental Equity 13 1y
+9 Progress to Hedge Fund Management 1 1y
+9 Seed Capital / Incubator for Emerging Manager 2 1y
+14 HF Wider Reading 6 1y
0 SIG SA 2025 Trading Assessment 0 1y
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+1 Non target Sophomore wanting a Hedge fund internship and recruiting tips 2 1y
0 Dubai Investment analyst 3 1y
0 Associate Portfolio Manager pay at Alliance Bernstein?? 0 1y

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