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+11 HEC Paris × École Polytechnique Data & Finance with U.S. Green Card: worth it for U.S. hedge funds? 1 3mo
+9 Exiting FoF 1 3mo
+14 Non-equities HF Pay 6 3mo
+68 How have you developed wisdom? 14 3mo
+7 How Do HFs Figure Out Delta In Earnings 8 3mo
0 Bridgewater Associates - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 3mo
+9 Verition Culture and Reputation? 2 3mo
+11 Not Interested in my IB coverage, Can i still break into tech or HC hedge fund groups? 4 3mo
+1 UIUC 48k a year vs Georgia Tech 3k a year 2 3mo
+34 No Freshman Summer Internship 16 3mo
+2 Biotech HF Materials 3 3mo
+24 New Mentor Q&A 2 3mo
0 Man Group - Salary & Bonus - Research and Development Data 3mo
+4 What is the comp for credit hedge fund analysts at >$5bn funds? 4 3mo
+17 Darsana 25 3mo
0 Millennium - Salary & Bonus - Treasury Data 3mo
+13 Credit HF Questions - Curious Student 6 3mo
+1 Hedge fund layoffs and movement thread 6 3mo
+44 drawdown management at MM pod 16 3mo
+18 NY to APAC Pivot 9 3mo
+14 What valuation method are you supposed to do in hedge fund pitches and case studies? What's the general structure of the model? 11 3mo
0 what % of pod PMs/SM founders would crush in their PA? 2 3mo
+16 Have I missed my chance to pivot to a MM or SM? 10 3mo
0 JPM AM Alternatives – Hedge Fund Group Career Path? 4 3mo
+4 Sourcing 15%+ private opportunistic credit deals 4 3mo
+10 Verition 11 3mo
+15 PE fund vs join SM LO Fund 14 3mo
0 UG going to pod P72/CAP 2 3mo
+11 Can we pls fix 3 3mo
+10 HSW Dream - Lone Pine vs. Viking vs Elliott vs. Capital 9 3mo
+10 Compensation at Lone Pine? 15 3mo
+12 Tips on Reading an S-1? 1 3mo
+25 Renege on BB IB for MMHF? 16 3mo
0 Canyon Capital Advisors - Review - Credit Data 3mo
+11 Del 5 3mo
+27 Moving from Co-Invest / Secondaries to HF 10 3mo
+27 Best Economics? 6 3mo
0 Millennium - Salary & Bonus - Information Technology (IT) Data 3mo
+18 MIT Quant Sophomore - Need Advice 5 3mo
+110 Eminence Shutdown - Can SMs Compete? 53 3mo
+14 Do SMs use as much leverage as MMs? 6 3mo
+4 HF Career in UK 16 3mo
0 Covering more than 1 major sector? 1 3mo
+55 L/S SM Analyst Q&A 84 3mo
+27 How long to learn new sectors? 5 3mo
0 Bridgewater Associates - Review - Quantitative Research Data 3mo
0 Bridgewater Associates - Salary & Bonus - Quantitative Research Data 3mo
+21 Elliott London 15 3mo
+15 How important is GPA later on if I enter a MM HF directly out of undergrad? 12 3mo
+24 Point72 culture 9 3mo
0 Citadel online test 3 3mo
+9 Why PE > HF? 8 3mo
+71 Investment principles 33 3mo
+11 Moving from systematic to semi-systematic 3 3mo
0 Practice case studies I can use? 1 4mo
0 Qube Research and Technologies - Interview - Quantitative Research Data 4mo
0 BlackRock - Interview - Quantitative Research Data 4mo
+15 Demystifying Alpha Capture Teams at MMHFs 4 4mo
0 HF Target Uni 3 4mo
+6 Marshall Wace Accounting Test? 1 hour / 30 multiple Q 10 4mo
+36 Marshall Wace - Lnd - Case study 37 4mo
+13 Return of Beta Tech HFs? 15 4mo
0 Are the best performing pods all either tech/consumer/healthcare oriented? 1 4mo
+10 Point72 Experienced Academy 2 4mo
+13 P72 Academy Spring Sessions 5 4mo
+28 Net worth distribution - mid 30s 47 4mo
0 Bridgewater SA27 2 4mo
+1 Are SIE/63/etc. needed for HF? 3 4mo
+6 Two Seas Capital? 3 4mo
+17 Any non-semis tech analysts feeling...lost? 6 4mo
+36 Should YOU quit your Job to become an independent trader? 17 4mo
+9 What firms do/who here does LP stake lending for HFs? 2 4mo
+25 ER to HF Tactical Advice 8 4mo
+3 Traditional Pod Analyst vs. Discretionary Center Book Analyst? 4 4mo
0 Mangrove partners? 1 4mo
0 Schonfeld - Interview - Markets Data 4mo
+5 "Research Portfolio" Returns on Resume? 3 4mo
0 What opportunistic credit funds recruit out of undergrad? 2 4mo
+6 Case Study for Summer Internship 1 4mo
+3 Quant strat at BB- good place to start a career? 1 4mo
+10 Equities v High Yield 5 4mo
+17 systematic vs discretionary macro 3 4mo
0 Del 1 4mo
+22 Does law pay better than top HF? 25 4mo
+11 Davidson Kempner FT 2027 30 4mo
+14 Thoughts on Millennium new internship program? 19 4mo
+57 Take home case study for a MM HF. How do I stand out? 24 4mo
+4 Short Biased Candidates 4 4mo
+48 Constructing Documented Regimes - Discretionary Macro PM Sponsorship 16 4mo
0 Qube Research and Technologies - Interview - Equity Research Data 4mo
0 DV Commodities Performance & Reputation 1 4mo
+15 Oxbridge Postgrad 8 4mo
0 Buyside TA or Sellside RM 1 4mo
+3 AlphaSense transcript 1 4mo
0 Point72 - Review - Generalist Data 4mo
0 Updated Views on Garda 2 4mo
+6 I messed up 2 4mo
+2 London/Switzerland Event-Driven HF Recruiting 4 4mo
+32 DE Shaw Interview 17 4mo

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