+3 Compensation for biotech hedge fund analyst 1 2y
+9 hedge fund firing for having a paper account/PA 4 2y
+75 Jane street suing MLP 54 2y
+55 Investor Prestige Rankings 59 2y
+16 Is the Buyside Path Closed to Me After Layoff in Banking? 6 2y
+9 Part-time consulting and non-compete 3 2y
+15 Underwriting Multi-Year Stock Investments 3 2y
+17 CTA Hedge Fund 6 2y
+11 Honeycomb Asset Mgmt 10 2y
+5 CTA Strategies 5 2y
0 Citadel FCAT Test 2 2y
+24 Taula 11 2y
+3 Making your own HF? 5 2y
+7 Alua Capital? 11 2y
+3 HFs focused on Global SMID space? 3 2y
+7 Moving from CLO at HF to L/S Equity 4 2y
+4 Corbets Capital 2 2y
+32 Advice on Trading Futures for PA 7 2y
0 DE Shaw 1st round Trader/Analyst 1 2y
+16 Updated Thoughts on Maverick Capital in 2024? 5 2y
0 3 Statement Modeling Test 1 2y
+3 How to differentiate pod seats? 1 2y
+6 Hedge Fund Stock Pitch Formatting 1 2y
+5 Pod recruiting 5 2y
+45 Why did Citadel hit the dumps in 2008? 11 2y
+4 How do Activist HF's screen for investments? 4 2y
+3 List of reputable equity SM hedge funds with longer term approach 8 2y
+7 Curious about folks’ thoughts on a Pershing US IPO? 16 2y
+18 How do I land HF from ER? 9 2y
+15 Good Substacks? 5 2y
0 What are these SM’s HF’s and their investment strategies ? 1 2y
+9 Hedge fund operations - what does your day to day look like? 2 2y
+210 Q&A: First year macro hedge fund analyst 61 2y
+27 Advice - IB to Investing (Regret?) 9 2y
+4 Infrastructure and Energy transition hedge fund 7 2y
+1 Summer Internship at a L/S Credit Hedge Fund 1 2y
+15 List of large SMs that still have a longer term investment horizon? 16 2y
+23 Please rate this sub pm deal for me 12 2y
0 What Should I Do With Finished Stock Pitches? 1 2y
+8 Pod Shop FT Offers 8 2y
+6 In Need of Help from a Hedge Fund SME 1 2y
0 Brevan Howard Summer Internship (Undergrad) 2 2y
+3 Recruiting for HF during S&T 3 2y
+12 Barclays HF group exits 6 2y
+150 Q&A: Head of Macro Strategy at Hedge Fund Taking Questions 71 2y
+22 Q&A: Macro Hedge Fund Trader/PM 21 2y
0 Academic Papers on Macro Investing 1 2y
+7 How many Pod PMs are making secret factor bets? 3 2y
+13 DE Shaw career advice 10 2y
+26 How is PnL calculated for purposes of determining a portfolio manager's bonus? 10 2y
+1 Am Going to Try this again 2 2y
+9 Is the case study normally the final round? 3 2y
0 Golden age of public distressed 1 2y
0 Treasury at hedge funds 1 2y
+6 How to communicate understanding of intern/junior analyst roles in an interview 1 2y
+9 Ivey HBA + CS/Financial Modelling vs Waterloo + Laurier Math (Mathematical Finance)/BBA 4 2y
+23 Best path from Infra PE in Asia to HF in London or US (MBA in US?LBS MiF?) 12 2y
+30 Risk VS Volatility 7 2y
0 SearchOne Coverage? 3 2y
+6 Negotiating start date 3 2y
+17 Los Angeles Distressed Debt/SS/Deep Value Shop List? 50 2y
+11 Farallon 17 2y
+18 How Long Before Team Gets Cut 25 2y
+22 MM BD people make LSD/MSD $m?? 29 2y
+10 Is HF dominated by Math/Physics/CS/Stats majors? 5 2y
+30 Managing Drawdowns in MM 11 2y
+3 WhiteHawk Capital 1 2y
+6 Moving from SDA in Healthcare to a fundamental seat in a Biotech team 1 2y
+5 MM offer deadlines 4 2y
0 Fucked up my modelling test 0 2y
+1 Choosing major 6 2y
+13 Interested in Biotech HF 19 2y
0 Caxton Associates - Salary & Bonus - Trading Data 2y
0 PM Exit Opportunities 1 2y
+5 ER v.s IB v.s AM for breaking into HF 5 2y
+24 Life Science Hedgefund List 27 2y
+10 What is Good in HF? 8 2y
+6 List of activist investor HFs? 1 2y
+16 Does private credit kill HFs? 12 2y
0 Davidson Kempner Capital Management - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 2y
+4 Path to HF from LMM PE? 3 2y
+19 Are distressed HFs still viable? 12 2y
+36 Multi-manager risk limits 18 2y
+4 MMHF Tier 1 Training Program vs Tier 2/3+ Analyst Seat 6 2y
+9 10 years in EM sellside - want to relocate to US 2 2y
0 Full Time Opportunities in HF Space. 1 2y
0 Farallon Capital Management - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 2y
+8 Value Investors Club 19 2y
+37 Interesting juncture: L/S Hedge Fund or MM Private Credit? 7 2y
+4 Podcast recs for HY/Lev Loans? 4 2y
+3 BB Special Sits Desk 1 2y
+6 Delta 1 primer 3 2y
+15 Credit comps 9 2y
+7 I'm interning at a prestigious hedge fund this summer, but have been studying CS. What should I learn? 4 2y
+10 Junior Summer: Long Only AM vs High Yield Research at a BB 3 2y
+7 Analyst at C/M/P72 in London - How to Get to New York in the Future? 3 2y
+36 Let go / fired with runway at a SM HF- any advice? 20 2y
0 Point72 - Salary & Bonus - Healthcare Data 2y
+4 P72 internship return offer rate 8 2y
+2 MMHF Valuation Methods 2 2y

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