+1 Model Practice Test 2 3y
+46 Starting a Hedge Fund? 14 3y
+3 Arena Holdings 3 3y
+6 Hedgefund Internships 5 3y
+2 Dallas TX Hedge Funds? 7 3y
+70 Beta Neutral, FActor Constrainted Portfolio 27 3y
0 Struggling to get freshman internship 2 3y
+3 Mid size Hedge Funds in California and Texas 0 3y
0 Hudson River Trading LLC - Interview - Quantitative Research Data 3y
+5 How to do top-down analysis? 2 3y
+3 Freshman internships other than quant? 1 3y
+7 Davidson Kempner FT 2024 Investment Analyst 7 3y
+7 Mercury Partners has anyone gotten a job from them 16 3y
+6 1 year Prep for LS SM - what to do? 5 3y
+3 Consumer Focused Activists 2 3y
+6 Are HF returns always measured against benchmark? 3 3y
+59 KKR/APO/BX vs. Tiger Global 54 3y
+17 Startup Fund Comp 26 3y
+4 Expected Comp at HF with <500M AUM 5 3y
+3 Delete 1 3y
+26 If Analysts and PMs were paid the same, 99% would choose to be analyst. 15 3y
+6 MF Liquid Credit Fund Analyst 4 3y
+8 2+2+2 vs 2+2 9 3y
+9 Favorite sell-side firms/analysts for TMT/software ideas & dps 9 3y
+4 Advice to become fundamental L/S research analyst 2 3y
+10 PhD Quant Researcher 1 3y
+11 Point72 FT Academy Comp + Bonus Structure 5 3y
0 Millennium Risk Management Internship 0 3y
+4 Thoughts on Cinctive Capital 0 3y
+9 How can I best prepare for an operations internship at a small hedge fund? 1 3y
+5 How do MMs hire PMs from other Firms? 2 3y
+3 BENF Stock.... 1 3y
+13 Davidson Kempner FT 2023 32 3y
+30 Your opinion on top distress / opportunistic credit shop 13 3y
0 Worldquant - Interview - Equity Hedge Data 3y
+26 Using the sellside effectively 6 3y
+34 HF Mindset and Psychology 14 3y
+8 Is the platform race over 10 3y
0 D.E. Shaw - Review - Software Data 3y
0 D.E. Shaw - Salary & Bonus - Software Data 3y
+3 Dele 1 3y
+3 . 1 3y
+20 1 BN AuM HF Vs Tier 2 Strategic Consultant 8 3y
+3 JPM MO Operations vs. Citadel Operations 1 3y
+1 Hudson Bay 0 3y
+6 Am I the only one not using formatting macros? (not interesting topic) 1 3y
+17 SBC modelling - BSO should go up right? 4 3y
0 Citadel Securities - Interview - Trading Data 3y
0 Bridgewater Associates - Interview - Investment Grade Finance Data 3y
+7 Double salary during non compete? 3 3y
0 Point72 - Interview - Generalist Data 3y
0 UBS AG - Review - Risk Management Data 3y
0 UBS - Salary & Bonus - Risk Management Data 3y
+4 How much will SF IB limit HF exits? 2 3y
+16 Basic Questions About Basis Trades 3 3y
+6 Multi Manager Risk limits 2 3y
0 Balyasny Asset Management - Interview - Investment Research Data 3y
+30 What skills do you actually need in MM HF pods? 16 3y
+6 What do you do as an equity analyst at a quant shop? 3 3y
+18 Hedge funds: Going from Credit analyst at HF to an Equity analyst 5 3y
+21 How to deal with job offer anxiety? 2 3y
+22 Early 20s Hedge Fund Professional Needs Career Advice 7 3y
+24 Sr PM comp packages to jump ship 11 3y
0 Schonfeld - Review - NA Data 3y
0 Schonfeld - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 3y
+10 Market down, pay down. Market up...you guessed it, pay still down 4 3y
0 Verition Winter Internship (London) 0 3y
+22 GS quant Vs QR/QT in HF 6 3y
+17 How to think about stocks with chunky private ownership? 3 3y
+36 IB Associate to HF? 13 3y
+12 Is it possible for L/S equity pods at MMs to take long term views on stocks? 3 3y
+1 Anyone heard of Akisa? 0 3y
+5 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 2 3y
+4 Equity Analysis 2 3y
+42 Does anyone donate regularly? 24 3y
+6 Understading EM/Macro 4 3y
+11 Headhunters for FI/Macro 9 3y
0 Thoughts on Brevan Howard 3 3y
+5 Pitching 9-12 month investment to MM? 4 3y
0 FactSet Formula Cheat Sheet 1 3y
+16 Point72 Reputation and Career 20 3y
+20 How to forecast shares outstanding 8 3y
+2 Global Macro from Non-Target? 2 3y
+3 Columbias financial engineering program 1 3y
0 Balyasny Asset Management - Salary & Bonus - Equity Capital Markets Data 3y
+3 Two sigma quantitative researcher 1 3y
+9 SM PMs 3 3y
+24 Working at small HF after undergrad 7 3y
0 How to succeed at sm hf? 3 3y
+2 What to expect from 1st Round Interview with SM L/S fund? 6 3y
+4 HF contacts through PB 1 3y
0 Sophomore Transfer from Non Target (UT Austin) to Target in the spring 4 3y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 3y
0 Two Sigma Investments - Salary & Bonus - Equities Data 3y
+1 Brummer and partners 0 3y
+9 Exploring the Nuts and Bolts of Credit Fund's Risk Transfer Deals: Seeking Insights 1 3y
+25 D1 shutting down? 43 3y
+3 Best equities headhunters PM level 2 3y
+4 Millennium / Schonfeld 14 3y
0 Jane Street Capital - Interview - Trading Data 3y

Career Advancement Opportunities

November 2026 Hedge Fund

  • Point72 99.0%
  • D.E. Shaw 98.0%
  • AQR Capital Management 97.1%
  • Citadel Investment Group 96.1%
  • Magnetar Capital 95.1%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

November 2026 Hedge Fund

  • Magnetar Capital 99.0%
  • D.E. Shaw 98.0%
  • Blackstone Group 97.0%
  • Citadel Investment Group 96.0%
  • Two Sigma Investments 95.0%

Professional Growth Opportunities

November 2026 Hedge Fund

  • AQR Capital Management 99.0%
  • Point72 98.1%
  • D.E. Shaw 97.1%
  • Citadel Investment Group 96.1%
  • Magnetar Capital 95.1%

Total Avg Compensation

November 2026 Hedge Fund

  • Portfolio Manager (9) $1,648
  • Vice President (27) $464
  • Director/MD (12) $355
  • NA (9) $320
  • Engineer/Quant (83) $287
  • 3rd+ Year Associate (26) $284
  • Manager (4) $282
  • 2nd Year Associate (32) $253
  • 1st Year Associate (77) $193
  • Analysts (235) $177
  • Intern/Summer Associate (29) $145
  • Junior Trader (5) $102
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (277) $95
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