+5 Realistic Comp at L/S MM-style places? 2 3y
+3 Careers With the Quickest Advancement? 7 3y
+43 What is WLB Really Like at MM platforms? 21 3y
+23 HF Recruiting from IB 8 3y
0 What are 'good' returns for someone with a financial education? 1 3y
0 Aspect Capital - Interview - Hedge Fund Data 3y
+14 Underperforming 2 3y
+59 Best Possible Position vs Best At What You Do 15 3y
+6 BAM Macro Analyst 3 3y
+17 Those who come from sell side ER 24 3y
+11 What do Hedge Fund RE Guys Do? 5 3y
+26 Why is everyone so obsessed with SM HF’s over MM? 19 3y
+6 Anyone knows anything about D. E. Shaw & Co's Trader/Analyst/Investment teams? 1 3y
+15 Fixed Income AM 6 3y
0 Morgan Stanley - Review - Generalist Data 3y
0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 3y
+3 Millennium 2024 Quant Research Summer Internship 1 3y
+4 Why are there disproportionately more Healthcare seats open? 1 3y
+17 Why are HF seats so rare 15 3y
+3 Buy-side recruiting from regional offices ? 2 3y
0 Citadel Investment Group - Review - Generalist Data 3y
0 Citadel Investment Group - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 3y
+32 Thoughts on Ellington Management Group? 19 3y
+3 Sound Point Capital Management 1 3y
+3 Element Capital 2 3y
+6 Is calling for a response rude? 1 3y
+23 Wanting to end up in a HF, but no idea how to get there. 4 3y
+3 CMBS / CLO hedge funds 2 3y
0 Citadel Investment Group - Interview - Quantitative Research Data 3y
+5 What % of short float should you realistically short? 2 3y
+9 Why do people think they're so great here? 5 3y
+6 Silver Point Capital? 1 3y
+17 Practical Considerations for Activist Pitch 3 3y
+43 Analyst Turning it Around at HF 8 3y
+9 Superday this Monday... Any tips? 4 3y
+30 Incoming IB MBA Associate set on a future investing in public equities - advice on how to best prepare? 9 3y
+18 Internal promotion at HF? 4 3y
+15 Will hedge fund wait for candidate with non compete(middle/back office role) 6 3y
+6 Crestline Summit 3 3y
0 AQR Capital Management - Salary & Bonus - Quantitative Research Data 3y
+31 Wharton MBA to Hedge Funds 14 3y
+9 Event Driven to Activism - Possible? 2 3y
0 What is the best sector to start in and learn about early on in your career? 1 3y
+7 Any update on Abdiel Capital? 15 3y
+37 N/a 37 3y
0 Compensation of ballerest partner of the awesomest fund in a great year? 7 3y
0 Tiger Global, Viking, Lone Pine, etc... partner all in comp at top global funds 30 3y
+8 Is stock picking a dying skill? 2 3y
+243 Ask me anything - quant/quantamental Hedge fund manager/Consultant - Everything on liquid hedge fund strategies 195 3y
+3 Ellington Management ? 1 3y
+25 N/a 11 3y
+35 Stay or leave? 10 3y
+74 Are we at peak pod shop? 33 3y
+17 Why do SMs exist? 17 3y
+4 Hf Interview Help 2 3y
+3 What does someone in 'Research, Process & Analytics' do at Citadel? Sounds vague from description below 1 3y
+30 How do you budget for big life decisions given career/comp uncertainty? 8 3y
+9 eVTOL / UAM / Space launches? 5 3y
+6 Hedge Funds Doing Undergrad Internships 4 3y
+15 Does HayFin have a public credit hedge fund arm? 4 3y
+9 Going Beyond Number Crunching 1 3y
+6 Transition from Growth to Value? 1 3y
0 Citadel Investment Group - Interview - Hedge Fund Data 3y
+27 What HF are available to me from CBS MBA and CFA? 7 3y
+1 Hedge Funds in Orange County, CA 8 3y
0 JPMorgan - Salary & Bonus - Risk Management Data 3y
+16 N/a 6 3y
+3 Earnings Alerts/API? 1 3y
+9 Stay where I'm at or look for new options 0 3y
+6 What is it like working at one of the L/S funds captured within a MF PE platform? 1 3y
+3 SurgoCap Recruiter 1 3y
+50 Citadel (Surveyor) Case Study/Modeling Test 14 3y
+3 MS in Data Analytics vs MS CS 3 3y
+3 Point72 Summer Academy Interview 1 3y
+21 Career wisdom for fresh grads 3 3y
+27 How to go about L/S HF recruitment for a pod from 2 years in IBD as analyst? 4 3y
+10 Technical analysis/chart reading - L/S Equity 3 3y
+8 New here: Trying to understand the Internship game. 2 3y
+21 MM junior analyst offer with no guaranteed bonus - am I getting duped? 10 3y
+66 How to turn off trading mentality outside of work? Unable to socially fit outside the trading floor 19 3y
+18 MM Analysts? Tell me how you survived! 15 3y
+7 Deciding between HSW v CBS - much difference for HF/AM roles? 8 3y
+12 Mobility To Front Office Vs Hiring Freeze - Is Sticking It Out Here My Only Option? 1 3y
+9 Top Credit Hedge Funds (London) 16 3y
+21 Path to Starting a Hedge Fund 5 3y
0 Two Sigma Investments - Review - Quantitative Research Data 3y
+45 HSW MBA vs Direct HF 22 3y
+16 Internal move to PM position 8 3y
+9 Sharpe on a trading book 1 3y
+12 SWF career progression and HF 3 3y
+9 How to avoid liquidity risk and transparency risk 1 3y
0 Info on Bobby Jain's new fund? 2 3y
+3 Citadel CAP Interview Process? 2 3y
+27 Stock Pitch/Interview advice for Citadel CAP recruiting 4 3y
+3 Resume Q 1 3y
+15 WLB as an associate at HF and trajectory thereafter - how easy is it to start a family / spend time with family outside of work? 1 3y
+20 Burning bridges with MMs 7 3y
+3 MFin in Europe 2 3y
+5 How does compensation scale YoY at MMs? 4 3y
+5 Breaking into HF: M&A + CFA + MFin 3 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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