+35 Employee funds 17 3y
0 When to start recruiting for de shaw fundamental equity l/s FT? 1 3y
+12 Verition - Any Color Would Be Helpful 4 3y
+12 MM HF interview 4 3y
+1 Citadel/P72 Full Time Recruiting 8 3y
+3 What Liberal Arts Colleges stand out in terms of IB/HF recruitment? 2 3y
+9 Special Situations Groups - Interviews and questions? 16 3y
+247 Hedge funds with best names? 96 3y
+3 delete delete delete delete delete delete 4 3y
+11 How important are sector and culture fit when choosing a pod? 3 3y
+3 SM to MM on PM level 2 3y
+1 Elliott Email? 12 3y
+11 Bernstein Arya 6 3y
+15 Advice: Moving from MF PE to SM HF (London) 8 3y
+10 Anyone familiar with Snowcat Capital or Mountaineer Partners? 5 3y
+24 Smartest buyside firms? 19 3y
+18 Reading 5 3y
+10 Offers: Top HF intern vs Blackrock FT 7 3y
+6 Hedge Fund Tweet 1 3y
+4 FTC and non - competes 5 3y
+4 Citadel: Rejected by HR but senior portfolio manager willing to send my resume 10 3y
0 design of financial statement 2 3y
+6 BB IB to HF 2 3y
0 Hedge Funds in Italy 6 3y
+19 Doctorate in Accounting for Hedge Funds Focused on Value Investing 10 3y
+1 Point72 / BAM Model Test / trading intel 1 3y
+13 How do I find good pods? 6 3y
+28 Does background matter for comp? Exp. Analyst Level 10 3y
0 Irradiant/Kayne 0 3y
+7 Condensing Historic Company Data 4 3y
+9 MMHF —> B-school —> PE/SMHF 4 3y
+3 Apollo-Principal Structured Finance Group 3 3y
+12 Portfolio advisory analyst 3 3y
+15 market neutral / systematic credit resources 3 3y
0 Getting to a good sm hf from ER vs IB 2 3y
+9 Is there a way to keep a record of your performance, when your PM doesn't always listen? 7 3y
+3 As an analyst, are you in charge of telling your PM when to close your position? 2 3y
0 Bridgewater Associates - Review - Macro Data 3y
0 Bridgewater Associates - Salary & Bonus - Macro Data 3y
0 Bridgewater Associates - Interview - NA Data 3y
+4 Bracebridge Capital vs. Bridgewater 12 3y
0 Magnetar Capital - Review - Generalist Data 3y
0 HELP!! HF interview question 4 3y
0 Magnetar Capital - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 3y
0 What Does Optionality Look Like at a MM HF? 2 3y
+5 Best way for international to break into American hedge fund industry 1 3y
+36 Comp Negotiation 26 3y
+8 CLO to Credit Hedge Fund? 3 3y
+25 Help me make a decision 15 3y
+3 deshaw research analyst first round questions 1 3y
+6 Thoughts on a CapEx supercycle? 1 3y
0 Are people still getting exit offers at SM hedge funds? 2 3y
+7 Credit HF Case study - annual or quarterly forecasts? 5 3y
0 Tiger Global Writes Down Venture Funds’ Bets by 33% in 2022 3 3y
+7 Stupid question about carry 5 3y
+11 Most Secretive/Selective HFs 14 3y
+7 Sending short pitches to funds that own a stock as a networking strategy? 14 3y
+25 2am rant 12 3y
+35 Why don’t people copy other funds? 49 3y
+3 Del 1 3y
+3 L/S at long only firms 2 3y
+73 GoldenTree 30 3y
+3 Is it worthwhile posting investment ideas anywhere? 1 3y
+11 Best Special Sits in London - decent WLB + good progression 19 3y
+9 Enterprise Value metrics vs. Market Cap Metrics 1 3y
+124 can u make the same amount doing anything else? 55 3y
+14 Emotional Discipline 7 3y
+2 Breaking into Hedge Fund/ Equity Research/ Buy side Finance 3 3y
+10 Best Quant Skills to Learn 9 3y
+14 SVB: Can ETF sell-off affect underlying stock price? 4 3y
0 Qube Research and Technologies - Salary & Bonus - Engineering Data 3y
+65 Frustrated - wanted to vent 30 3y
+28 how to choose between pods at multimanagers 18 3y
+3 Fund Strategy Discovery? 1 3y
+3 SM HF Case Study over-the-phone, thoughts? 4 3y
+13 Top HFs in Europe 14 3y
+6 Training Resources for Multi Strat Hedge Fund? 1 3y
+5 Macro pod size? 5 3y
+12 What stops people from copying strategies? 1 3y
+3 Ken G says SVB depositors should not have been bailed out? 1 3y
0 Multi strat HFS that are not pod shops 14 3y
+6 Equities prop desks at banks 1 3y
0 WSO HF Interview Course Worth It? 2 3y
+3 SVB Pain 2 3y
+6 Oak Hill Advisors Analyst Experience in 2022 4 3y
+33 Assessing management teams - what makes them "good"? 3 3y
+9 Delete 1 3y
+37 HYPS freshman - How to get to Tiger Cub Fund 24 3y
+3 Open 2023 UK Hedge fund Internships applications? 1 3y
+24 Well....there goes the US Economy. Hard Landing Incoming 7 3y
+4 Single Managers in HK 7 3y
+9 Cold Emailed Fund Manager--he set up a call. What should I expect? 5 3y
+3 Thoughts on Citadel Associate Program 1 3y
+4 GPA vs CS Double major 7 3y
+3 Pros and cons of different roles in a siloed quant company 1 3y
+1 Why do people invest in hedge funds? 9 3y
+4 Hedge Fund Middle Office 4 3y
+15 Can new PMs hire analysts from their previous HF? 10 3y
+3 Ratio of hedge funds hiring traders vs Outsourcing to Execution Shops? 1 3y
+14 Normalized earnings, why use 25x EPS? 11 3y

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