+25 MM vs Lone Pine/Tiger 17 3y
+9 M7 Ranking for Hedge Fund / Asset Management 5 3y
+3 Wilmington Delaware 1 3y
+198 The True Value of Liquidity (Confessions of a Jane Street Trader) 12 3y
+9 PhD & Tips For Portfolio Manager Career 1 3y
+15 Voyager global 19 3y
+4 Portfolio Research team at MLP 1 3y
+6 Books on economics 2 3y
+6 Is there any top Hedge Fund manager that had an IB/PE background? 9 3y
0 Worldquant - Interview - Quantitative Research Data 3y
+6 Help PM buddy move on 6 3y
+6 GLG or similar services 1 3y
+12 PM of a large AM doesn't know what a stock pitch is? 5 3y
+10 What if all investors place only market orders? 3 3y
+17 Multi-Manager Out of Undergrad 10 3y
+8 Is this legit? (500m AuM and only 2 PM/employees) 9 3y
0 Point72 - Interview - Equity Capital Markets Data 3y
+6 Large position success stories 3 3y
+17 I think I just got fired 6 3y
+16 Analysis of inventories in the Sporting Goods industry 11 3y
+8 HFs open to virtual work or flexible wfh? 19 3y
+9 32 years old with bachelors degree, small biz owner, wanting career change into Hedge Fund. Is it possible? 3 3y
+13 After how long to give up on your PM? 6 3y
0 Thoughts? 7 3y
+3 Deferred comp sell-side -> HF/buyside 4 3y
+66 Change in HF? SM to MM 21 3y
+3 Coverage Universe at Large HFs 1 3y
0 Are all of the pods in NYC? 7 3y
+12 Interview advice - Quant Intern at $4bn multi-strat/pod 7 3y
+15 Megafund credit arms 3 3y
+3 Hedge Fund Internships - Remote 1 3y
+3 Special Sits vs. Buyout for HF Exits 2 3y
0 Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan - Review - Generalist Data 3y
0 Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 3y
0 Remote quant hedge fund roles 1 3y
+15 Questions about Trading roles at Macro HF (e.g. Citadel Global Fixed Income) 4 3y
+12 Would you still join a tiger cub in this environment? 14 3y
+3 Beal Bank, CSG investments 3 3y
+16 AM → HF ? 5 3y
0 BlackRock - Salary & Bonus - Hedge Fund Data 3y
+3 LS equity Europe outside platforms 8 3y
+24 Fundamental L/S but shorter term than 3-5 years 7 3y
+23 MM vs Single Manager 8 3y
0 Blackstone Group - Interview - Hedge Fund Data 3y
0 Blackstone Group - Salary & Bonus - Hedge Fund Data 3y
+15 Career progression: L/S Equity vs Prop Trading vs IBD 0 3y
+3 Source distribution of PnL in Fundamental Equity teams in MM shops 1 3y
+5 DE Shaw Rotational Associates program interview Qs 5 3y
+17 Is 2/20 dead 33 3y
+3 DE Shaw References 3 3y
0 UBS - Interview - NA Data 3y
0 King Street Capital Management - Interview - Back Office Data 3y
0 Accel-KKR - Review - Generalist Data 3y
0 From FX sales to Macro HF, possible? 3 3y
0 Schonfeld - Review - Quantitative Research Data 3y
0 Schonfeld - Salary & Bonus - Quantitative Research Data 3y
+6 Determining Fixed vs. Variable Costs for a Public Company 4 3y
+12 MM Macro Interviews 7 3y
+7 TCI going activist on alphabet 2 3y
0 How to Structure Bonus Compensation as a Senior Analyst at L/S HF 1 3y
+37 L/S SaaS Modeling 29 3y
+18 Buyside Modeling / Pro Formas 2 3y
+14 MM passthrough 3 3y
+15 Low AUM after 15 years - red flag? 7 3y
+56 Do Huge Stock Buybacks Distort P/E Ratios? 41 3y
+112 Cap intro Q&A 54 3y
+3 Citadel Sec Option Market Making Fundamental Analyst 5 3y
0 Point72 - Interview - NA Data 3y
+18 Student funds as an alternative asset class? 10 3y
+6 How do I get a job as a HF liquidator? 1 3y
0 Squarepoint Capital - Interview - Equity Capital Markets Data 3y
+18 In person modeling case study - conflicting advice 5 3y
+1 Interview Question 1 3y
+132 Work at a Start-up Hedge Fund? (Generally) A Bad Idea 52 3y
+12 PM at small HF having difficulty moving up to larger firms 1 3y
0 Marshall Wace vs G-Research 1 3y
+16 Hardest technical questions you got in HF interviews? 25 3y
+23 How does your team split the performance fees? 7 3y
+2 Crossover MM pods 8 3y
+36 Resurgence of Equity L/S in 2023 12 3y
+5 Effects of FTX disaster 2022 11 3y
+8 ER GS, S&T JPM or M&A at top 20 Bank to get to L/S HF ? 12 3y
+6 Is Citadel going public? Implications... 5 3y
0 Crossover Funds 3 3y
+6 Does internship experiences in hedge funds help the recruiting in IBD? 1 3y
+4 WACC for DCF in current rates environment 5 3y
0 Point72 - Review - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 3y
0 Point72 - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 3y
+17 Should I try to go directly to HF? 12 3y
+5 Where is it still possibly to make 7 figures? 12 3y
+34 How do pods make any money with a 4% fed funds rate? 17 3y
+7 Where should I post trade ideas for potential jobs? 6 3y
+9 How to go from Data Science to HF? 1 3y
+9 Need advice on job switching in early career (tier2 6 months then tier1 long term) 1 3y
+10 Learning about hedge funds and finance as a college student 2 3y
+23 YTD Returns at equity L/S (non-pod shops) 9 3y
0 Qube Research and Technologies - Review - Quantitative Research Data 3y
0 Qube Research and Technologies - Salary & Bonus - Quantitative Research Data 3y
+7 Citadel International Equities Summer Internship Program 2023 14 3y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Interview - Healthcare Data 3y

Career Advancement Opportunities

June 2026 Hedge Fund

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

Overall Employee Satisfaction

June 2026 Hedge Fund

  • Magnetar Capital 99.0%
  • D.E. Shaw 98.0%
  • Blackstone Group 97.0%
  • Citadel Investment Group 96.0%
  • Millennium Partners 95.0%

Professional Growth Opportunities

June 2026 Hedge Fund

  • AQR Capital Management 99.0%
  • Point72 98.1%
  • D.E. Shaw 97.1%
  • Citadel Investment Group 96.2%
  • Magnetar Capital 95.2%

Total Avg Compensation

June 2026 Hedge Fund

  • Portfolio Manager (9) $1,648
  • Vice President (27) $464
  • Director/MD (12) $423
  • NA (9) $320
  • Engineer/Quant (86) $288
  • 3rd+ Year Associate (26) $284
  • Manager (4) $282
  • 2nd Year Associate (32) $253
  • 1st Year Associate (76) $192
  • Analysts (242) $181
  • Intern/Summer Associate (29) $145
  • Junior Trader (5) $102
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (282) $96
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