+23 How long should HF recruiting take? 7 7mo
+9 Farallon 26 11 7mo
0 Consumer pods, how are you faring? 1 7mo
0 Davidson Kempner FT 2026 26 7mo
+18 Sell-side ER -> Family Office Manager Research -> HF? 6 7mo
+6 Breakdown of HF Strategies 1 7mo
0 AQR Capital Management - Review - Hedge Fund Data 7mo
+17 AlbaCore Capital - London 15 7mo
+31 Distressed funds with poor reputation 31 7mo
0 When do full time applications at MMs open this year? 2 7mo
+145 X-Factor / Having “it” 38 7mo
+9 STEM Master of Finance (MFin) with 6.6 GPA (UQ) | How to bridge the Math Gap for the Programs? 1 7mo
+16 IB associate & I want to be in the public markets 13 7mo
+5 NYC -> California pod??? 3 7mo
+25 Top BB or EB for MMHF Exit 14 7mo
+5 Multistrat Credit Book 6 7mo
0 BXMA - Blackstone Multi Asset Investing Group 1 7mo
+18 Junior Looking for HF Internship - Advice? 7 7mo
0 Point72 - Salary & Bonus - Financial Services Data 7mo
+27 Reaching out via cold snail mail with a letter + research sample. Thoughts? 21 7mo
+24 When is too late to switch to HF? 7 7mo
+42 Best future industries to be involved in 36 7mo
+11 How to find a MM HF coach (paid of course) 2 7mo
+35 Is AI going to replace everyone but the senior analysts and PMs? 16 7mo
+9 Sending work screenshot externally? 4 7mo
+19 Abdiel internship 21 7mo
+3 College transcript importance for quant 3 7mo
+3 Quarterly earnings being scrapped 7 7mo
+6 Hildene? 0 7mo
+3 Dallas Hedge Funds 3 7mo
+24 Does physical fitness help? 13 7mo
+20 How long can a fund last with 3rd quartile performance 5 7mo
0 Marathon Asset Management - Review - Generalist Data 7mo
+42 Looking for Advice on Summer Offer - Tier 1 LO or Tiger Cub 33 7mo
0 Attractive women in investing? 2 7mo
+7 Invest in fund in tax advantaged way? 10 7mo
+13 Can I sneak into hedge fund? 6 7mo
+10 Cut from MMHF intern program 12 7mo
+13 how does this sub pm offer look like (in london)? 18 7mo
+14 LSE vs. ESCP MSc Finance 12 7mo
+5 Special Sits Model 5 7mo
0 Post Case Study MMHF? 2 7mo
+18 Tier 2 L/S Internships 14 7mo
0 Squarepoint Junior Discretionary Trader 3 7mo
+15 Freestone Grove Partners? 18 7mo
+3 What determines SM pay? 6 7mo
+50 Choosing between MS programs (Data Science/Computational) for quant — need industry perspective 30 7mo
+21 Bloomberg HF News: Commentary RE: Multistrats & Spinouts 2 7mo
+34 Hedge fund out of undergrad: doable or not? 28 7mo
+63 Too old for next job? 28 7mo
+18 Distressed Credit Experience 8 7mo
+3 macro hf vs macro research at bb 3 7mo
+6 How to gauge fundraising trajectory? 1 7mo
+21 Bridgewater IA vs DESCO PT vs Brevan Howard vs MMs (all for Macro) 17 7mo
+12 Struggling with L/S HF Recruitment? 12 7mo
+54 Please convince me to pursue HF 13 7mo
0 discover citadel us equities results 3 7mo
+3 Ruane Cunniff (Sequoia Fund) First Round Interview - What to Expect? 3 7mo
0 What is the best accounting and bookkeeping software that can be used at an affordable cost? 2 7mo
+4 IB FT recruiting out of MMHF SA 12 7mo
+13 Hedge Fund Semis / Hardware Modeling 10 7mo
+13 FAANG vs L/S 13 7mo
+9 Abdiel Shutting Down? 1 7mo
+108 Thoughts on Abdiel Capital? 78 7mo
+6 Private Equity vs L/S Hedge Fund Investing 1 7mo
+40 Getting stiffed on bonus 17 7mo
0 Partners Capital - Interview - Investment Management Data 7mo
+16 Choosing between public equities investing internship vs quant research internship for hedge fund recruiting 3 7mo
0 Rokos US Equity 4 7mo
+12 Citadel Global Fixed Income and Macro 21 7mo
0 1789 Capital 0 8mo
0 Easiest (fastest) path to SM from ug? 1 8mo
+28 Citadel CAP Summer Associate 2027 108 8mo
0 Jane Street Capital - Interview - Quantitative Trading Data 8mo
+20 How do I get faster at updating/building complicated models? 5 8mo
+33 Marshall Wace? 37 8mo
+9 ER at BB or IB at lower middle market bank 5 8mo
+7 What if you don't include a pitch in the initial networking email? 5 8mo
+4 Getting into VIC 5 8mo
+10 Time after Model test to hear back? 5 8mo
+34 What are solid small/mid-size funds ($500m-$5b) in Singapore/HK/Dubai? 17 8mo
+40 Anything on Citadel Credit? 26 8mo
0 Central Quant Outlook MMHF 1 8mo
+1 Anyone know if Discover Citadel is convertible (Europe) 2 8mo
+6 hf possibilities out of undergrad 4 8mo
+16 What Skills Separate a Good Hedge Fund Analyst From a Great One? 6 8mo
+10 Headhunter call 2 8mo
+90 How many MM PMs make 100M+ lifetime PnL? 83 8mo
+38 Hedge Fund Manger IQ? 19 8mo
0 Millennium - Interview - Quantitative Research Data 8mo
+2 For those that have worked at both LO’s and HFs, why do you think LOs consistently underperform? 3 8mo
+230 Quant PM - Q&A 119 8mo
+1 50 year old trader? 2 8mo
+27 Do On-cycle PE for downside protection? 11 8mo
+9 PIMCO PM Roles? 8 8mo
+38 Optimizing PnL / risk tolerance w.r.t. career path 11 8mo
+4 Too late to move to buyside? 3 8mo
+30 IB or HF FT Out of Undergrad 15 8mo
+2 Best semi/infra HF/PMs? 5 8mo
+4 The Q1 2026 Liquidity Vacuum: Surviving the Passive Flow Reversal 4 8mo

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Overall Employee Satisfaction

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