+3 What is a case study discussion like? 1 4y
+3 Need advice: Market Making track to MMHF PM 1 4y
0 Third Point LLC - Interview - Generalist Data 4y
+18 How Does One Break Into The Toronto Finance Industry From New York? 1 4y
0 What % of HF analysts make 8 figures (5+ YOE) 15 4y
+26 Hedge Funds That Hire Out of Undergrad? 19 4y
+61 Winning PM disposition, skills, and habits 13 4y
+50 Starting a HF 22 4y
+18 Moving from medicine to HF/AM (in Canada)? 7 4y
0 Intrepid Investment Bankers - Interview - NA Data 4y
+20 What are your best questions for management teams / IR? 5 4y
+13 How to get very good at reading financial statements? 9 4y
+13 Looking for HF investing tutor 3 4y
0 Best way of learning MM style of investing? 2 4y
+9 Intern at HF that manages my trust fund? 6 4y
+7 How to calc IRR on short position? 6 4y
+12 Quant PM Process 1 4y
+12 MM Interview Turnaround Time 14 4y
+9 Opinions on Soros Fund culture, leadership, performance, etc? 10 4y
+5 Short selling 1 4y
+17 Changing Asset Classes is Hard AF 3 4y
+22 Looking for Advice: Undergrad who took to long to figure things out 7 4y
+2 Is Ruane Cunniff's reputation intact? 8 4y
+18 AM —> HF 24 4y
+6 AM to HF 3 4y
+8 Do I have a chance 3 4y
+22 PM pressuring me to change my rating on a name? 10 4y
+9 AQR 1st round interview in a couple of days 4 4y
+9 mbb vs de shaw 3 4y
0 Two Sigma Investments - Interview - Generalist Data 4y
0 Millennium - Review - Hedge Fund Data 4y
0 Millennium - Salary & Bonus - Hedge Fund Data 4y
+4 Is it ok to take vacations? 4 4y
0 Davidson Kempner Capital Management - Review - Other Data 4y
0 Davidson Kempner Capital Management - Salary & Bonus - Other Data 4y
+12 Competing with a friend for return offer 8 4y
0 Hedge Funds During Times of Crisis 1 4y
+59 Would you rather hire a junior out of IB or LO AM? 21 4y
0 Is AM to HF possible? 1 4y
+16 Best book to introduce clueless person to investing (actively)? 22 4y
0 Intrepid Investment Bankers - Interview - NA Data 4y
+56 Who's the next big hedgie? 64 4y
0 Evercore - Interview - NA Data 4y
+26 Compensation at CLO funds 24 4y
+9 Growth Equity vs HF 1 4y
+9 MA in International Relations into hedge fund offer? 1 4y
0 PJT Partners - Interview - NA Data 4y
+3 How much modelling is done at macro funds? 3 4y
+8 How did Michael Burry raise capital from LPs? 5 4y
0 Is Barings a good place to work? 2 4y
+7 Which of the prominent SMs don't require PE experience? 6 4y
+3 Hedge Fund Interview Advice? 1 4y
+16 What's the best investment an Aircraft Manufacturer, Airline, Aircraft Lessor or Travel Agency? 7 4y
+6 Thoughts on Ashler Capital 8 4y
+15 Interview Pitch 8 4y
+135 HFs are less snobbish than PEs 66 4y
+9 PMs/Analysts - what would it take you? 2 4y
+17 Hedge fund & Private equity fund 13 4y
+7 Lateral analyst bonus expectation 3 4y
+11 Fixed income fixation? Why is it increasingly popular? 2 4y
+45 Q&A: Non-target working full time at $4B+ HF during college 40 4y
0 Google - Review - Prime Brokerage Data 4y
0 Oaktree Capital Management - Review - Equity Capital Markets Data 4y
0 Oaktree Capital Management - Salary & Bonus - Equity Capital Markets Data 4y
+9 Advice for Non Target Aspiring PM 1 4y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Interview - Generalist Data 4y
+42 It's gonna get worse from here 26 4y
0 Bracebridge Capital - Interview - NA Data 4y
+23 Received a Quant HF FT offer as a freshman, would like some advice 18 4y
0 MM to SM 1 4y
+9 Starting a quant group inside a Single Manager HF 1 4y
+3 MM HF Full-time 2023 Recruiting 3 4y
+9 Two Sigma Quantitative Research Online Coding Test 5 4y
+3 What does it mean when GDP is below trend? 3 4y
+4 Macro Funds Basking While Others Wallow — Why? 4 4y
+17 How can hedge funds not hedge? 8 4y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Generalist Data 4y
+13 What kind of VaR and drawdown should one aim for? 12 4y
+6 What's the coolest thing you've had to do as part of your DD for an investment? 1 4y
+15 How important is being good at accounting? 7 4y
+6 DE Shaw SA 2022 56 4y
0 Quite interested in working in the hedge fund industry 1 4y
+14 Life Sciences HF progression 13 4y
+6 Orbis 1 4y
+3 basic Q about what stocks international HFs trade 1 4y
+35 Recruiters/Headhunters vs applying directly 23 4y
+13 Are high-flying hedge funds really serving their purpose if they are vastly underperforming during a bear market? 4 4y
+3 MM Case study - Criteria? 1 4y
+3 Any FINRA exam requirements for quant pm? 4 4y
0 Bracebridge Capital - Salary & Bonus - Investments Data 4y
+10 Valuation -> IB -> Hedge Fund 1 4y
+6 Qualitative Research position 1 4y
+20 IB -> HF: Do u regret doing so because of lower comp? 5 4y
+4 Best calculation of Interest Coverage Ratio 4 4y
0 Barclays - Review - Prime Brokerage Data 4y
+27 Smaller quant hedge funds in NYC/CT 7 4y
0 Balyasny Asset Management - Review - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 4y
0 Balyasny Asset Management - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 4y
+3 Where can I find a list of single manager HF’s ? 8 4y
+3 What skills and personality traits do you see in successful MM HF analysts and PM’s 1 4y

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