+20 Is this a viable path to becoming a FO Quant? 6 4y
+13 Prep and Best Practices for Starting at HF 6 4y
+14 What is a "good" carry at a fund? 8 4y
0 Citigroup - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 4y
0 Citigroup - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 4y
+6 Equity Negotiation 1 4y
+62 Surviving the Bear market 21 4y
+9 Shifting to HF 1 4y
+31 How important is modelling to investing in reality 11 4y
0 H.I.G. Capital - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 4y
+13 What happens if a Hedge Fund intern generates a lot of money? 9 4y
+3 MM shop recruiting process 1 4y
+35 Ruane, Cunniff and Golfarb Rep/Comp 24 4y
+11 Moving into macro/commods from EB? 4 4y
+3 CFA class 1 4y
+3 What is it like moving from a US L/S MM to a European fund? 1 4y
0 Millennium Partners - Review - Equity Research Data 4y
0 Millennium Partners - Salary & Bonus - Equity Research Data 4y
+7 Avenue Capital group 9 4y
+9 please ignore this post, it cannot be deleted so I am doing this instead................................. 1 4y
+7 What does 4.5% Volatility mean for L/S equity fund? 8 4y
+13 Imperial vs LBS 4 4y
+3 How much more is recurring revenue worth? 4 4y
+3 Marathon Asset Management 1 4y
0 Interview Question: How do you estimate TAM for an industry or a company? 3 4y
+3 Concentrated LO shops 1 4y
+8 BEST podcast on investing? 4 4y
+5 Thoughts on Glenview? 5 4y
+3 Hedge fund managers: How do you do return/idea/performance attribution? 1 4y
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0 JP Global Capital Management - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 4y
0 JPMorgan - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 4y
+21 R vs. Python in a fundamental equity HF? 19 4y
+9 Publicly available buyside research 8 4y
+12 Value Investors Club 1 4y
0 Best HHs for HFs 1 4y
0 Citigroup - Interview - Fixed Income Data 4y
+3 Risk Quant Exit Opps 1 4y
+3 Internships? 1 4y
+18 Gaining Knowledge 10 4y
+7 DE Shaw Managing Director Comp? 3 4y
+4 Wellington - PM comp 24 4y
+62 As the tech bubble is bursting now, which sectors (Financials, Industrials, Energy etc.) are likely to be more important in the next 10 years? 31 4y
0 PJT RSSG vs MF PE Analyst 10 4y
+3 Martin Shkreli released from prison 1 4y
+6 Investment Management Conference, London 2 4y
0 Hedge Fund Partnerships 9 4y
+6 Sculptor Capital - Fundamental Equity (L/S) 2 4y
+7 Point72 - investment analyst program for experienced professionals 7 4y
+41 Value of hedge funds is to creat jobs 13 4y
+24 Would PE VPs be competitive candidates for HFs? 22 4y
+6 Point72 Academy - What to Include in the Notes to the Hiring Manager? 1 4y
+22 Get feedback on your stock ideas 13 4y
+6 Move Europe to US L/S equity 5 4y
+16 Breaking into quant funds with a military background 3 4y
+27 Best book for financial statement analysis? 25 4y
0 Optiver - Interview - Trading Data 4y
0 Intrepid Investment Bankers - Interview - Restructuring Data 4y
0 D.E. Shaw - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
+25 Investor relation at hedge funds 15 4y
+19 Secondaries —> HF? 13 4y
+6 Thoughts on specialization vs breadth of knowledge? 2 4y
+3 Miami/Palm Beach hedge funds 1 4y
+7 How many stocks does a typical MM analyst cover? 6 4y
+12 Which offer would you take? 12 4y
+20 What is the pitch with levered long HFs? 9 4y
+6 Best Equity Research on the street? 4 4y
+27 Small SM Comp Range? 12 4y
+103 Hitting 7 figures at 28-29 104 4y
0 Move from Europe to the US !! 1 4y
+3 Hedge Fund to MBA 1 4y
+6 Toronto L/S equity HFs and concentrated LO 3 4y
0 Pacific Investment Management Company PIMCO - Interview - Sales and Trading Data 4y
+25 PhD in Math - Made a huge mistake. BB -> HF 10 4y
+3 Is there a tech liquidity spiral? 1 4y
0 Goldman Sachs - Interview - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 Blackstone Group - Interview - Credit Data 4y
+3 Anyone know how comp works at P72? 3 4y
+10 Networking with a Client PM from the sell side? 1 4y
+7 Poimt72 Academy Experienced Professionals Process 3 4y
0 Western Refining - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 4y
+5 Levered long tech is not a hedge fund strategy 1 4y
0 Citadel Investment Group - Salary & Bonus - Equity Capital Markets Data 4y
0 Citadel Investment Group - Review - Investments Data 4y
+6 It seems that RenTech really solved the market 23 4y
0 Evercore - Interview - Restructuring Data 4y
+15 How do you do salary negotations? 11 4y
0 Last round of interview at P72/Citadel/MLP. What to expect? 5 4y
+17 Quant SWE vs Quant Trader Salary? 5 4y
+16 How are biotech investors doing? 15 4y
0 From a MAM account to a Hedge Fund, possible ? 1 4y
0 Maverick Capital, Ltd - Salary & Bonus - Equity Hedge Data 4y
+3 Non-econ/finance major, did IB and know financial modeling. What Economics knowledge does l/s equity investing require? 3 4y
+36 tiger schlubs post april performance? 52 4y
0 Evercore - Interview - NA Data 4y
+6 Hedge Fund large Trading Book 14 4y
+9 Ssss 1 4y
+6 MMF Senior Analyst Base Scales - any firm bumps in 2022? 2 4y
+88 PE vs HF L/S equity - which one is harder to excel in? 36 4y
+6 Incoming intern with almost no chance for a return offer 2 4y

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