+83 How To Be A GREAT Analyst 27 8mo
0 Quant --> HF 3 8mo
+22 Would you stay? 9 8mo
+21 Any thoughts on Bracebridge Capital? 17 8mo
+49 Starting MF PE Soon But Should I Just Go Straight to HF Instead 31 8mo
+3 ——— 2 8mo
0 Case study / pitch 1 8mo
+7 Notable Hedge Funds Based in London? 6 8mo
+21 Starting career in event driven pod 7 8mo
0 Millennium - Interview - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 8mo
+9 MM Senior Analyst Sleeves 2 8mo
+2 MM Case Study Question 2 8mo
0 Does Point72 send rejection emails or ghost after coach round? 1 8mo
+9 From RE to HF 1 8mo
+24 Friends from PE and ER launching a fund. 18 8mo
+16 PIMCO SA 2026 100 8mo
+6 ECM role at HF - how’s the pay? 8 8mo
+39 Hedge Fund Grad Struggles 11 8mo
0 RCM Capital Management - Interview - Energy Data 8mo
+3 Breaking into HF 2 8mo
0 Scotiabank - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8mo
+38 MMHF L/S Tiers 32 8mo
+268 Q&A: I am a MMHF Portfolio Manager 112 8mo
0 Dele tee d 1 8mo
+12 How to Prep for Succeeding in a HF/Interviews as a College Student? 1 8mo
+29 Is systematic macro just farming risk premia? 10 8mo
+178 How can a pod analyst make 8 figures?? 76 8mo
+48 IB > PE > HF? 19 8mo
+8 is special sits having a come back? 7 8mo
+6 Point72/Citadel COO/Business manager role 1 8mo
+13 Class of 2018 but still associate? 9 8mo
+3 How many hours can you work effectively every day? 1 8mo
+3 sr QR at Citadel Securities vs sr QR/subPM at Citadel LLC? 1 8mo
+21 Napier Park Global Capital 7 8mo
+31 Harassment at work 10 8mo
+28 How to return to PE/HF after failing to launch a vehicle of your own 2 8mo
0 AQR Capital Management - Salary & Bonus - Quantitative Data 8mo
+3 140 Summer Partners 2 8mo
+6 What is it like being a Software analyst now?? 19 8mo
0 Application Question on Millenium HF internship 0 8mo
+18 Balyasny Interview 25 8mo
+7 SaaSapocalypse - winners & losers 13 8mo
+23 Transitioning from LO to HF. Need some advice 10 8mo
+4 IR at a HF a good career over IB? (Rokos) 9 8mo
+31 Catalyst Identification: Outside in Analysis 9 8mo
+17 Interview Pitch Depth 10 8mo
+9 Abrams Bison 11 8mo
+43 Taking a job right now at one of the big tech public + private SM L/S funds that's down right now 23 8mo
0 Full-time jump from ER to HF 1 8mo
+2 How are you spending your bonus? 7 8mo
+22 Secure job making $500k/year vs. MM pod analyst 31 8mo
+16 Restructuring lawyer to distressed debt 15 8mo
0 Quantbot - Salary & Bonus - Quantitative Research Data 8mo
0 If Your Resume Doesn’t Show Edge, It’s Just Noise 3 8mo
+43 what "philosophy" books do you find most useful? 32 8mo
+156 Anyone who works at Pershing Square 57 8mo
0 Verition Fund Management - Interview - Consumer - Retail Data 8mo
0 Verition Fund Management - Review - Consumer - Retail Data 8mo
+6 what does the DOR (director of research) do? 8 8mo
+6 Iron Triangle shut down? 9 8mo
+6 Medium size macro fund to pod 8 8mo
0 Does BXMA Hire Summer Analysts 1 8mo
+19 Modern / relevant distressed debt book recommendations? 8 8mo
+2 Importance of JPM group for HF Placement 4 8mo
+4 Seen anyone move from fundamental l/s to prop trading? 3 8mo
+12 Advice for 1st Year Hedge Fund Analyst who got Sacked (London) 4 8mo
+21 Steadfast Financial 15 8mo
+13 Looking for email organization tips 5 8mo
+11 Brevan Howard SA 35 8mo
+1 International Resume Strategy, Overlooked Competitive Edge? 1 8mo
+6 Junior Summer Dilemma: Top HF (C/BW/DESCO/P72) vs. Top VC 4 8mo
+13 Rates Derivative Sales to Macro HF? 12 8mo
0 D.E. Shaw - Interview - Generalist Data 8mo
+3 L/S Analyst a pitch examples 2 8mo
+6 Best path to HF 10 8mo
0 squarepoint fundamental equities 0 8mo
+8 Value Investors Club Application Pitch Feedback 6 8mo
+12 BAM 4 hour in person case study 13 8mo
+20 Energy IBD --> Hedge Fund - Is It Possible? 12 8mo
+7 Silver Point Private Side 9 8mo
0 ExodusPoint Equities 1 8mo
+3 BALYASNY modeling test 3 8mo
0 Fixed Income QR Comp 2 8mo
+40 Credit Hedge Fund Info/Help 43 8mo
+12 Career Pivot to Hedge Fund/Markets Path? 1 8mo
+39 2+2 Candidate HF curious with some concerns 10 8mo
+10 Software BSL loans / coverage 7 8mo
+25 MF vs. HF - Career Decision 12 8mo
+7 Prop Shop Culture 3 8mo
+490 The SM/tiger cub model is broken. It's not the promised land 170 8mo
+8 Breaking into HF (Advice Needed) 5 8mo
0 Entering Equity L/S in London 1 8mo
0 Balyasny Asset Management - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8mo
0 Balyasny Asset Management - Review - Generalist Data 8mo
0 Which intern offer to accept? 11 8mo
0 HF Modeling Question 1 8mo
+7 How do Vacation Days work at pods? 6 8mo
0 Del 3 8mo
+23 How Much Do Pod Analysts Think About Factors? 9 8mo
+12 DE Shaw L/S? 12 8mo

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