0 Centerview Partners - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 4y
0 Tower Research Capital - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 4y
+59 What's so attractive about joining an MM HF these days? 33 4y
+11 Going from small SM "pod" to larger SM / MM 1 4y
0 Balyasny Asset Management - Review - Operations Data 4y
+18 Sculptor Capital (Och-Ziff) CEO Comp Scandal 3 4y
0 Balyasny Asset Management - Salary & Bonus - Operations Data 4y
+41 Anchorage is ending Hedge Fund 35 4y
+14 Course Advices for aspiring Quant? 3 4y
+30 Dilemma: Switching Jobs 19 4y
0 Contrarian horse betting outperforms Hedge Fund Index and S&P500 2 4y
+84 Anchorage Capital Group: Time to Die in 2021? 54 4y
+23 Current MM PM Packages 22 4y
0 Millennium Partners - Review - Risk Management Data 4y
0 Millennium Partners - Salary & Bonus - Risk Management Data 4y
0 Millennium Partners - Salary & Bonus - Quantitative Research Data 4y
+11 Resources to prepare for MM HF 23 4y
+7 Credit: MF vs MSD vs Diameter 3 4y
+12 "Meet the team" Round 5 4y
+7 Product manager roles in a hedge fund (or any buy side firms) 6 4y
0 Nickel Digital Asset Management 1 4y
+3 How to start a custodian HF 1 4y
+3 Non-Tiger Cub Crossover Roles in NYC 3 4y
+17 Special Sits / Opportunistic Investment Memos 18 4y
0 Mizuho - Review - Quantitative Research Data 4y
0 Mizuho - Salary & Bonus - Quantitative Research Data 4y
+3 Any info on Peloton activist Blackwells Capital 2 4y
+16 From Software developer to Portfolio manager 8 4y
+18 Would you choose L/S credit or distressed? 27 4y
0 Citadel credit team 1 4y
+12 Move to different SM or MM? 1 4y
0 quantitative brokers - Interview - NA Data 4y
0 D.E. Shaw - Interview - Commodities Data 4y
+6 Credit fund performance? 1 4y
+33 Does anyone actually believe in their models? 15 4y
+3 Information on Hound Partners? 7 4y
+28 Interest rate curves for dummies 3 4y
+17 Single Manager that recruit from H/S with PE Background - Do they care about finishing PE program / quitting to do something else until school starts? 24 4y
+26 Most obnoxious thing you’ve seen in a small group mgmt meeting? 16 4y
0 Squarepoint Capital - Interview - Equity Capital Markets Data 4y
+47 Is talking to sell side a waste of time 30 4y
+15 Value Investors, What's Your Discount Rate? 5 4y
+13 MM PMs: How did you get your first PM job? 7 4y
+32 What exactly is Baupost's investment mandate? 9 4y
+245 Hedging Can't Fix This - A Story of Being at a Collapsed Hedge Fund 26 4y
+6 Hedge fund analyst interview questions 1 4y
+3 How do you have time to prep for interview 1 4y
+13 Offer Advice 9 4y
+9 Forecasting EPS 1 4y
+3 Delete 3 4y
+18 Delete 12 4y
+10 Delete 3 4y
+41 Sellside quant trying to understand more about how the quant buyside works 15 4y
0 CIBC World Markets - Interview - NA Data 4y
+10 Deleted Deleted Deleted Deleted 9 4y
0 Quant finance 1 4y
+7 MBB -> PE -> HF?? 7 4y
+15 Secured bonds (distressed) 7 4y
+9 Distressed Debt 9 4y
+1 HF Trading Assistant 1 4y
+11 Eleted 1 4y
+15 Small HF vs BB IB out of undergrad 5 4y
+9 From Big 4 Valuation to Hedge Fund in NYC 2 4y
0 Citadel Investment Group - Review - Debt Capital Markets Data 4y
0 Citadel Investment Group - Salary & Bonus - Debt Capital Markets Data 4y
+14 (Deleted) 5 4y
0 Modeling Course 2 4y
+19 Distressed Investing 20 4y
+1 Answered 2 4y
+19 Jumping products - HF trading 2 4y
+6 Prop Shop Exits / Non-Compete 1 4y
+6 . 7 4y
+21 Ever heard of someone making the leap from alpha capture? 10 4y
+9 Besides investment pitches, what skills should I work on to try and move from PE BD to a HF? 2 4y
+12 Small L/S HF to LO research to large HF? 2 4y
+4 HF investor letter on energy or commodity 5 4y
+48 Specialist vs Generalist 28 4y
+48 Q&A: MM HF investment role out of non target ugrad 12 4y
+12 Would I need an MBA down the road? 1 4y
+4 Citadel GE FCAT exam 4 4y
+9 BB S&T/IBD vs Multi-Manager Hedge Fund 2 4y
0 Citadel FIG Associate - Interested to know more 2 4y
+43 How to become a useful risk professional 15 4y
+25 how to take liquid medium/high frequency trading strategy with good returns to hedge fund 14 4y
+10 Citadel Chicago 17 4y
0 Point72 - Interview - Equities Data 4y
0 Delete 1 4y
+21 Canadian HF: Picton Mahoney 8 4y
+9 IB associate HF recruiting 4 4y
0 Point72 - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
+28 Hedge fund vs. Big Bank offer for quantitative finance internship 15 4y
0 Any info on Haidar Capital Management 1 4y
0 Hedge fund roles that don't require finance background/experience 1 4y
0 Firms that don't require a background in finance? 1 4y
+27 Short Term Focused Hedge Funds 11 4y
0 Why did the market beat your firm in 2021? 1 4y
+66 consistent LO pay vs large swings in HF pay 35 4y
+10 Stock Price Movement? 21 4y
+3 NYC vs London Comp Premium 2 4y
+41 In reality, what does the "process", "IP" of a PM or experience senior analyst at MM look like? 14 4y

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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