0 Citigroup - Interview - Generalist Data 4y
+8 How to best answer this question in interveiw 2 4y
0 Citadel Portfolio Finance - Advice Needed 2 4y
+6 The Culture of Bridgewater 1 4y
+1 The Big picture 1 4y
0 Point72 - Review - Generalist Data 4y
0 Point72 - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
+14 HF Exits/Options 22 4y
0 Morgan Stanley - Interview - Generalist Data 4y
+57 Breaking into the Buy-Side from High School 33 4y
+10 Any info on Conifer Capital Management (Greg Alexander) 2 4y
+19 Convertible Arb Thoughts 9 4y
+8 Equity Research vs S&T for HF exits 3 4y
+11 Distressed HF Looking for College/MBA Interns 16 4y
+6 Choosing between job offers 1 4y
+3 Dropping Courses 0 4y
+13 Hiring - Equity Long/Short Analyst 2 4y
+5 Maplelane Capital - Leon Shaulov 14 4y
+11 Breaking Into a HF (PB -> MBA -> AM -> HF) Feasible Career Trajectory? 4 4y
0 Octagon Credit ? 5 4y
+3 Fixed income research vs hedge fund 1 4y
0 Point72 - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
+3 One-Way Video Interview for Graduate Trader Role at Flow Traders 1 4y
0 CIBC World Markets - Interview - NA Data 4y
+7 How does ‘hedging’ work at HFs? 6 4y
0 Thoughts on Prentice Capital? 1 4y
+8 London hedge fund headhunters 10 4y
0 Should I switch to consulting? 1 4y
+15 I need your advice - please help 5 4y
0 Interesting video on hedge fund strategies 2 4y
0 What is a hedge fund 2 4y
0 Boutique Investment Bank to Small HF? 1 4y
0 D.E. Shaw - Interview - Generalist Data 4y
+6 Best place for work experience 1 4y
+3 Do any of the banks have internal hedge funds to apply too? Its hard to find these opportunities. 6 4y
+4 Good time to apply to MMs? 2 4y
+77 Squarepoint Capital 43 4y
+9 Regulators probe block trading on Wall Street 7 4y
+5 Thoughts on Viking? 6 4y
+2 Delete 5 4y
+3 Booth MBA recruiting 2 4y
0 Should I switch to consulting? 1 4y
0 Citadel Securities - Interview - Quantitative Research Data 4y
+9 Can someone please offer some feedback on my distressed credit pitch? 6 4y
+25 Activist Hedge Fund Case Study 4 4y
+24 Is the Russian market a buy? 18 4y
+10 ER -> HF; Leave MM for BB? Nuances inside.. 2 4y
+12 What are you buying today? 15 4y
+3 Johkim Capital Partners 3 4y
+6 Citadel Sec/Citadel/GS 5 4y
+12 Nano-caps: Legit Investments or Not? 4 4y
+6 Do MMs Consider re-applicants? 7 4y
+8 Hedge Funds with Longer Investment Horizons? 10 4y
0 Cyclical focused HFs 3 4y
+15 Market check on compensation 14 4y
+3 Value Investing Modelling 1 4y
+8 Why don't more hedge funds get established in geographically desirable areas? 15 4y
+3 Econometrics in Finance? 4 4y
+5 How are funds doing right now? 55 4y
+60 Why do people give their money to Hedge Funds ? 69 4y
0 Intrepid Investment Bankers - Interview - NA Data 4y
+7 Squarepoint Capital 3 4y
0 Carlyle Group - Review - Generalist Data 4y
0 Carlyle Group - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
+15 Are HFs a Good Place to Start a Career? 2 4y
+23 Most Interesting HF Strategy 12 4y
+21 Helpful Links to FinTwit 2 4y
+6 Carl Icahn's HBO documentary for those outside the US 1 4y
0 Millennium Partners - Interview - Generalist Data 4y
+19 ECM trades at hedge funds, how do they make $$? 7 4y
+20 Tiger Cubs in San Francisco 13 4y
+13 Choosing the right degree: With a scandinavian limit 4 4y
0 Any info on Khrom Capital 1 4y
+2 I invest in hedge funds. 3 4y
0 Delete 1 4y
+333 Ask Me Anything - Buy Side Systematic Quant 190 4y
+1 Problems at HedgeFunds 4 4y
+21 How do you guys politely decline Headhunter opportunities while staying in touch to recruit with them in the future? 5 4y
+7 First round interview with recruiter - what to expect? 2 4y
0 New Up-and-Coming Funds 1 4y
+16 Quit job to invest PA 6 4y
0 Evercore - Interview - Restructuring Data 4y
+8 Starting off a PA -- risk/drawdown limits? 1 4y
+12 Exactly how do brokers work? 1 4y
+26 Investment Philosophies 13 4y
+32 How did you know you wanted to move from PE to HF? 15 4y
+1 Time to enter/exit a position 2 4y
+7 Rejected by Bridgewater, now what? 4 4y
+68 IB Bubble, Limited Skillset 34 4y
+116 What it's like working for the "Tiger Cubs" 22 4y
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

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