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+3 Citadel Financial Concepts Assessment Test (FCAT) 4 4mo
+9 L/S Hedge Funds vs. PE 2 4mo
+43 Private Credit -->> ??? 15 4mo
+19 Who is going to start the Bonus thread????? 17 4mo
+3 Nahnahnahnah 9 4mo
+8 Balyasny (BAM) Model Test - help! 23 4mo
+3 DE Shaw Fundamental Equities 6 4mo
0 Exoduspoint - Review - Equities Data 4mo
0 Exoduspoint - Salary & Bonus - Equities Data 4mo
+3 Centiva Capital 14 4mo
+13 Help: Courses/Books for learning TMT Investing 3 4mo
+9 L/S equity HF London - what salary should I negotiate? 3 4mo
+18 Is Factor Timing a Legitimate Source of Alpha? 7 4mo
+3 Bonus Negotiation at Multi-Manager HF 1 4mo
+124 PM caught me shopping around 34 4mo
+20 Millennium Equities Junior Research Analyst Program 2024 18 4mo
+4 ExodusPoint vs big 4 4 4mo
+10 Feedback - Transition from PE to Hedge Fund 3 4mo
0 Citadel Securities - Salary & Bonus - Quantitative Research Data 4mo
+21 Sending example pitches to funds & recruiters 8 4mo
+10 Advice on going from IB to HF 3 4mo
+21 Pod Shops: what to be wary of the central risk book? 20 4mo
0 L/S fund internship interview prep 1 4mo
+3 Verition vs Viking global? 5 4mo
+6 Bluecrest Cap 0 4mo
+4 Commodities HFs 3 4mo
+6 WSO HF Course 8 4mo
+10 100m loss at a market neutral platform? 17 4mo
+33 Minimum time after bonus before resigning 18 4mo
+19 How does MM HF Recruiting work 8 4mo
+6 Point72 Diversity Accelerator Interview 10 4mo
+1 Rising HFs? In Europe? 2 4mo
+13 HF Age Limit 12 4mo
+12 Event- Driven HFs in UK 9 4mo
0 About Qube Research & Technologies ( QRT / Qube RT ) 1 4mo
+6 Choosing between 2 summer offers, Citadel Ops and Top 20 IBD, help? 5 4mo
+11 Sophomore Ghosted by Hedge Fund 4 4mo
+30 Exploring a Novel Investment Concept: Purchasing Rights to Future Income 6 4mo
0 Noncompete 1 4mo
+13 CFA in Macro Research? 11 4mo
+19 Getting into IB after doing HF or PWM internship? 2 4mo
+3 Bonus - timing and weak performance on a good year 2 4mo
+7 Valuation of Investment Properties 3 4mo
+8 Market and factor neutrality 7 4mo
+70 Why and how are Hedge Fund Analysts / Portfolio Managers so knowledgable? 27 4mo
+12 Optimal hf salary negotiation 3 4mo
+14 Interested in moving to HF from Equity Analyst role at large AM firm. Some tips would help ? 9 4mo
+3 Activism Investing 1 4mo
+9 Seeking Advice for Low-Cost Country to Establish a Forex Investment Fund for Small Investors 1 4mo
0 Mangrove partners 4 4mo
+56 Culture at Bridgewater as bad as "The Fund" portrays it? (curious to hear from ex-Bridgewater employees) 19 4mo
+8 Compare Spread On A fixed Bond Vs A Loan/FRN? 3 4mo
+5 Capital Structure Arbitrage 3 4mo
+1 List of equity sm hedge funds that recruit directly out of ib 2 4mo
+7 Can anyone actually talk about how the Associate recruiting process works at MM HFS (Citadel (Surveyor) / BAM / P72 / ETC.) 2 4mo
+21 Shortest Pod Shop Stay 32 4mo
+3 Fixed Income PM @ AM SA to Macro Fund? 2 4mo
+1 MMs focused on ESG 1 4mo
+3 Point72 Interview 2 4mo
+23 Point72 modelling test + cognitive test next week 22 4mo
+30 Where do pod shop ‘churns’ go to? 25 4mo
+11 Scorching Hot Take - Is Munger Really All That Venerable? 29 4mo
0 Funds like Adage 2 4mo
+3 DE Shaw 2024 Summer Analyst 4 4mo
+49 Why even bother disclosing PA if you can confirm your employer won't ever find out? 42 4mo
+22 How do you determine what is priced into a stock? 11 4mo
0 Magnetar Capital Culture 1 4mo
+14 Research Help: Determining If Retailer Will Do More Promos 4 4mo
+5 PE --> HF or HF --> PE 2 4mo
+22 Equity analyst at a trading firm to MM HF L/S equities?? 3 4mo
+27 Insight into Taconic? 10 4mo
+26 Target UK Masters > AM/HF. Confused on the process 9 4mo
+4 Questions for a L/S SM interview 2 4mo
+6 MM HF Grad Expectation 1 4mo
+23 Leaving HF within a year 5 4mo
+15 Best Place to Find Open Roles 1 4mo
+16 Forecast wrong, or materialisation? 5 4mo
+1 MM HF process in London 2 4mo
+1 Moore L/S 7 4mo
0 Quants 4 4mo
+9 Modeling inorganic expansion 1 4mo
+9 NOPAT from EBIT or from EBITA 9 4mo
+6 Recruiting season 3 4mo
+19 EVR/Moelis IB vs LO AM 19 4mo
+14 Sophomore SA BB (Global Markets) To Junior SA BB (IBD) 9 4mo
+3 Point72 Sector Insights Analyst Position 0 4mo
+4 Delete 4 4mo
+6 Citadel EQR 1 4mo
0 Point 72 Fundamental Researcher (Summer 2024) Internship 4 4mo
+18 Wild Card Advice 14 4mo
0 Good fintwit follows? 3 4mo
+10 Special Situations Group Salary & Bonus 3 4mo
0 Path from Summer Analyst in S&T to Hedge Fund 2 4mo
+6 Risk management/PF construction materials for Analysts 3 4mo
+3 ER vs L/S? 6 4mo
+2 Do you need to be a mathematics whiz for FX/Rates 3 4mo
0 Is it possible to beat a hiring freeze? 1 4mo
+7 Point72 Testing - What to expect 2 4mo
0 Breaking into HF 1 4mo

Career Advancement Opportunities

April 2024 Hedge Fund

  • Point72 98.9%
  • D.E. Shaw 97.9%
  • Citadel Investment Group 96.8%
  • Magnetar Capital 95.8%
  • AQR Capital Management 94.7%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

April 2024 Hedge Fund

  • Magnetar Capital 98.9%
  • D.E. Shaw 97.8%
  • Blackstone Group 96.8%
  • Two Sigma Investments 95.7%
  • Citadel Investment Group 94.6%

Professional Growth Opportunities

April 2024 Hedge Fund

  • AQR Capital Management 99.0%
  • Point72 97.9%
  • D.E. Shaw 96.9%
  • Magnetar Capital 95.8%
  • Citadel Investment Group 94.8%

Total Avg Compensation

April 2024 Hedge Fund

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  • Vice President (23) $474
  • Director/MD (12) $423
  • NA (6) $322
  • 3rd+ Year Associate (24) $287
  • Manager (4) $282
  • Engineer/Quant (71) $274
  • 2nd Year Associate (30) $251
  • 1st Year Associate (73) $190
  • Analysts (225) $179
  • Intern/Summer Associate (22) $131
  • Junior Trader (5) $102
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (250) $85
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