Q&A: I'm a Cross Capital Structure Hedge Fund Analyst

Hey guys and gals. I've been away from WSO for a while, but will never forget how much this site has helped me through my career, and figured now was a good time to give back. As mentioned above, I am currently a Research Analyst at a >$5bn Hedge Fund working on Credit and Equities. I started my career on the sell-side in both Credit and Equities. Feel free to ask anything and everything and I'll do my best to respond ASAP.

 

Actually, I'm interested in why you moved from credit bayside to equity sell side lol - care to share?

 

Distressed didn't really exist at the time and I was getting increasingly bored. I personally thought it would be great to learn more about the equity side of the business and then figure out what I wanted to do long term. I realized more and more that you can't have one without the other and if you don't understand both, you don't understand either.

 

Do you have a specific sector focus or how else do you propose to generate alpha / differentiate yourself competitively across asset classes vs. specialists in each?

"well thank god your feelings aren't a fucking priority here"
 

What are the biggest insights you've been able to take from being a credit investor to the equity side? Any of the inverse?

(In my experience, the former is a common narrative / path; the latter not so much.)

Thanks for sharing!

"Do not go gentle into that good night"
 

Can you share an example or case study of a credit special situations deal you worked on or came across? Would be interesting to get a feel of how to analyze the deal from a credit perspective.

 
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