Top Energy Hedge Funds?

I'm a rising junior looking at working at a hedge fund in the energy space ideally next summer, but also long term - I'm trying to assemble a list of top funds (or teams of larger funds) in the space - can anyone recommend any to check out?

(There are a few threads on WSO about this, but I've found a lot of those listed have shuttered with the recent oil price changes)

Here's what I have so far - happy to hear comments about these funds if you know anyone working at them.
Precocity Capital
CMDTY Capital Management
Point72 Energy
Passport Capital Energy
Millennium (more of commodities)

 

Thanks for the additions! Any way I can figure out more about the individual breakdown/PMs of Citadel/Surveyor's funds?

(I'm looking for people to reach out to, ideally alumni, to learn more about the field/opportunities, but can't find much about the breakdowns online.)

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Just note that a lot of these shops don't have structured recruiting and typically pick guys up on an ad hoc basis. And secondly they rarely hire recent graduates in favor of folks with commercial/logistics experience for the physicals shops and with energy oriented finance experience for the paper shops. Not impossible to do, but important to be noted.

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Just note that a lot of these shops don't have structured recruiting and typically pick guys up on an ad hoc basis. And secondly they rarely hire recent graduates in favor of folks with commercial/logistics experience for the physicals shops and with energy oriented finance experience for the paper shops. Not impossible to do, but important to be noted.

Quoting to reinforce point.

If you were looking outside of energy, I'd say you have a far greater shot as many funds are beginning to develop their talent from scratch (note Point72s latest projects). In energy though, it's the opposite, they prefer picking up guys that built some experience in the physical space in various roles. Shouldn't be a surprise, why wouldn't they? And that's on top of the energy biz being far more contacts based than anything else I've seen (of which you have none, to be clear).

 
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A lot of energy guys have oil experience with some sort of finance.

Someone with 5-10 years at exxon is worth a lot more than any finance person w/o energy experience. The oil industry is complex and very niche due to the way it developed over the years.

 

Wait, where do you have this confidence that as a sophomore, a energy Hedge Fund will let you work for them when they have much more viable options? I'm not trying to sound pessimistic, but I think you're jumping the gun unless you have some war chest that can make your resume stand out. Regardless, slow it down a notch.

However, it is awesome you are taking the time to research and pan out your future prospects. It just felt odd you seem sure of working for a hedge fund as a green undergrad.

 

Definitely didn't mean to come off as cocky, but I go to one of H/W and have seen many sophomores get HF jobs - while they're generally at generalist funds, I know of at least one person who interned at REDACTED the summer after sophomore year. Otherwise I feel I'm pretty well set, but it's still always a gamble.

That's also my mentality - I feel that even in the scenario that I end up not getting a hedge fund job, I'll have had conversations with some really interesting and successful people which seems fun in and of itself, but could also help me down the road. Nice to keep my options open anyhow, and I'm still networking for the more traditional sophomore opportunities.

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Jumping in here to correct you - originally thought the same thing as you but I've met some people who have interned at energy HFs/PEs in sophomore year. Only exposure is from people who are in clubs I was in or networked with me but proof below:

Edit: PM me if you're interested

 

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