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Can traders have their own personal portfolio too?
Hi all, I was wondering can traders working at investment bank/'hedge funds have their own personal portfolio too which they can trade on outside of work?
Ivey vs. Columbia Value Investing
For those who are interested in a value investing career, there seem to be two good options - the Value Investing Program at Columbia and the Richard Ivey Business School in Canada. It is the only other program that I know of with a separate specialization in value investing. In Ivey's case ... the...
Carlson Capital - Any Insight?
Any recent insight into the usual questions for this shop? I've seen things a couple years old and it seems like a good place, only complaint being lower payout? I know the name is reputable but I'm hoping someone has more insight here. Also would be helpful if anyone had experience with the...
EDHEC vs RSM vs NHH vs LSE (Financial Statistics)
Which programme is better in terms of acquiring a job in Asset Management and consequently in a hedge fund abroad after graduation? Got the offers in all these unis. I am a finance undergrad from Russia, 6 months semi-related work experience (finance, business analysis, marketing management). The...
Exit Opp Recruiting While in Equity Research
Hi guys, So I'll be joining a BB ER firm after I graduate and my goal is to eventually jump to a hedge fund. I know that ER folks tend to get recruited by the clients they work with so there isn't an immediate rush to recruit for exit opps like banking does, but is it worthwhile to try and get on...
Econ undergrad in doubt
Hi guys im doing my undergrad in economics at an university in denmark, and i wanna do my master somewhere else like Asia or north america. (maybe University of hong kong?) i have a huge interest the financial field but i'm not entirely sure what sub field i should pursue, my main interest is in...
Entry Level Buy-Side Position
Point72 offers a program known as the Point72 academy (https://www.point72.com/careers/campus-point72-ac…). It is essentially a 15-month crash course for college graduates to the buy side. I was wondering if anyone is aware of any similar entry level programs that the big asset managers/HFs offer?
want to be an IB really bad, love business and finance, please help
Hey wso , been browsing a little bit of your guys' site for a few years now, got some good stuff and useful information on here and sometimes can be helpful. Basically I'm a 20 year old college kid living in the united states who realizes that He loves business and finance and has a passion for...
NYC to London Relocation Package
Hey folks, Have been approached by my firm to move from NYC -> London to open a London office for the Sales & Marketing team of an asset manager. Current salary in the range of 1st Year Associate BB IBD - what type of relocation package is customary in this type of scenario? What type of standard of...
Ivey Value Investing Program - A Substitute for Columbia?
Sorry for the length…. I am wondering if anyone out there can shed some light on this/ open a conversation on the topic. For those who are interested in a value investing career, there seem to be two good options. First and most famously there is the Value Investing Program at Columbia. Obviously,...
Blackstone First Round Interview (BAAM and BREDS) - Advise
Hey guys, I have two first round phone interviews with Blackstone this week (SA positions) and am hoping to get some insight. One is for their Alternative Asset Management Group (BAAM - hedge fund solutions) and the other is for Real Estate Debt Strategies (BREDS). Has anyone interviewed with either...
Hedge Fund Stocks
Going through the recent round of hedge fund letters, it feels like many of the very respected LS hedge funds own a disproportionate amount of very high profile/large cap internet/tech stocks ( Amazon , Netflix, Google, etc.) - especially the large, prestigious Tiger Cubs. Just my opinion, but seems...
"Sector Specialist vs. Investment Analyst"
Equity research associate (sell-side) here, looking to move to the buy-side. A recruiter contacted me with regards to a "sector specialist" position at a well known & respected fund. He told me it's not a fundamental research analyst role as I would be reporting to a few different PMs, but the job...
Aspiring billionaire
Hey wso didn't know what forum to post this In but stocks and markets seems the most closely related and appropriate, basically I really want to be a billionaire, I want to make and be worth a billion dollars or two within my lifetime preferably sometime soon like say 10 years. I've been interested...
CFA® - worth it for bankers?
I'm a 1st year analyst in a MM in lev fin and am looking into taking the CFA® this year. I've read a lot though that for banking and PE it's not really beneficial. I would be doing it against my banking hours too. The views of any experienced bankers and PE guys would be really helpful here in...
Strong in Sales, should I still pursue S&T?
Hello I've been working as an equities broker (Private W M) for 9 years at a boutique IB . I have been pretty successful in all aspects of this business and have grown to love sales. Now that I am looking to make a move, I figured that getting a job as a sales person in S&T would fit my profile....
Q&A Discretionary Hedge Fund Trader
I did one of these before a couple years back when i was on the sellside, and figured why not do another one since these threads seem to get a lot of traction and provide a lot of useful info for kids. My background: -Discretionary trader at a large hedge fund, focusing on credit and convertibles...
Nailing a HF job in US as a foreigner
Background: I'll be graduating with a MSc in Finance in 6 months from a top University in Northern Europe. Barring any worst case scenarios, I'll be graduating with a GPA that'll put me in top 3%, and I'll graduate 2 years early (5 year target of getting BSc&MSc, I took 3). I'll be working the...
LSE: Women in the workplace workshops/networking...as a male?
Hey Everyone, Long story short, I got into LSE's AIC in the new year (link below) and it seems to have an unreal line up (check it out!). By the time I registered, I noticed an unconventional option for a particular workshop: I had a choice between a corporate law and a women in hedge funds one. I...
My heart on my sleeve
Hi everyone, I'm a long-time lurker on WSO , now seeking counsel from those more experienced. I'm coming here because I honestly have no one else to talk to... I do not want to waste too much of your time so I'll try to keep this short and concise. However, I come to you now with my heart on my...
Can one contact push for someone to be hired at a HF?
This is just a scenario. But is it possible for one important person (outside of that HF ) to push for an otherwise terrible candidate to be hired a major HF? Have any of you heard of that happening before?
Difference between Mutual Fund, Institutional Asset Management, Hedge Fund?
Hi What's the difference between mutual funds, Asset Management , and hedge funds? mutual funds-retail investors? asset management -institutional? Hedge fund- institutional +HNW+ higher manager fees?
Hedge Fund: The Investment Life Cycle
Mod note (Andy): Throwback Thursday, this post originally went up on 4/23/12. Hey guys, so after some encouragement from a few of you guys I'm gonna go ahead and start a bit of a series of posts on my experience in the hedge fund industry , particularly in how one goes from the start of an...
Transitioning from Corporate Accounting in Financial Services to Investment Analysis
Currently I'm a revenue accountant/analyst for a broker dealer handling advisory revenue, and revenue share on annuities. Im a Level 2 CFA candidate and have passed Level 1 of the CAIA program. On the side I'm involved in handling funds of hedge funds that are winding down and I find it fascinating....
Going to HF association events for networking as an undergrad?
I'm currently a junior in college and would like to get an internship with either an AM firm or a hedge fund. I've joined the HF industry association for the state I'm in, and they generally put on a few events a year. Would going to these be a good idea for someone in my position?
3 Alternative Investments for the Wealthy
Read this a few days ago and wanted to see WSO opinions. If you had half a billion or more would you invest in these or something else? "The ultra-rich, also known as ultra high-net-worth individuals (UHNWIs), are people defined as having net worths of at least $30 million. Net worth for these...
First Pitch/Trade
In your first hedge fund job, how long did it take before you pitched your first idea and had that idea go into the book?
Hedge Funds and "Prestige"
Hi All, I'm curious about the role of prestige and pedigree in hedge fund recruiting: how much does it matter when you're going from one HF to another? In other words, when HF X is looking for a junior-level analyst, do they care most about (a) the reputation of that last fund ("super short term...
Hedge Fund Acquisitions and Valuations - KKR Takes 24.9% Stake in Marshall Wace
Pre 9/9/15 market open, KKR announced that it will acquire a 24.9% stake in Marshall Wace , a UK-based hedge fund with more than $22B in AUM. Stock analysts were pleased by the deal, with one analyst lifting the price target by $1.50 to $29.00. This is the latest in a series of private equity funds...
Forbes 30 Under 30 - Finance
Forbes just released the list a few days back (Jan 9th). What do you all think of the group this year? http://www.forbes.com/30under30/#/finance
IRS Ends "Basket Options": Effect on Hedge Funds?
In July, the IRS officially classified "basket options" as "listed transactions" and required retro-active reporting back to 2011. These "options" were used to convert short term capital gains taxes on trades into long term capital gains, which is about 1/2 the tax rate. Reports indicate that...
CFA® and Exit Opps for Long Only
I am starting at a 200B+ AUM long only firm as a buy side equity research analyst out of undergrad. Should I be looking into a CFA® or focusing more on recruiting? I'm thinking about possibly joining a L/S (due to background) or event driven fund. What are the names I should be looking into?
Ideation request fully realizing how busy this group is!
Dear folks, Boston Analytics is close to releasing its 1st major product in the US market – SECaN (SEC Analyzer) is a financial research workflow application with data extraction, mashup, analytics, visualization and publishing capabilities. We believe this will enhance the workflow of Equity...
HF Analyst: The Things I Know For Sure
Mod Note: Each day we'll be posting the top WSO forum posts of 2014. This one was originally posted on 5/28/14 and ranks #24 for the year by total silver banana count. You can see all our top ranked content here. My background is posted in my Q&A ( "Q&A: Credit Analyst at +$5B Distressed Shop" ) -...
Hedge fund firing rates
I wanted to see what knowledge anyone can share about the firing rates at various types/sizes of hedge funds. I know this will depend a lot on performance in a given year, so it would be interesting to get a sense of what the rate looks like in a good year, bad year, average year. Have heard rumors...
Commodity Recruiters
Monkeys, thought I'd throw this one out to the pen. I am in the physical commodities trade currently and have been getting the itch for a new post. Ironically, a few buy-side funds and international commodity recruiters have reached out to contact me in the last couple weeks and I have taken a...
In Hong Kong seeking for entry level position.
Just wondering if anyone in Hong Kong knows hiring within HF , P.E, A.M or IB(Exclude the big ones). Would be great to hear, if anyone knows. Cheers.
Do hedge funds actually beat the market?
So hedge funds is supposedly a vague term, right, referring to entities that invest via like trading systems and things like that. How does the industry do on average? Does anyone have this information? Cause my first thought is they probably just meet basic market returns on average (... see...
Hedge fund pay at mid-senior levels
Trying to benchmark a bit for myself and others. I'm pretty familiar with approximate payscales for hedge fund analysts 1-3 years out, but I'd like more insight into what happens when you're a 'senior analyst' or possibly 'junior PM' (but not actually managing your own P&L/doing position sizing) at...
Would VC, HF, or PE jobs have the best lifestyle?
Considering doing buy side recruiting, and I would be interested to try VC , HF , or PE . So which of the three do you think would offer the best lifestyle? And what are the typical tradeoffs (in terms of hours/learning curve/culture/comp/etc.) at a high level?
Any stories of Hedge Fund -> Prop Trading?
It seems getting TO a hedge fund is held up as the holy grail of career paths around here, but I'm curious if the hedge fund to prop trading path ever happens. Working in the quant/research side of things for going on 3 years now, there's a lot of interesting alternate quantitative (non-market...
Tiger Global Senior Departures
Seems like there's been a lot of senior level departures from Tiger Global recently (Feroz Dewan, Caleb Watts, Andrew Bellas, Alexander Captain). Any thoughts?
Small Value-Based Hedge Funds in NYC
Does anybody know some some successful, relatively small ($2bn AUM or lower) hedge funds based out of NYC? Thanks!
Where do Hedge funds add most value?
Complete newbie here when it comes to hedge funds..Just wondering where do Hedge funds add most value? With so much coverage of large cap equities etc. Where exactly do hedge funds most typically find attractive valuations/mispricings to justify their high costs?
What I've Learned About Hedge Fund Structure and Compensation
Hedge Fund Structure Over the last few months I’ve realized just how diverse hedge funds are, and how little people (both in/out of the industry) understand about the different structures. This is my attempt to distill some of the bigger differences in ‘team structure and compensation’. It’s...
Hedge Funds Returns Part 3: Dealing with Funds and Benchmarks Selection
by Dr Constantin Gurdgiev, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Finance with Trinity College, Dublin You may find Part 1: Measuring What here , Part 2: Dealing with Biases here and Part 4: To higher moments and beyond here .
Degrees sutiable for Hedge funds
Im majoring in Accounting and Computer Science, are these appropriate majors to break into hedge funds? if not, what are majors to tailor made almost to break into hedge funds, and really have a place on wall street assuming not ivy league?
Getting into a Hedge Fund with or without 1st or 2nd Tier School
Hi, I've read in some topics that its not necessary to go to an Ivy to break into HF , but realistically, in America, you must have sheer, RAW ambition, and Connections/Networking. Going to an Ivy is necessary for that. But for those who cant get Into Ivy for whatever reason, how important is it to...
Seeking Career Advice from Peers
Hey guys, hope everyone is excited for a new year! A little bit about myself, I am a sophomore at an undergraduate business school and am interested in private equity/hedge funds/ Asset Management - basically an industry where I am given some creative freedom and can put money behind my ideas (yes...
WSO Introduction: my experiences and approach to career hunting
Hey guys, hope everyone is excited for a new year! A little bit about myself, I am a sophomore at an undergraduate business school and am interested in private equity/hedge funds/ Asset Management - basically an industry where I am given some creative freedom and can put money behind my ideas (yes...
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