+16 GPA + Macro Buyside 4 3mo
+30 MM HF dinner budget 27 3mo
0 Proprietary research roles at HFs - what do you think? 3 3mo
+15 Quarter Life Cross Roads 5 3mo
+18 Path from LMM IB -> HF 5 3mo
+23 Useful Analyst Excercises/Habits 10 3mo
+8 Marshall Wace - Investment Analyst - Summer Internship - Final Round Interview/Tests 11 3mo
+6 Prepping for HF Internship 1 3mo
+4 What do my exit opps look like after 2/3 years postgrad at a LO? 14 3mo
+51 Davidson Kempner, the most secretive of large HFs? 68 3mo
+8 Non IB Finance Junior Summer Internships (PE, HF, AM, etc.) 2 3mo
+6 PM Track Record Validation 4 3mo
+39 Anything on Citadel Credit? 24 3mo
+18 Switching region as a QR 6 3mo
+17 MM / Pods - Expenses 16 3mo
+13 Thoughts on Holocene Advisors? 9 3mo
+5 Median long-term bonus expectation at quant funds and prop shops 3 3mo
+3 Any insights on Discover Citadel program? 4 3mo
0 Determining companies ripe for a restructuring or liquidation 1 3mo
+12 Latest Tiger Drama 0 3mo
+6 Thoughts on Lakewood 5 3mo
+8 Point 72 Future of Finance Accelerator Megathreat 56 3mo
0 Investment Strategy in AM to Global Macro Fund. Possible? 4 4mo
+31 Reverse Commute 16 4mo
+21 Better PM than Analyst? 8 4mo
+8 Better Path to Get Into a Hedge Fund 10 4mo
+92 Would you rather be a top PM at a top HF (Viking/Coatue/D1) or an average NBA player think (Norman Powell/ Trae young/ Jalen Brunson) 72 4mo
+25 Partners Leaving Coatue 17 4mo
+1 Pentwater Info? 2 4mo
0 Citadel Datathon 0 4mo
0 SPX Capital 0 4mo
+29 Pod shop or top tier LO 20 4mo
+6 Multi-Manager Analyst Base Salary 9 4mo
+11 HF Dta Science Career Trajectory 7 4mo
+25 Opportunities after MM HF Career 13 4mo
+9 Is there a route to portfolio manager with CS undergrad? 1 4mo
0 India hedge funds 2 4mo
+5 MBA vs CFA: Is it worth it? 3 4mo
+9 HF/Family Office BO Internship as an Engineering Undergraduate? 1 4mo
+47 500K+ PnL Contribution 23 4mo
+23 How do I prepare for L/S interviews (Tiger Cubs, Viking, etc.) 13 4mo
+15 PhD & tips for portfolio manager career 3 4mo
0 S&T at Investment Bank to Hedge Fund Route? 2 4mo
+15 Restructuring lawyer to distressed debt 10 4mo
+18 Boutique Sell-Side Analyst vs. Large MM HF Analyst? 8 4mo
+3 Graham Capital Management vs Tudor Group vs Brevan Howard 5 4mo
+29 HF Analysts: How many positions do you cover/research at a time? 6 4mo
0 Fundamental Equity Position at a HF - What does the job entail? 1 4mo
0 Idkidkidkidkbsndkwjwhhsbsjsjjsbdbdbdb 2 4mo
+15 Credit HF to Asset Manager? 2 4mo
+3 Orchard Global 2 4mo
+13 HF RE Seats 11 4mo
+3 Bridgewater Associates Comp 1 4mo
+35 Silver Point Recruiting? 36 4mo
+10 Quant Developer Interview prep 2 4mo
+6 HF Comp backend roles and career ops -> NYC and London 1 4mo
+58 Is Anton Kreil's HF salary and trajectory data BS? 14 4mo
+36 Post-MBA HF Pivot 17 4mo
0 What are some healthcare focused SM L/S equity HFs? 1 4mo
+28 Partners Capital? 19 4mo
+9 Buy side associate vs sell side analyst? 8 4mo
+43 Private Credit -->> ??? 15 4mo
+3 Nahnahnahnah 9 4mo
+8 Balyasny (BAM) Model Test - help! 23 4mo
+3 DE Shaw Fundamental Equities 6 4mo
+3 Centiva Capital 14 4mo
+20 Millennium Equities Junior Research Analyst Program 2024 18 5mo
+10 Feedback - Transition from PE to Hedge Fund 3 5mo
+21 Sending example pitches to funds & recruiters 8 5mo
+19 How does MM HF Recruiting work 8 5mo
+12 Event- Driven HFs in UK 9 5mo
+6 Choosing between 2 summer offers, Citadel Ops and Top 20 IBD, help? 5 5mo
+11 Sophomore Ghosted by Hedge Fund 4 5mo
0 Noncompete 1 5mo
+56 Culture at Bridgewater as bad as "The Fund" portrays it? (curious to hear from ex-Bridgewater employees) 19 5mo
+5 Capital Structure Arbitrage 3 5mo
+3 Fixed Income PM @ AM SA to Macro Fund? 2 5mo
+22 How do you determine what is priced into a stock? 11 5mo
0 Magnetar Capital Culture 1 5mo
+22 Equity analyst at a trading firm to MM HF L/S equities?? 3 5mo
+19 EVR/Moelis IB vs LO AM 19 5mo
+14 Sophomore SA BB (Global Markets) To Junior SA BB (IBD) 9 5mo
+3 Point72 Sector Insights Analyst Position 0 5mo
+18 Wild Card Advice 14 5mo
+3 ER vs L/S? 6 5mo
+9 Millennium Quant PM 8 5mo
+10 MM BD reached back out after I was cut from process 2 5mo
0 Broker selection-Insurance and high commission 1 5mo
+8 Lodbrok Capital - any street insights? 9 5mo
0 DESCO - Trader/Analyst Intern London 0 5mo
0 E&F Case Study 1 5mo
0 How did you know you were ready for MMHF 2 5mo
+25 Breaking into HF/VC 8 5mo
+379 Q&A: 3rd Year Hedge Fund Analyst 169 5mo
+33 Top Credit Hedge Funds 51 5mo
+21 Farallon 35 5mo
+44 Brigade Capital 18 5mo
+33 Considerations in Family Office 17 5mo
+4 2024 Citadel International Equities Summer Application - London 8 5mo
+1 Quant Educational Requirements 1 5mo

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