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Best Possible Job Out Of Undergrad
I have a friend who had offers for undergrad summer internships from Goldman Sachs SSG, Bridgewater (Investment Associate), Citadel , and KKR and Blackstone PE . What would you all take if you could essentially work anywhere you wanted? Any of the above? A different group at Blackstone or another...
Scored Lunch With a Major Hedge Fund PM - Advice for Preperation
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Elite Boutique to Buy Side?
I know this has been touched on about 800 times a day since this website's inception, but I didn't find anything specific to my title.. I currently work in ER at an elite boutique ER shop and would like to eventually make the move over to the buyside. Granted that I've only been in ER for upwards of...
Please provide a good overview of models + skills for inputs :)
Hello, I know this may ask quite a bit, but if anyone could answer or discuss the following points, it would be of great use! Feel free to just place any thoughts or comments about hedge fund modelling in general. 1. I was just wondering if someone would be kind enough to provide me with a good...
Citadel Second Rounds Modeling Exam
Could someone please tell me exactly what to expect for Citadel's second rounds for Global Equities in New York? I am trying to prepare for a healthcare analyst interview, it will be a 3-statement standalone and debt schedule, but what else do I need? Is there a template? How much time am I given?...
Hedge fund out of undergrad... What's the typical salary?
To those few who are lucky enough to go straight into a hedge fund out if college, what salary/ bonus combo is the typical rate for a mid to large fund? I know it is rare for people to be recruited out of college, but there must a few people around who can speak for the numbers. Thanks you
Job Questions!
Hi I am a second year undergraduate student in Canada. I have offers from a boutique investment bank, a hedge fund and a PE firm. Hoping to get into a bulge bracket firm in the US for my third year summer. Was wondering if you anyone had any suggestions for this summer. Thanks, really appreciate the...
Leaving Buyside Job - Am I crazy??
I've been working at a multi-strategy hedge fund for the past 4 years. I've had solid performance and am well respected by my team. My comp continues to go up and this past year I broke $800k - this should continue to grow as long as I continue to perform. My hours are by no means crazy and the...
Spring 2014 buyside recruiting results
Sounds like most megafunds and lots of MM PE as well as hedge funds have given out offers. Curious to see what offers people have landed and more importantly from what groups. throwaway accounts encouraged
When does hedge fund analyst recruiting start? Similar process to PE?
Just out of curiosity, how does the hedge fund recruiting process work? I'm specifically referring to l/s equity funds like any of the tiger cubs/ Third Point /pershing/etc. It's obvious from the PE forum that top megafund and MM PE firms have started the IB recruiting process already. Are l/s hedge...
Hedge fund response
Hi guys. I recently mailed the director of a hedge fund that I became aware of while interning in ER last year about possible opportunities. This is the response: "we don't have any positions available at this time but keep in touch. Next time you are in ___ feel free to get in touch and maybe you...
Are there more pre-MBA private equity positions avaliable than hedge fund positions coming from IB?
Ive noticed that the IBD to PE to HF route is very common but not the other way around (IBD to HF to PE). Are there just more PE opportunities out there than relevant hedge fund opportunities for IB analysts? Also noticed that in the entering class profiles at Harvard and Stanford, about 20% of the...
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Anyone heard of Generation Investment Management
Dear all, Has anyone heard of Generation Investment Management, they have a US$10bn Global Equity that does concentrated long only strategy? are they more of a HF or mutual fund/asset managers? thanks.
One Thing I Can't Understand About Traders That Work For Others
I am curious, If you are a profitable trader, why not to put your own money to trade and work for yourself?? What is the point of splitting profits with someone else? Assuming you make $500K+ a year (that's what I consider as a minimum for a good trader). I am sure that there is a logic :) Can you...
Can somebody help me find a list of hedge funds (CAP IQ) located in Seattle?
Basically looking for a fund that deals with banks, financias, thrifts, etc.
Execution traders
Hello everyone, I was hoping that someone in the industry or with more knowledge about it that I, could discuss the role of execution traders. Would it be a good position to take out of college at a hedge fund? I am interested in pursuing a position I will be interviewing for as a junior trader, but...
Buy side after a break?
I have a job in equity research right now , and I want to take a year off or more to pursue some other interests (entrepreneurship, web development, etc.). I do not have an MBA but I have a CFA; will it be reasonably easy to find a job at a hedge fund or somewhere else buy side after time off?
List of Hedge Fund - Help Please
Dear all, I would like to have a list of all the major/medium size hedge funds based in London and New York. I know this has been discussed before, but i cant find that post any more, so if you have the link, please kindly post it to me. Thank you all.
Hello! I'm a liberal arts grad trying to break in
Before I introduce myself, I just wanted to thank everyone for the informative and entertaining content on WSO . I've learned a lot just reading through the posts, especially the success stories of people that match my background. I graduated from a target university (non-Ivy, but very highly...
Sophomore internship @HF with two summers of IBD experience
Actively looking for a summer internship at a hedge fund. I've been grateful enough to already have two upper MM IBD summer internships and before setting myself into a career in IBD , I wish to have some buy-side experience. Any recommendations on which funds already have a sophomore internship...
Relative Value Equity Funds and the Use of relative valuation methods
Going through CFA Level II right now, equity valuations, based on CFA , could be divided into absolute valuation methods (some sort of discounting) and relative valuation, such as EV / EBITDA , P/S, P/E, P/C, P/D, compared with other stocks in the present moment or the stock itself over its history....
Hedge Fund / Managers that Generate 30% per year
Hi, Georoge Soros, Stanley Druckenmiller, David Tepper, Bruce Kovner.. the list may get stretched if one fine comb the internet patiently.... however, The pattern is that none of them are value investors! Seth Klarman, one of the icon of value investing, started Baupost in 1982, and so far return...
What Does a Hedge Fund Do? (part 3)
See part 1 here See part 2 here From quora.com, op asked this question: I don't understand what hedge funds do (their impact on the market and what managers do in the company). Could someone give a layman's explanation? Balaji Viswanathan, Cofounder Fin/Tech startup has the third most voted answer:...
What Does a Hedge Fund Do? (part 2)
See part 1 here From quora.com, op asked this question: I don't understand what hedge funds do (their impact on the market and what managers do in the company). Could someone give a layman's explanation? Bob Rice, Managing Partner, Tangent Capital, had the second most most voted answer: [quote] Ok,...
Stress / pressure at hedge funds
One of the things I hate most about banking is the high pressure / stress that gets put on the analysts from the rest of the team. I honestly think I could deal much better with external stress (ie: from markets), but I have a suspicion that hedge funds may even be more stressful than banking since...
What Does a Hedge Fund Do? (part 1)
From quora.com, op asked this question: I don't understand what hedge funds do (their impact on the market and what managers do in the company). Could someone give a layman's explanation? Andrei Kolodovski, Managing Partner, TRIZ Fund, had this top voted answer: [quote] A Hedge Fund is a type of...
The hedge fund job challenge... outside the US
I'm puzzled at how easy getting a hedge fund job in the US seems to be -at least relative to Europe-. Here in London you can try networking, recruiters, the odd cold email/phone call... but nothing comes along. It seems there are just no jobs out there. However, I'm subscribed to a few job alerts...
Developer / Hybrid Role at Hedge Fund???
Hello everyone, Long-time lurker, first time poster here. I'm currently working as a consultant at a technology company that provides risk man.- front/mid/back office solutions to hedge funds around the globe. (I'm in NYC , and I'm not at the technical side, more at the product side.) I recently got...
Is starting at ER better than HF, from a long term perspective?
Hi, I am a ultimate year student interested in working in hedge fund in the long run. However, I was wondering if starting my career at an hedge fund is necessarily the best choice. I understand that most buyside firms are lean in structure and don't have the manpower to train junior people. As...
Paulson buys Puerto Rican resort
I think the resort got hit pretty hard in the downturn. Haven't seen Paulson in hotels before. http://www.streetinsider.com/Hedge+Funds/John+Paulsons+Paulson+%26+Co.+…
Best jobs for IB/HF/PE rejects who want to give it a shot next year
Hi everyone in the WSO community, Let me start by saying I really appreciate everyone's contribution to this website. It is an invaluable tool. Knowing how valuable your time is I'll get straight to the point and keep it succinct. Like many of us here I want to get into IB and eventually HF or PE ,...
Hedge Fund Guru Answering Inbox Questions Here. Thanks Mr. Pink Money
Some of these messages are very old but I'm going to answer them anyway b/c I’m in a helpful mood. Question: How would I know what the career path for [this particular hedge fund]? Every fund has their own "career path"...it just depends what the founder thinks. Some give a shit and want to...
Engineer break into Hedge Fund?!
Hi, I hold a BSE & MSE in Electrical and Computer Engineering from a top engineering school. I have worked in few top tech firms (e.g. intel, microsoft, etc) Currently I am planning to attend one of top MBAs to study finance. Is it plausible/realistic for someone like me to break into hedge...
George Clooney Wants to School Hedge Fund Boss
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Hi, I have cancer
I figured that the title would be luring to many of you. I'm 18 years old and was recently diagnosed with a form of cancer. It's treatable by taking a pill a day everyday for the rest of my life and has a 5 year survival rate of 90%. Will this stop me from ever working on Wall St or entering IB , PE...
SEC Votes to Lift 80-Year-Old Ban on Hedge-Fund Advertising
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-07-09/sec-set-to-lift-80-year-old-ba… Thoughts on how this will affect the industry? What do you think really compelled the SEC to make this move, from their perspective?
At what point in your life did you get interested in finance?
I've been active on this site for a few months now. It is clear that the demographic range is large in a myriad of senses. Ever so often there is a college freshman or the occasional high school student posting questions about recruiting, interviews, targets, etc. I always found those posts...
The BlackHat Interview: 4/4
Mod (Andy) note: The much anticipated BlackHat interview is here ( see part 1, part 2, part 3 ). Questions came from myself and members of writing and intern teams. BIG thanks to BH for his really in-depth/quality/quick responses. I promise all of you will have some great takeaways from this series....
Equity Research out of MBA
Hi everyone, I was recently accepted to the MBA program at Stern and am considering equity research as a post MBA path. I have a passion for markets, and while I am not so keen on the idea of focusing on one sector, I recognize that ER positions are a viable path to future opportunities in...
The BlackHat Interview: 3/4
Mod (Andy) note: The much anticipated BlackHat interview is here ( see part 1, part 2 ). Questions came from myself and members of writing and intern teams. BIG thanks to BH for his really in-depth/quality/quick responses. I promise all of you will have some great takeaways from this series. If you...
For those laid off
Tis the season to be laid off, tis the season to be jolly. Given the recent (and upcoming) slaughter in IB , I want to share my story with the simple message that things will and do work out. I was til recently a 3rd analyst at a BB . I was communicated back in June that the firm was not going to...
The BlackHat Interview: 2/4
Mod (Andy) note: The much anticipated BlackHat interview is here ( see part 1 here ). Questions came from myself and members of writing and intern teams. BIG thanks to BH for his really in-depth/quality/quick responses. I promise all of you will have some great takeaways from this series. If you...
Compliance Mobility at HF/AM/IA
I was wondering if anyone could provide insight for Compliance and back office jobs in regards to mobility working at a hedge fund, Asset Management or investment advisor firm. I have an opportunity to move to one of those 3 and wanted to make sure it wouldn't put me in a dead end career wise. The...
Introduction + Equity Trade Support At Hedge Fund Question
Hey everyone, Been following the site for a while now and have really appreciated all the posts and the content which is available to someone like me trying to excel and succeed in such a competitive industry. I'm about to enter my senior year at a nontarget in NJ and have held two internships...
Event-Driven Funds - Squeeze-Out litigation in Europe
Fellow Monkeys, I'm trying to gather a list of event-driven funds in Europe, especially those taking minority positions in merger targets and then litigating for higher squeeze-out payments (or waiting for others to do so). 1) How would you categorize this? "Activist merger arbitrage" as a sub-set...
Tiger Cubs
I wanted to ping the WSO community and see if there are any users here that are analysts in the Tiger Cub network and would offer some insights. I work for a L/S fund with a value focus and our analysts have very little interaction with other funds. We spend essentially all of our time in SEC...
Which Offer To Accept
Offer 1: Boutique Consulting firm (50-60 people): They mainly do strategy consulting with 3 or 4 big tech companies (think apple, intel, etc). They also do a ton of marketing and some operations consulting. Offer 2: An Asset Management company . Well pwm company doing portfolio analysis. They mainly...
Breaking into Hedge Funds
I am 28, a Modeling and Simulation scientist at a large biotech company earning >100k/yr. I have been doing this job for two years. The work is highly quantitative and involves building relationships with folks in various departments in the company and solving problems analytically to reduce...
Partner Fund Mgmt
Any insight on this $3-5bn+ SF hedge fund? All helps, thanks.
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