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Verition Fund Management - Rapid Growth, 4x Office Space
Anyone have insight into their performance? Must be pretty decent if they've 5x'ed in AUM in 2 years and just 4x'ed their NYC office space. Any insight into their expansion? https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-2… Link to read if you don't have Bloomberg subscription:...
Interview Process Citadel
Hello, I'm currently interning at a MMHF in a L/S pod and in the process for a FT Associate position at Citadel Global Equities in London. Do you have an idea of the structure of the recruitment process before receiving a potential offer ? Secondly, the head of biz dev asked for my CV, but how will...
Sellside Trader to HF Transition
Hi WSO, I was wondering how hard it is to make a transition from sell-side trading at a "Hedge Advisory" (we do financial hedging for oil and gas companies) to a hedge fund or a prop desk? I joined the company when it was much smaller and have gotten experience in several areas of the business...
Going into Large AM (BlackRock) vs Small Hedge-Fund out of Undergrad
I am set on going into the buy-side after undergrad and am in final rounds with BlackRock, among other large AMs in NYC, and a small fund in a tier 3 city. The position at BlackRock would be in the Portfolio Management Group, in a Fixed Income desk focused on mostly global allocation. The fund is an...
Choice of university/college for an IB/PE/HF career
Hey everyone, I was recently accepted to study computer science at Columbia University in NYC and at Imperial in London for my undergraduate. The relative cost of attending Columbia would put me $350k in debt while Imperial would put me $100k in debt. Additionally, I would possibly get a second...
Q&A: Direct Lending to Associate at $5bn Distressed Hedge Fund
Open to any questions from people curious about the switch and my path to a distressed hedge fund. Background: graduated with a 3.7 from a semi-target state school, spent 2 years in direct lending then 1 year in restructuring before joining a public markets distressed debt fund. Also going to self...
Too Early to go to the Buyside?
Hey guys, Wanted to hear some opinions on my situation. I am about to wrap up my first year in M&A in London at a mid-market BB (good team). I am not burnt up or anything, but definitely I could do without working the hours we all do and the shitty lifestyle that comes with IB. I'd actually say...
Test Your Knowledge About Hedge Fund Reinsurance In This Insider Activity
A U.S.-based global insurance company (Company X) hired a new CEO who was serving as CEO of Company Y which he co-founded with Hedge Fund Z as a hedge fund reinsurer in his tax heaven hometown. According to public disclosures he no longer had any personal interest in Y when he joined X. But the same...
Questions to impress a Hedge Fund
I have the opportunity to meet with a variety of guys working at a hedge fund (analysts, investors, etc). What are some questions that I can ask to impress them while learning about their thought process and knowledge. These questions can be about specific stocks, technology, inflations, and...
How much capital do new recent grads get as "quantitative traders"? What happens if you lost your firm money?
If you just graduated college recently and now you are a "quantitative trader", what is the starting/maximum capital given to a NEW college grad by finance firms? Also, over the course of a year as a new "quantitative trader", if you lose the firm money after 1 year, what will happen to you? Would...
Prep and Best Practices for Starting at HF
Hi All, I recently accepted an offer at a fund in the healthcare / LS space. I have ~2 weeks off before I start my new role. Was wondering how you all would recommend I spend this free time? For reference I come from a non-IB or ER background, but have worked for ~2.5 years in the life sciences...
Point72 Analyst Program Questions
I recently was asked a detailed purchasing decision question by Point72. The question is as follows: Discuss a substantial purchasing decision that you recently made on a physical product and the process by which you arrived at your choice. Consider the following: What conclusion did you come to?...
Comp expectation at small HF
Hey guys, I recently got an offer at a L/S in NYC with roughly $500mm AUM, and I'd be the 4th person to join (2 IP, 1 operations). Base salary is $100k which matches what I currently make in Chicago, and I have not had a discussion on what bonus expectations should look like. I'm 2 years out of...
Diameter Is Credit’s Hottest Hedge Fund For One Reason: Speed
Article out there on Diameter a couple of months ago on Diameter being one of the top-performing shops in High Yield / Stressed. I know they are on the smarter side and often make the right calls, but can anyone comment on their culture, comp, work, etc. Hearing mixed things that the culture and...
Questioning Management
I'm very curious as to how everyone approaches Q&As with management at corporate events. Do you have a well thought out framework that you tailor to each company or do you tend to build out questions on the fly? I'm also wondering if anyone has good recommendations on books they have read that help...
Q&A: MM HF investment role out of non target ugrad
To get the typical q’s out of the way: Fund type - blue chip MM/MS Group - macro/commodities (commodities focused, won’t be more specific for anonymity) YOE/TC - in 3rd year, comp was ~ analyst 3 BB ish year 1, associate 3 BB ish year two. Base + 150, 300% roughly. First really big base bump...
Accretion/Dilution Analysis
For all my IB to HF/AM converts, when analyzing a recent merger/acquisition do you build out a full-scale M&A model or do you slap together a simple bare bones model including the pro forma statements? I realize the answer can vary depending on the situation. But let's use this simple example,...
Shenkman Capital Management Culture, Comp, etc
Can anyone comment on Shenkman Capital Management, seems to be little info out there for such a large asset manager. I gather that they are a long-only type manager with some alternative platforms, 30bn AUM range, and hear the analysts are sharp. Was wondering if anyone had additional insights or...
Competing with a friend for return offer
Both my friend and I are doing summer at the same buyside firm. I feel kinda awkward working together with him knowing that only one of us will get the return offer (as articulated to me by the analyst). It makes it even worse that we are on pretty good terms and now we got to try to outshine each...
Changing from the buy-side to the sell-side
I have seen various other threads broach this topic and it got me thinking what others views are on this career switch. My short bio: 4 years as an equity analyst at a boutique long/short fund and currently at business school in London. I am contemplating an opportunity on the sell-side at a BB. My...
HF vs PE vs FO
For those of us considering one or another after An2, what's the biggest difference. Consider a Coatue vs Warburg / KKR vs Willet. Some play both public and private, some just private.
How to Trade Options Like a Pro
Hi guys - this video runs through some very popular option spread trading strategies, including bull/bear spreads, box spreads, butterfly spreads, and calendar spreads. https://youtu.be/EhNqg2-eaXw
Hiring - Equity Long/Short Analyst
Hi all, description of the role below. If you are passionate about markets and fit the requirements below, this should be a fairly unique opportunity. Please email me your CV on the following email: shad_penne_0p[ at ]icloud[ dot ]com (not my real name). I will of course be able to share the name of...
Hiring - Equity Long/Short Analyst
Hi all, description of the role below. If you are passionate about markets and fit the requirements below, this should be a fairly unique opportunity. Please email me your CV on the following email: shad_penne_0p[ at ]icloud[ dot ]com (not my real name). I will of course be able to share the name of...
Q&A: Founder/Tech Exec, Former Hedge Fund Research Director, SEAL Team Intelligence Officer, Consultant
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. Robert Frost Title summarizes the road I’ve traveled… consultant → intelligence community/SEAL Teams/Special Operations → director of research at a well known hedge fund → tech...
Sparta Capital Management Interview
Hi everyone, did anyone interview with Sparta Capital Management in the UK in the past and can talk about possible interview questions and compensation (e.g. Associate or post MBA role)? It is founded by Franck Tuil, a prior Elliot employee. >>> website spartacapital co UK Many thanks.
Activist Hedge Fund Case Study
Hi all, I have a case study at an activist hedge fund coming up and am thinking about how I should structure my write-up. The basic structure should be similar to a traditional L/S case study. I will obviously need to state an upside / downside ratio / upside / downside valuation. For a L/S case...
Interesting video on hedge fund strategies
Hi all - wanted to share this interesting video on hedge fund strategies I found. It has some useful info:
Choosing the right degree: With a scandinavian limit
Hey people I need some advice on this one. I’m in the following situation to soon graduate from my school and the next step is attending a Bachelor degree here in Denmark where I live and I have a hard time choosing and figuring out which degree will fit my plans of the future best. My goal at the...
Choosing the right degree: With a scandinavian limit
Hey people I need some advice on this one. I’m in the following situation to soon graduate from my school and the next step is attending a Bachelor degree here in Denmark where I live and I have a hard time choosing and figuring out which degree will fit my plans of the future best. My goal at the...
Squarepoint Capital
I have a QR intern offer at Squarepoint and would like to ask for some opinions about the firm. How does it compare to other HF Citadel/2sigma.
[QUANTRAGE] WHY ARE THERE NO QUANT FIRMS IN AFRICA??
For context, I am a POC living in America and would really like to be in a place where I'm not oppressed (black lives matter asian lives matter whatnot), and working in a prop shop and hedge fund is my end goal. I've been through the application process for many firms in America: from being a...
Product manager roles in a hedge fund (or any buy side firms)
Hi everyone, I’ve seen few roles pop up here and there for a product manager in a hedge fund. Curious to hear if folks have any info. It looks like is managing the products (research, data, trading platform, etc.) of a hedge fund. So it’s similar to any product manager role in a tech firm, but...
Small L/S HF to LO research to large HF?
Hi guys I have 3yrs of experience on the buyside as an equity analyst (last 2yrs on a small $80M L/S HF, where I don’t see the willingness of the PM to grow). I’m thinking to join a large LO (think Fidelity, Capital Group, T Rowe) to spend a couple of years as a buyside research associate and...
IB associate HF recruiting
I am a first year mba associate with aspirations of joining a HF. My background is asset management fundraising and some investment research prior. I know that IB associate to HF is not an easy transition but if I want to try, how should I go about it? Is it best to go through headhunters, apply...
Finding HF opportunities
What is the best way to find HF analyst opportunities? Is it through postings, recruiters or word of mouth? If I wanted to start cold emailing, where is the best place to find a list of funds? I am mostly looking at equity roles but open to credit as well.
Equity Research Associate to Buy Side strategies? (Canada to US)
Monkeys, I’m a few months into my third year as an ER associate in Toronto at a Big 5 Canadian bank or a Canadian BB, whatever you want to call it. I’ve decided to try jumping ship to the buy side, ideally at a SM or LO with the right investment style (very few seats, tough interviews… I know,...
Life in Copenhagen
Hi, long-time follower of WSO here. Currently based in London at a sell-side bank doing ER, and I have a good chance an offer might be coming for a large AM in Copenhagen to work as a senior analyst at an equity fund. Never been to the city, so have a few questions -- -What's the life like in...
BB S&T/IBD vs Multi-Manager Hedge Fund
Hey, I am currently a senior analyst working in Risk at a BB outside the US (London, Hong Kong, Tokyo). Within a month, I will be internally moving to a team that sits between S&T and IBD working on Structured Finance, Mortgages etc. I have been very interested in Real Estate and this is a role that...
Ridiculous SWE Pay at HF/Trading?
A couple people I know received SWE offers from hedge funds/trading firms like Citadel Securities and Hudson River Trading and their first year compensation was on average 425k with the max at 550k. All fresh out of undergrad. They mentioned that they expect to be paid at around 7 figures by 7-10...
Mention work experience from closed hedge fund?
I am interviewing for a internal sales position at pimco tommorow. I have been with ML for the last 2 years. I started in there FADP program but was placed on PPP loans once covid started. Prior to that I was doing really well in the mortgage industry. I got all of my licenses while i have been at...
Tiger Global Management - Recruitment
Realistically how would someone break into a highly elite secretive fund such as Tiger Global management? Their hiring process isn’t exactly formal and I know they are engaging in a various of VC deals now. What area of finance are most of their analysts recruited from (PE,IB,VC ect) ?
Women's Networking in HF Industry
Gender diversity seems to be pretty low in the HF business and there doesn't seem to be a HF/public equities focused women's networking group (closest is Synergist Network geared towards PE). Any women in the industry on here want to start an informal peer network? Personally, I'm in L/S equity, NYC...
Small Hedge Fund Summer Internship
Hi, I am currently a second year student at a Canadian semi-target. I have recently interviewed and landed an internship with a small hedge fund (3 people working at fund with ~500m AUM). From our conversation, the role sounds like a lot of the work will be quite administrative and I am worried...
Arcadia Investment Partners
I received a phone call out of the blue from some hedge fund HR rep (not a headhunter; 1st red flag) saying they saw my resume somewhere and wanted to interview. He asked for times. After I provided times, he replied with time slots from 6-8pm only, regardless of the day (another red flag). He set...
Thoughts on Valiant Capital
I'm curious about Valiant Capital in San Francisco. $2.5 billion total AUM. Public book is concentrated low-turnover tech longs, short-selling emphasis, low net. Roughly $750 million in privates (big historical wins include Facebook and Uber). Has an India-specific fund. Founder was a partner at...
Selling industry reports to hedge funds
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Credit HF/ Special Sits Recruiting
Any ideas of what L/S Credit funds are recruiting? Anyone know the HHs? Any idea if they would take someone with a year or under experience from special sits credit?
Track record requirements for PM positions
I am a quant and have worked at a collaborative firm for about 5 years. I was not explicitly "in charge" of the strategies I worked on, since this firm was very centralised and there was no concept of individual people being linked to the PnL of a strat, but have extensive knowledge of everything...
L/S Salary Increases?
Anyone hearing of L/S Multi-manager salary increases? Hearing that Baly taking up salaries $15-25k and Millennium, but can anyone confirm?
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