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Now every investor taking charge of their financial future can cut through the noise with peer-reviewed professional investment research from top analysts and rising stars in the asset management industry.
Now every investor taking charge of their financial future can cut through the noise with peer-reviewed professional investment research from top analysts and rising stars in the asset management industry.
SumZero Buyside's research is published exclusively by professional investors. No day traders, no sell-side analysts, 100% quality, peer-reviewed research from professionals at legitimate Buyside funds.
SumZero's research database is 100% comprised of actionable, peer-reviewed, long-form research from members of the hedge fund, mutual fund, and private equity fund analyst community. Research is 100% transparent, including analyst name, fund name, and disclosure status.
Research reports in SumZero are forward-looking with defined price targets, expected timeframes, valuation discussion, risk analysis, and catalyst review.
Unable to post firm research? Switch to a read-only license to access the research database and skip the posting requirement. A popular option for large funds and asset allocators.
No noise. SumZero brings unprecedented clarity to the research discovery process with powerful, robust, and comprehensive filtering.
Find the research that matters to you. Identify ideas with an extensive range of metrics including Market Cap, P/E, EV/EBITDA, as well as filters for catalysts, region, sector, and situation.
Save a search and let new research that matches your criteria be delivered directly to your email the moment it's published.
SumZero offers the world's only buyside analyst performance rankings system. Our proprietary Rankings algorithm examines the returns of individual investment recommendations made by thousands of fund analysts/PMs since 2008, and then identifies the individuals that have most consistently beat the market.
Rankings brings recognition to the most consistent alpha generators on the buyside using a methodology that is agnostic to pedigree, AUM, or seniority. Consistent benchmark out-performance on multiple recommendations is what you need to climb the Rankings ladder.
All SumZero Buyside members are eligible to get ranked on SumZero after submitting a minimum number of research ideas. Rankings lists are updated each month. All Buyside and Allocator members can access Rankings for free.
SumZero Rankings cover a variety of standard and proprietary categories, including: Long/Short, All-Time, LTM, Strategy, and many more.
SumZero is the next step in buyside networking. Research you contribute on SumZero is tracked on a performance basis and allows you to build an independent track record.
More meaningful than just a resume and cover letter – SumZero gives you the added benefit of sending your top-performing research reports on the site along with your application directly to hiring managers at top global firms.
Are you making as much as your peers in the industry? Learn what fund professionals of all types earn with our 100% anonymous Compensation database, free to all members.
Smartly segmented by salary, bonus structure, carry, and other bonuses, as well as job title, location, experience, and several other metrics to give you a reliable picture for whatever role you're curious about.
When you contribute your compensation, it can never be traced back to your name or your employer. The Compensation database is the only anonymous database on SumZero.
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"One of the best characteristics about SumZero is not only the transparency but the users in general - and thus, the exclusivity - I have yet to reach out to someone who didn't reply within a few hours and offered to get on the phone and tell me everything. Prior to joining this platform, I had such a bad taste in my dealings with users from other mediums; this platform really changed the way I perceive the industry, and if anything, it gave me the confidence to speak with people that I otherwise would have assumed would've never responded - much less act like as an open book and offer a lending hand - you just don't get that anywhere else, not even close."
"SumZero has been beyond helpful to my hedge fund career, giving me the exposure that eventually led me directly into not one, but two hedge fund jobs. For anyone who works on the buyside, if you can post your ideas on SumZero, I highly encourage you to do so as it's an increasingly competitive investment in your personal brand. As loyal and grateful as I am to Wharton, I have often said that SumZero has done more for my hedge fund career than my MBA ever did. I simply cannot thank you guys enough for this and for giving me the chance to compete for eight years in the world's biggest, most legit online community of hedge fund investors."
"SumZero has been a fantastic platform for us to differentiate our fund by the quality of the ideas our process generates, as the transparency into each key position allows prospective investors to both understand how we research and execute investments, and holds us accountable to past decisions. We can't think of a better way to promote transparency in the industry than by having access to our key investment decisions over time"
"SumZero has been a critical component in my job search. I had interviews with prominent hedge funds that I never would have had the chance to interview with. It's been a great experience all around."
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You are guarded from spam. Your name and contact information are never displayed on the site, and never made available to members without your explicit permission. SumZero Cap Intro is a reverse-solitestimonial database.
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"I am very impressed with the SumZero Cap Intro platform. We've had several in-person interviews with prospective investors since joining the platform. The interactions are far better than other cap intro platforms we have tried in the past. As an emerging manager, I value my partners above all else. SumZero has done an excellent job bringing on institutions who are interested in my long-term success."
"We have been very impressed with the quality and pedigree of the investors on the SumZero platform. The capital raising process is inherently inefficient for both investors and fund managers and the SumZero platform addresses specific challenges for both sides. We have found the platform to be very productive in establishing a dialogue with emerging manager investors."
"SumZero cap intro is an innovative platform that is leveling the play field for emerging managers and allocators. Nick, Divya and their team have taken feedback from both LPs and GPs to produce a valued-added service that has a high return on time for all parties, resulting in greater transparency and efficiency through the entire process."
"SumZero was able to introduce us to high-caliber investors, and to generate feedback on our business from a wide swath of credible allocators in a short period of time. I'd highly recommend any new fund contemplating a launch to use SumZero's capital introduction services."
"It's pretty amazing that before you even meet the manager, I've already done all the background research. It makes my job a lot more efficient. It saves me a lot of time."