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Mayfield (VC) vs Advent (PE)
Hi, I am considering offers from Mayfield, a vc firm and Advent International (pe). Any views on how these will stack up for a pre-mba stint, with a us business school in mind?
ADIA PE
Hi all, I am in the process for a pre-MBA associate role in the PE team at ADIA. I have a few questions on this and would appreciate if anyone could answer: 1. How FoF-heavy is ADIA right now in PE? Do they do much on the co-investments front? 2. What is the culture like? What are usual backgrounds...
PE Accounting vs. Wealth Management finance
I have two choices in front of me that i desperately need help with. 1. PE accounting function within a big bank. Big banks are winding down PE positions, so i may only last one year in this PE accounting role, and then need to find a job then. I'm thinking maybe an accounting function in structured...
Quit now = no buy side gig?
So, got an offer from a top buyside shop recently. Since then, my BB analyst job has just become more and more of a slug. If I quit now will I still be able to keep the buyside job? I'm sure hundreds of monkeys have wondered about this before...
Where would you rather live
Between San Fran and Chicago, where would you rather live if you worked in private equity? Things I need to consider include: Career/networking opportunities Weather Cost of living Lifestyle (lots of young people, bars, fun things to do) Location in the United States Don't need to tell me what you...
Worst Private Equity Modeling Test
Having gone through a number of PE interviews over the years I wanted to see what the best/worst modeling tests you have had the pleasure of going through. My worst experience happened to be at a fund where I was given two hours to build a model with every conceivable debt structure with different...
Private Equity Perks
What kind of perks do people at MM Private Equity firms get? Is the same, worse, or better than banking? For example, do you get car service, SeamlessWeb (or other comped lunch/dinner), gym, laundry, first class/private flights, etc.?
HF arms of PE firms
Hi everyone, Title says it all. Does anyone have any color on: Ares Capital Markets KKR Asset Management Oaktree In terms of culture, pay, what they look for? Thank you very much. I don't have offers, but have a contact who would be able to help me out with an internship/job and wanted to know a bit...
Milken Institute Global Conference Videos
Didn't see this posted anywhere but thought it would interest most of the forum members. The Milken Institute's (as in Michael Milken of Drexel and Predator's Ball fame) website has videos of all the lectures that took place at the recent Milken Institute Global Conference. This is one of the...
freshman summer: repe vs corp pe internship to get pe after ug
hey guys, would like to have your opinion on this... I'm currently a first-year at a continental european university. my aim is to get into megafund pe straight out of undergrad in london. I already have offers for two top BB M&A internships (one this autumn, one summer 2012) and plan on doing more...
Headhunters contacting SAs.
Hey monkeys, I just wanted to hear the community's thoughts on whether this situation is commonplace or not. I'm a current third year at a non-target starting my SA at a top M&A group within the next few weeks and updated my LinkedIn profile a couple weeks ago to add my new Bank/group/city/etc....
Emerging Markets Real Estate Private Equity Interview vs BB Lev Fin vs BB LATAM DCM
I'm currently in a really shitty group at a Middle Market IBank. Not in New York, New York hours and shitty compensation...
TICC Capital Corp / T2 Advisers
Not having much luck finding info on the culture and environment at TICC Capital Corp. Anyone have any insight about this? Seems to be PE fund/BDC in Greenwich, deals mostly with debt in tech companies. Dug through their website and some other areas in the public domain, but would like to know what...
Any information on Pomona Capital
Does anyone have any info on Pomona Capital? I know they're a decent size ~$7BN, but I am not sure what their rep. is. Any info whatsoever would be very appreciated. Also, once one gets their foot in the door of PE , how difficult is it to move around? Thanks in advance.
2011 PEI 300
Top 15 Below ($mm - Five-year fundraising total): 1 TPG Capital $50,553.20 2 Goldman Sachs Principal Investment Area $47,224.00 3 The Carlyle Group $40,540.94 4 Kohlberg Kravis Roberts $40,215.90 5 The Blackstone Group $36,418.68 6 Apollo Global Management $33,813.00 7 Bain Capital $29,402.69 8 CVC...
real estate private equity valuation techiniques
does anyone have info on the type of valuation methods used in analyzing PE real estate investments? the structure I am dealing with is one where a group of PE professionals raise money from investors, pool it into a fund, and use cash from the fund to acquire distressed real estate in development...
The Riverside Company help?
Hello all just was wondering if this firm is reputated, and what is the analyst, associate, sr.associate, VP pay for a firm like this in the cleveland office? I feel like its a strong MM PE shop. Thanks! http://www.riversidecompany.com/
Entrepreneur --> PE/HF
Hi Wallstreetoasis,
Couple of questions for people in banking/hedge fund/PE
First of all, I'd appreciate it if you guys can answer a couple of questions. I think its cool that someone who's outside the industry has a chance to learn the ins and outs about it from people who are in it. My first question is, what college is better if I want to break into the industry, I can...
KeyBank IBD good for VC or PE after?
Is KeyBank in ohio a good place to start? is it considered a BB or MM? i know its like a F500 but for IBD there. Do they place well in VC's and PE's in NYC or SF or anywhere actually? I appreciate all help in advance!
Stay at current internship or take a chance?
Hey, first time poster here but I need some help regarding summer internships. I am currently working at a start up real estate PE shop, but don't really feel as though I am learning much. I am pretty much just databasing property owners and contacting them. It's my junior summer and recruiting was...
Return Analysis
I was curious if anyone has an excel model that would be able to compute a Return analysis for the founders and an investor into a new company. I am looking for the returns for equity invested as a private equity/ vc /angel, etc. type Thanks in advance
US Private Equity with Asia Investment
Hello All, Currently undergoing recruiting now and was wondering if anyone know any US based funds that invest particularly in cross-border deals in HK , China, Taiwan, etc. Went through a lot interviews and ultimately decided that this might be something I want to do and need some guidance on how...
Summer job selection question
I have been offered a paying position in a computational chemistry lab where I would be modeling nonlinear systems and I have an offer for an unpaid internship in an investment advisory firm where I would be working on a stock valuation model. I am interested in getting into investment banking or...
Hedge Funds and PE in NY
Hello. I am trying to put together a directory to cold call and network throughout the summer in anticipation for a fall internship this coming spring. I know it may be a long shot but i am very determined to try my best and see where it goes. i would appreciate if you are in any of these industries...
DCM To....
Hi Guys, Had some queries for people who are experienced in this area of expertise. I am a first year analyst at a top BB (think MS/ GS etc .) and I work in DCM within the high grade sovereigns team. While initially interested in this sort of work, I have found myself more interested in the...
Resume for Off-Cycle Intern at BB-IB and Mid-Cap PE
Hey, I'm applying for off-cycle internships in Investment Banking and Private Equity for this year's fall in Germany. I would really appreciate some feedback regarding my resume: http://www.razume.com/documents/19538 thank you
Selling Your Company
Hoping to get a little direction..... A family member of mine has developed an innovative teaching curriculum with a tech aspect to it. It has been implemented in dozens of school districts with results off the charts and it has gotten great reviews from everyone who has seen it. The issue is that...
Advice Needed... HELP!
Graduated in 2009 from target, but got stuck doing operations at a non-bank financial institution for the past 18 months (think Bloomberg, Reuters, Dealogic, etc). Good grades, but no internship experience at all. Recently received an offer from a options market maker as a trainee trader (recent...
Suggestions needed about a trader position...
Hey guys I graduated college in Aug 2010 with a undergrad business degree, although ideally I wanted to land an analyst position in IB or related areas and I am consistently trying my best to network and learn the modeling concepts, but with market being so tough its even hard to get an internship...
PE Fund Model - Circular Reference???
Building out a private equity fund model and for some reason or another hit a roadblock: 1 - Have to figure out the capital accounts (beg balance, end balance, changes) to calculate management fees, expenses, etc. 2 - The ending annual capital balance is based partly on any return of capital to the...
Patriot's Punter Interns with Private Equity Firm in the Offseason
Pretty interesting, I would say being an athlete definitely helped in his case. http://sports.espn.go.com/boston/nfl/columns/stor…
repe --> general distressed debt HF --> anywhere = feasible path?
disclaimer: i like real estate generally, so this is only a what if? question but what if? i decide i want to get into more general distressed investing. can the high degree of distressed experience (albeit real estate focused) help me transition to a more general distressed debt shop, and then...
GI Partners
Anyone here has thoughts on these guys?
Need Advice TODAY!! question about series 7/ private equity
Hello fellow chimps! i'm quite new here and need some guidance. i currently hold my Series 7/66 in southern california and work for AXA Equitable. ive only been here a few months but i had never planned to stay long. today i interviewed at a private investment firm and the job looks extremely...
Western tech investments?
All, I have a pretty cool opportunity to talk with a partner at Western Technology Investments about opportunities and was wondering if anyone had any perspective on the firm. I contact of mind set me up with the meeting and he tends towards hyperbole, making this sound like an amazing firm....
Spectrum Equity Interview - 2nd Round
Hey guys, I have a set of 2nd round interviews with Spectrum coming up. Has anyone gone through their private equity interview process before ? Its a sourcing oriented growth equity shop so am curious if I should be expecting technicals or a case in this 2nd round? They tried to sell me on the fact...
How to spin nonconventional internship?
Some background--during the school year, I've been interning at a small private equity firm with only a few portfolio companies. The company's structure is very flat, which is awesome and entails a lot of responsibility for the junior people. In addition to performing the usual excel powerlifting, I...
finally...PE interviews starting
Hi everyone, after two years in banking, i have started my PE interviews , for my past two years I have been actively preparing for it. However, would like to know what needs to be prepared in a comprehensive way from some of the experts on the forum. Apart from the necessary net working, fit the...
Fund of Funds Interview - What should I know?
Hey I have an interview coming up for a fund of funds PE firm analyst position. This will be the 2nd round; a 3-4 person conference call. Does anyone have any experience with a FoF? What did they focus most on, what should I really make sure I know? Any suggestions on study material I should look at...
Debt Paydown in an LBO Model
Hi all, After an LBO occurs, how much of the free cash flow that the company generates will be used to pay down debt? Will the PE firm opt to use all of the free cash flow to pay down as much debt as it can? Or will it only use a certain portion of it and use the rest to pay partners and satisfy NWC...
2011 SA decision
So I received two SA offers so far and I have to pick one of them. The first is for a MM Ibank and the second is for a diversified pe fund. The MM ibank would give me exposure to banking, but deal flow might be light and I would be doing more pitching than modeling. The PE fund is making some big...
Follow up advice on PE firm - Any way to turn my situation around?
I recently interviewed with a PE firm. I did really well in 1st round - got along with the associates, got all their fit, technical and theoretical questions. Got called to set up a second interview the next day and a few days later did second round with director-levels. Second round didn't go as...
PE in Brazil
So just got back from traveling. Enamored by the women and the country itself. Have learned alot about the country's position as an emerging market. Major problem I noticed was lack of infrastructure in certain areas although should be remedied largely through preparations for the world cup and...
Why aren't PE lenders more predatory?
Since my understanding of private equity is pretty limited, this might have an easy answer that I'm just missing. Sorry if it's a dumb question. In general when a PE shop acquires a target, the lenders have a stipulation that if payments are missed (or that they are just uncomfortable with the...
Going Back to Banking
I know this sounds like an insane question, but would anyone here go from private equity back to investment banking? I know exactly what the implications are here from a lifestyle/compensation perspective, but I'm wondering what happens to the promising Associates/VPs who just don't have what it...
PE Recruiting Finished?
So it seems the megafunds have set a new early record for the recruiting cycle, kicking it off last week. It's my understanding that the megafunds (i.e. KKR , Blackstone , TPG, Carlyle) as well as some other large PE funds are pretty much done recruiting already. Does that mean the middle market...
Top european megafunds
What are the top megafunds in Europe?
Riverstone Holdings
Does anyone have information for Riverstone regarding compensation/lifestyle? Did they start interviewing? I know that they have a JV with Carlyle. how is the dealflow? any anecdotal information would be great. thank a lot in advance!
Help me hit the ground running!
Several months ago I snagged an internship at a small family office pe shop. That internship facilitated a jump into a larger, more sophisticated pe firm. My question to you all is, what resources can you recommend to help me get up to speed on PE deal-making structures (e.g. downside protection,...
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