Should I do mezz while the markets suck?

ehf3660 — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:18:47 -0500

I currently work at a large multi-strategy hedge fund that I joined out of undergrad in a group that does mainly large PIPE investments in public companies and small opportunistic PE deals (~$50mm investment). Due to the market, the deal activity is on hold. Mainly spending my days monitoring our public and private holdings. However, my firm is raising a large new mezz fund with some guys we brought over from the mezz group at a mega-cap PE firm (Carlyle, BX, BainCap). Once the fund is raised, there'll be tons of deal activity - mainly doing financial sponsor deals. If I have an eye to do larger cap PE long-term, and I can move to the mezz group, should I do it for the deal experience?

Top in Energy PE

ehf3660 — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 21:21:01 -0500

Could people weigh in on what the most sought-after PE exits are for people in top energy banking groups or people interested in this area. List could include both energy-focused firms and large diversified funds that are active in energy. Bonus points if you rank your top 5-10 or so. Thanks

user-made polls

ehf3660 — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 17:31:11 -0500

I've seen other websites where users can create their own polls. Feasible for this site? Just another interesting way to gauge the opinions of many people on a quick question. Once submitted they could be vetted through you to make sure they aren't useless before they're posted.

Where to go in Houston?

ehf3660 — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:01:38 -0500

I moved down to Houston from the northeast a few months ago to take a job at a large energy hedge fund (PE group) out of undergrad. I don't know anyone or anything down here and the bars I go out to when buddies are in town have all been a little lacking. Is this just how it is down here or am I missing something? Can any of you Houston bankers help me out?

HF to PE ?

ehf3660 — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:26:25 -0500

Need some perspective on this. I got a job as an analyst at a well respected energy hedge fund straight out of undergrad (~10b AUM). Never did banking. My group is doing a private equity strategy (investing in PIPEs alongside Citadel, Magnatar and also investing in private energy/infrastructure cos ($100 - $200m EV).