Dec 12, 2020

Private Credit / Mezzanine Funds and Recruiting Process

Hey -

I am an Incoming Analyst next summer and am starting to think about the next step after banking. I have recently been looking into private credit / opportunistic credit and mezzanine investing, instead of private equity. Would appreciate any insights on top firms in the space (Ares, GSO, HPS, Apollo, Oaktree, etc.), what the day-to-day is like for associates, compensation, exit opps, and what the recruiting process is like?

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What group are you joining? You must to be able to sell to HHs your interest for mezz/credit funds and knowledge in the space... this is much harder to do from a industry coverage group, easier from a good levfin or rx group

 

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