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+30 Levfin -> PC transition prep 8 2y
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+28 My new boss told me they have no idea what I was doing? 11 1w
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+28 Securitization / Structured Finance / Structured Credit - let’s connect! 59 1y
+28 Thoughts on Golub vs. Whitehorse vs. Comvest? 11 1mo
+28 Private Credit Differentiation 8 1y
+28 Commercial Credit - Salary Negotiation 16 3y
+28 MM PC to MF PC? Direct Lending to more junior investments? 12 1y
+28 Public Credit / PC recruiting from HY Research 4 1y
+28 Asia Special Situations 7 1y
+28 Advanced private credit investment/diligence process questions 8 5mo
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+27 Direct Lending at First Eagle / THL Credit 10 1y
+27 Credit Research Questions 16 6mo
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+27 Best books on credit investing 13 1y
+27 What are the Shittiest Private Credit Firms You've Ever Had the Misfortune of Dealing With and Why? 21 2y
+27 L/S Credit @ AM 11 9mo
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+27 Apollo Hybrid Value vs. Bain Capital Credit 24 3y
+27 Delete 12 1y
+27 Corporate Banking 2023 Bonus Megathread 36 2y
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+27 Yield curve inversion - why long end not rising up? 10 3y
+26 Private Credit VS Wealth Management 19 3y
+26 Private Credit Case Study 8 1y
+26 Credit vs Equity Career at LO AM 19 3y
+26 I am a mid-level VP in levfin. Help me chart a path to opportunistic credit 17 1y
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+26 Credit Risk to Private Credit 3 3y
+26 Direct Lending Workouts Role 8 1y
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+25 OCC rescinding the “Interagency Guidance on Leveraged Lending” 3 11mo
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+25 Corporate Banking Associate and VP Comp 15 1y
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+25 Credit Agreements 17 9mo
+25 Thoughts on Morgan Stanley Private Credit? 15 1y
+25 IB -> Startup -> Private Credit? 3 3y
+25 Credit Risk Exits Career Help 8 1y
+25 Thoughts on Asset Based Lending and a career in ABL? 6 1y
+25 HPS/BlackRock 5 4mo
+25 Blue Owl... 11 7mo
+24 Blue Torch Capital? 23 1y
+24 LevFin Lab Newsletter – High Yield Bond Primer 8 6mo
+24 BigLaw restructuring associate - MBA path to distressed debt? 8 2y
+24 Starting to See Material Weakness? 2 2y
+24 Credit HFs - Long/Short Credit vs. Loan to Own 5 1mo
+24 MF Liquid Credit Analyst Exit Opps 11 3y
+24 Guidance Needed: Career Path After Private Debt Apprenticeship 5 2y
+24 GS Asset Finance - thoughts? 5 1y
+24 LDN Graduate for Distressed Debt / Special Sits (with Asia DD landscape fyi) 12 1y
+24 Is it likely to go from a structured finance/securitization role -> private credit? 12 1y
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