First year MBA in Canada (not a top target for banking), will be doing a 4-month internship with top pension PE team (think CPPIB, OTPP), I heard good stories from people successfully building up contacts in PE and made into banking/equity research/buyside, could anyone give some advice on how to capitalize on a PE internship?
Thanks
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Try to get staffed on a co-investment.
What do you think PE is? And why the hell would anyone want to go from PE to banking?
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