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cthegr8, have you checked out these or run a search:

  • McKinsey or Bain to Private Equity Consultant Friendly PE Firms Bain Capital Charlesbank HGGC Golden Gate Capital Altamont Capital Advent ... hire mostly consultants (Bain Capital, Golden Gate Capital) while McKinsey still places into those ... through various threads on this forum, it seems like Bain has a better exit into some of the
  • Golden Gate Capital culture and performance Golden Gate Capital compared to other MM PE firms? How would you rank its performance (and reputation) ... Hi all, Posting for a friend: What is the culture / work environment and career progression at ... relative to other top MM firms-- places like H&F, Advent, FFL, Berkshire, New Mountain Capital, etc? ...
  • Lazard or JP Morgan in San Francisco Tech Exchange (LSE) there are official market makers for many securities. Some of the LSE's member firms ... firm will operate in the market, the direction it would like to take in terms of its proprietary and ... 6 External links In currency exchangeedit Most foreign exchange trading firms are market makers and so are ...
  • Non-Target to Bain/BCG Intern a non-target, I wanted to share my experience with the community. Hopefully this post will be helpful to someone ... else looking to break in to Consulting, as many previous posts have been for me. To provide some ... into interviews with LEK, Oliver Wyman, BCG, and Bain. I made it to the final round with all four ...
  • 2019 Summer SA apps still open?? Which ones are still open/ haven't started yet? Haven't started: Barclays BAML Piper ... Comment below which other banks haven't opened, or are finished. ... Jaffray Credit Suisse UBS Edit: Sort of trying to build something similar to the other 2019 thread. ...
  • San Francisco sucks San Francisco and the Bay Area seems to want to hoard as many as they can that it becomes ridiculous. ... like they're morally superior to everyone else in the country. people are dicks but portray ... inconsiderate jerks and prices are too damn high. SF is fucking cold and windy all the time. If I'm gonna ...
  • What happens after the golden ticket? BB IB-> MM/MF PE-> HBS-> PE/HF: then what? from HBS at 28? Assuming he wanted to continue in finance, what jobs, lifestyle, and comp are expected? ... Would it be a (WSO says very rare?) post-MBA associate position with the goal of making partner? Would ... Hey guys, longtime lurker here, reading a lot about the short term of working in IB and going into ...
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