Anyone have data points to share? Montreal vs. Toronto? CDPQ, PSP, Novacap, TorQuest, etc… currently in a corp dev / M&A role. 1.5 years out of school,trying to get a sense of market comp.
Current comp: $115k CAD base, 35% bonus
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What kind of place are you at now? how are hours
Permanent capital model. 50-60 average
Wdym by permanent capital model? Maple 8 pension?
ignore title -- 110 plus 35% is pretty decent for a second year corp dev role in canada. Aso1 at MM PEs in Toronto are around 210-230k depending on shop, pensions (CPP, Teachers, OMERS) from what I heard are higher at around 250.
Appreciate the data points. Do you know the base + bonus %? Assuming that’s all in comp
associates across the years at canadian banks are 135k - so most MM PE shops (and I guess pensions) will just benchmark off that. rest are bonus
ASO1 at one of the MM infra PE shops in Toronto.
$110k Base + ~100% bonus target
in line with my shop but higher base and lower bonus target, guessing this is either northleaf or dif?
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