Centerbridge perception on the street?

Obviously seems like a lot of hardos across the board at Centerbridge. People are from Lazard / PJT / Moelis etc

Does it seem like they've had issues fundraising? What is the culture like in the credit team? What are the hours for those folks? Would you recommend it as a good UMM to work at?

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I can't speak to credit specifically but would say overall that they're well pedigreed and a bit sharp elbowed. People seem smart but returns haven't been incredible. They had a $6B+ fund and think they flopped with their last fundraise, pulling like half of what they had in their last fund. Their co-founder, Mark Gallogly, retired two years ago, so perhaps that impacted fundraising. Known to be sweaty but honestly know of firms that are worse. They have historically paid very well. 

The recent performance would give me pause about a longer-term seat but an option at least worth considering for an associate stint, especially if you're interested in distressed investing (mind you, they also do vanilla buyout).

 

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