Comp for bonus left on the table?

Does anyone have experience recruiting for buyside but with a significant amount of accumulated bonus that would be left on the table? How common is it for the shop to comp a portion if not all the expected bonus? Just want to get a sense if that is a thing or if it'd be very rare. Asking with respect to off-cycle hiring.

TIA!

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Know less on PE side, on HF side it is common and you should expect at least a portion (over 50%). It will greatly depend on your seniority and how hard it is to fill the role they are searching for. Extremely common at senior levels, still common at junior levels, but less so. In PE I’ve seen it happen (from people I know) but I have no personal experience with it. 

As another poster said though, if you need that to happen to switch (I.e. you expect this money and won’t leave without it) you are taking a bit of a risk, there is a chance they won’t do anything for you. 

 

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