+30 Most Desirable Buyside Seats in London/Continental Europe 17 1h
+30 Main Capital Partners? 21 1d
+24 Top PE Firms 2025 (HEC Rankings) 15 1d
0 Infrastructure PE (Europe & UK) 2 2d
+3 Views on DTCP? 2 2d
+13 Why would you invest in Saas companies in LLM PE when you dont have to? 1 3d
+9 NAV Lending Market Map 2026 — Who Does What and for Whom? 3 1w
+5 Infra groups with chill hours 7 1w
+3 EQT Growth 4 1w
+6 Permira Case Study Helppp 7 1w
+78 Consumer PE is dying/dead? 17 1w
+37 Partners Group Long Term 29 1w
+20 Thoughts on Antin Infra? 7 1w
+52 What % of people entering PE ultimately make MD/Partner? 32 2w
+15 MM IB vs Secondaries vs Private Credit 5 2w
0 Allianz Capital Partners Infra 2 2w
+9 Views on Infravia? 14 3w
+11 EQT Case Study 19 3w
+3 Reneging: Got an Associate Job offer in a regional office and don’t want to go 3 3w
+48 Private Equity Associate Regretting Decision 19 3w
+19 Do PE VPs Always Have An Associate Under Them? 12 3w
+20 Thoughts on Novo Holdings 35 3w
+1 Healthcare Modelling test (2026) 3 3w
+18 London Secondaries Master 36 3w
+2 AltamarCAM Partners - Secondaries? 3 3w
+14 How do people feel about direct PE at the Canadian pensions? 19 4w
+21 Semi-target into IB (London) -> PE 20 1mo
+18 Comp check — Associate at small first-time Swiss PE fund (CHF 90k base + deal fees + 0.5% carry). Fair or getting squeezed? 2 1mo
+4 Chances of landing PE in Asia/LatAm/London post MBA 5 1mo
0 Best/Worst lenders to work with in Europe? 1 1mo
0 PE Comp in Switzerland (Zurich & Geneva) 3 1mo
+9 Infrastructure PE Modeling Tests / Case Studies 12 1mo
+3 Mining PE Comp 5 1mo
+80 My journey in infrastructure investing 59 1mo
+100 Q&A Distressed Private Debt & Private Equity 74 1mo
+13 CD&R - Updated Views 8 1mo
+9 Port M&A , PE View 1 1mo
0 US HH 3 1mo
+13 Fee-free carry-free for employees 11 1mo
0 MF PE Recruiting: Continental Top BB vs Lower BB London 2 1mo
+9 London Exits: What's better for Top PE Exit? 4 1mo
0 Top Bank vs Good Bank + Top PE Internship 5 1mo
+4 Main Capital Closing EUR 5.25bn 3 1mo
+174 Q&A: Returning to PE After a Year and a Half at a Series C Startup 50 2mo
+6 Antin infrastructure modelling test 6 2mo
+24 Athos Partners Overview - Overpromise and underdeliver 11 2mo
+6 Partners Group London Opinion 10 2mo
+9 Best way to meet ppl as a PE Associate in NYC 4 2mo
+18 Anyone here got into PE coming from Real Estate Asset Management – no IB, no consulting? 5 2mo
+9 AI PE startups 3 2mo
+11 F2 Raises $24M to Scale its LLM-Agnostic AI Operating System for Private Credit 1 2mo
+48 Laid Off from UMM PE — Struggling to Rebound in Brutal Market (London) 9 2mo
+111 Nothing to do at work & bored to hell 10 2mo
+4 Private Equity Subject Matter Expert – AI Training & Reasoning Systems 1 2mo
0 PE Associate in NYC -> London 1 2mo
+14 Lunate case study 18 2mo
+67 Moving to Paris 64 2mo
+1 MBB vs PE analyst offer? 1 2mo
+14 Family Office 2025/2026 Comp Thread 5 2mo
+15 Sovereign, Endowment, Family Office PE Comp 4 2mo
+10 Inflexion rep 8 3mo
+26 China MF PE → US IB/PE — How Should I Position Myself? 13 3mo
0 Acwa power and taqa modelling test 4 3mo
+9 Insurance Broking M&A Case Study 2 3mo
+10 Utility of Polish in European PE recruiting 3 3mo
0 Private equity investments into renewable developers 4 3mo
+6 H1 2027 PE Internship Recruiting (London) 1 3mo
+20 Work culture at EQT? 29 3mo
+7 Mubadala Capital London 21 3mo
0 Permira model test 2 3mo
+10 Permira London Views + Case Study 18 3mo
+15 Insights into Tikehau 26 3mo
+15 PE / Family Offices / Private Capital Switzerland (as Consultant) 2 3mo
+3 Isn't it better to stay in IB (or return to) rather than burn-out or get pushed out of PE? 4 3mo
+2 Infrastructure PE modeling tests 3 3mo
+46 Career dilemma >> LDN MM PE > NYC: Lateral here or MBA? 29 3mo
+4 Ardian Infrastrucure Interview 13 3mo
+16 Five Arrows 23 3mo
+21 Free PE recruiting guides on PEPath - would love your feedback 3 3mo
+10 Waterland fundraising 7 3mo
+6 Secondaries Interview 3 3mo
+9 Best software investors in NY? 19 3mo
+20 Dreadful PE Processes in Europe ... how do you get through this? 4 4mo
0 IK Partners 2026 1 4mo
+3 BX PE London 1 4mo
+8 Thoughts on Alvarez & Marsal Private Equity Performance Improvement 3 4mo
+11 Back office ? Partners group Financial Analyst Program Zug 6 4mo
+12 Finance grad, R&I + M&A experience, CFA L1 — but average GPA. Realistic path to buy side? 1 4mo
0 Alpinvest 4 4mo
+6 Family Office LP Roles 1 4mo
+25 Suggested Comp for this role? 17 4mo
+6 Raven's APM 1 4mo
+62 Struggling with caring about deals we do 24 4mo
+9 Thoughts on Platinum Equity (London) 7 4mo
0 EMK Capital 2 4mo
+9 Need advices : launch your PE fund 4 4mo
+1 Any thoughts on working in bearingpoint capital in europe/germany? Vs Bain PE? Or is PE consulting not worth getting into? 2 4mo
+13 Incoming LevFin to PE? 14 4mo
+24 Is a lateral necessary for PE recruitment? 3 4mo
+62 London PE recruiting process 41 4mo

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