FT PE and Credit Fund Opportunities

This question might have been asked before but looking for an update to 2020. I know KKR is going through the process now - but I was wondering what other shops hire out of undergrad, especially credit funds. Mainly curious about FT, not for an SA -> FT.

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Ares & Antares both have analyst programs. I’m 99% sure that both have summer analyst programs that they hire out of, so not sure how much FT recruiting they do though.

 

Silver Point (tight knit recruiting process almost exclusively from Wharton,1-2 kids every other year or so), Oak Hill Advisors has a built out analyst program (both private credit and sector focused capital structure flexible teams), Apollo I believe takes out of undergrad for their specialty finance group, Goldman Sachs MBD Private Credit may take a select few out of undergrad (usually 1-3 HYP kids), and GSAM Private Credit will usually 1 kid out of undergrad per year. KKR Credit as mentioned. That’s about all I know of.

 

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