Houlihan Lokey M&A Exit Ops and Compensation

I know people have discussed this before, but many of the posts are outdated. Can someone provide more insight about HL CF's pay for first year analysts and PE exit ops? I understand that placement into MM PE funds is solid, but what kind of MM funds and is there a chance to be placed into upper MM funds?

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