Trending Content - Private Equity Forum
Career Resources
WSO Free Modeling Series - Now Open Through
June 30, 2026
9 Free Financial Modeling Lessons
Get instant access to lessons taught by experienced private equity pros and bulge bracket investment bankers including financial statement modeling, DCF, M&A, LBO, Comps and Excel Modeling.
+Bonus: Get 27 financial modeling templates in swipe file
+Bonus: Get 27 financial modeling templates in swipe file
High Finance Applications
Guaranteed
Get at least one offer GUARANTEED
- 1:1 support
- 92% success rate
- 2,000+ mentor network
- Unlimited Live bootcamps
- AI for resume + LinkedIn
- Networking automation tools
- HireVue simulation tool
- Full course library
- Private Slack community
- 20hrs of mocks
- + much more...
Typically, you’d want to work at a more established and higher quality group to increase your chances of getting into PE.
Would recommend lateraling to a US group if you can. Comp will likely be better there as well.
Agree with guy above. Don't stay with these groups if your goal is getting into PE or getting good deal experience.
What about those groups placement to private credit?
This is going to be blunt, but lev fin at those groups don’t do shit compared to prestigious BB lev fin groups. PE is impossible. PC, yes it’s possible but still highly unlikely unless you’re joining an equally shitty PC fund.
Ask yourself, how many deals did your group lead-left? If not your group, what about firm wide?
My suggestion if I were you would be to lateral to a better bank or try applying to MUFG’s PC team - they are equally crap but atleast you get “investing” experience.
Lol, I understand they're pretty shit...I'm not really interested in PE anyway, so that doesn't matter. What kind of shitty debt fund those analysts place into？(Just tryna explore some options here
You'd be far better off at any middle market than these groups, holds true for non-lev fin groups as well.
Not prestigious enough sorry
Personally think you can get into a MM PE fund. Have seen analysts from Japanese banks place over the years but I agree with the comments above that it is probably less common.
The bigger concern in my opinion is whether you are developing the skills to hit the ground running coming from a lower tier balance sheet bank. To the extent your project experience is lacking I would lateral to a strong middle market M&A platform or BB and recruit from there.
Et necessitatibus dolor temporibus molestias. Ut odit voluptas excepturi asperiores tenetur autem error consequatur. Temporibus id labore quaerat velit nesciunt repudiandae dicta. Qui dolores laborum sed id dolores aliquam. Dicta fuga nihil possimus sed qui et inventore dolor. Enim veniam iure eligendi et ad consequatur laudantium et.
Harum praesentium voluptas debitis quasi dolor eum dolorem. Iure non labore necessitatibus nam.
See All Comments - 100% Free
WSO depends on everyone being able to pitch in when they know something. Unlock with your email and get bonus: 6 financial modeling lessons free ($199 value)
or Unlock with your social account...