0 Waterfall Modeling 0 6y
+31 All debt buyout 6 6y
0 Direct Lending / BDC Interview 3 6y
+9 Lower MM PE Comp 2 6y
+13 Private Equity Thesis 14 6y
+119 Ask me anything - Non Traditional Background to MM PE to H/S/W 62 7y
+15 What is "AUM" in PE? 5 7y
+117 Going Back to Banking 103 7y
+57 Lawyer to PE deal team (survey) - how did your colleague make the switch? 56 7y
+11 LBO implied purchase multiple from IRR 3 7y
0 Visualizing PEs with less than $500m AUM 2 7y
0 Starr Investment Holdings 1 7y
0 Lower MM PE vs Co-Investment PE 1 7y
+12 Closing mechanism - effects on model 0 7y
+17 Best approach to estimate sale value? 6 7y
0 Undergrad Upcoming PE Superday 0 7y
+19 Business Development Associate at $50B+ Fund. Lifestyle, Exits, Pay? 5 7y
0 Dividend recap decreasing returns? 3 7y
0 Evaluating lower-middle market PE opportunity 8 7y
+5 What constitutes a middle market PE fund? 3 7y
0 Accel-KKR rep 0 7y
+19 PE Lower MM Comp 6 7y
+15 What should I do: FoF at major PE investor or FoF-Co-Invest-Secondary at smaller PE pension fund 6 7y
0 ULIRR to LIRR & Cash flows 0 7y
+19 Manager at Big 4 Corporate Finance OR Analyst at 3rd tier local PE 7 7y
0 How to get into The Abraaj Group 2 7y
0 Odd Question - Transitioning from CRE Private Equity to M&A Investment Banking? 0 7y
+23 Lower Middle Market PE opportunity 7 7y
+2 New PEI 300 ranking 2 7y
0 Private Equity - What kind of fund is $3bil AUM? 8 7y
0 PE compensation - Fund 18 7y
+20 PE Compensation - High level guidance on PE compensation? 23 7y
0 LBO Case Study Help! 0 7y
+17 Should I switch from a hedge fund to private equity (6yrs exp) 3 8y
+18 Reason for extremely high IRRs 6 8y
0 IRR of Bankrupt Transaction? 7 8y
0 WSO PE Guide - No Technicals? 5 8y
+3 IRR Attribution / Decomposition Analysis 0 8y
0 Historical Returns By Fund Size 1 8y
+95 Where is the industry going for young professionals? 24 8y
0 % Change on IRR Breakdown 0 8y
+12 LBO Model - No Historical Financials 2 8y
+12 Hedge Fund Acquisitions and Valuations - KKR Takes 24.9% Stake in Marshall Wace 1 8y
+56 Private Equity 2/20 business model 55 8y
0 2nd Round coming up - HELP! 2 8y
+43 Some notes from a few weeks in Mid-Market PE 28 8y
+22 PE Fund Performance: Anyone Can Hit Top Quartile Once, but Consistently? 8 8y
0 Calculating cash returned from an IRR value? 2 8y
+15 Fund of Funds (FOF) return on investment 2 8y
+19 Work at lower-mm firm but working on mega fund size deal 4 8y
+15 LBO Model: Entry Multiple Method - IRR goes UP with time? 4 8y
0 RJR Nabisco LBO: financial specifics, entry and exit? 7 8y
0 Equity Multiple Interview Question? 4 8y
0 Is IRR always the ultimate deciding factor when looking at LBO Financing Structure? 4 8y
+26 Small PE Firm or BB IBD 39 9y
0 Best Way to Prep for Verbal Case Studies? 3 9y
+8 IRR with Dividend Recap 5 9y
+7 Private equity exec compensation vs. hedge fund execs 21 9y
0 PE FoF junior analyst salary? 0 9y
0 Lower MM PE offer, thoughts? 11 9y
+4 Rule of 72 11 9y
+11 Disconnect between IRR and TVPI 4 9y
0 ThomsonOne Private Equity -- IRR benchmarking question 0 9y
0 Question on mechanics of private equity fund manager compensation 4 9y
0 meaningful list of private equity firms 3 9y
0 Margin of Safety in LBO Model 2 9y
0 Linking cash flows to exit price 3 10y
+4 How big is "Upper Middle Market" 1 10y
+20 Managment equity roll & promote - Cash-on-cash return & IRR 8 10y
+19 LBO model: impact of raising entry an exit multiples on IRR 15 10y
+19 Required IRR in LBO? 12 10y
0 Do sponsored MBA students get signing bonus? 10 10y
0 Calculating Fund IRR after recent portfolio IPO 2 10y
0 LBO model assumptions 2 10y
+31 A good CFO 11 10y
0 Leveraging PE SA for PE FT at competing firm? 6 10y
+32 Pay at super tiny PE? 14 10y
0 How to apply the LBO model? 7 10y
0 Professional Accr. before/after PE 2 10y
0 Issues with joining a 5 person PE fund 1 11y
+24 Middle Market PE Question - Grateful For Advice 4 11y
0 Odd Case Study..Help! - Oil and Gas 1 11y
+18 Which company a better buy or to invest in? 5 11y
0 MM PE SA versus BB or Top MM SA 14 11y
0 Private Equity Fund Prestige 6 11y
+20 PE Interview questions - most common or tricky? 5 11y
0 Summer 2013 PE Firms Still Hiring 6 11y
0 current MM IB Analyst...decision help 6 11y
+34 Linking DCF to IRR analysis 13 11y
+11 Vault Guide Question 5 11y
0 Things to look out for in Minority Investment Proposal? 0 11y
0 Suggestion Needed 10 11y
0 Getting fees for referring deals 2 11y
+46 Value of Boutique PE Internship? 17 11y
+13 comp for pre-mba PE associate (~$500 mm AUM)? 11 11y
0 Secondaries - Career thoughts? 0 12y
+13 Turnaround PE (SBs Awarded!!!) 5 12y
+32 Should I switch from REPE to traditional PE? 34 12y
0 Business Software & Services Companies Hedge Funds are Buying 0 12y
+13 Model trouble 10 12y

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