+45 Thoughts on TPG Sixth Street Partners 39 4y
+15 LMM Comp Input 11 4y
+7 Niche PE firm or more reputable shop? 2 4y
+15 Black Diamond Capital Question 3 4y
+43 IB Associate with PE Offer (package question) 10 4y
+7 Best Distressed Debt focused Private Equity firm in Toronto? 4 4y
+5 Can't you also profit from an LBO if revenue and Exit Multiple decrease? 3 4y
+13 Would Appreciate Some Perspective 3 4y
+9 Deal on CV 1 4y
+4 PE Compensation Review 3 4y
+17 BMO Private Equity - Yikes 6 4y
+16 1.5-2 yrs IBD vs. PE Analyst after 1 year IBD 15 4y
0 How to get into Private Equity with a non finance background/ Bachelor? 1 4y
+18 How do you calculate net IRR and gross IRR? 2 4y
+15 Best MM PE Firms? ($1B - $5B AUM) 17 4y
+3 Resurgens Technology Partners 1 4y
+3 PE Analyst Salary Expectations 5 4y
+36 Question: Levers to generate returns in PE 9 4y
+3 Weird PE technical quesiton 2 4y
+14 REPE Owner? 9 4y
+10 Macquarie Capital vs MM Infra PE which one should I choose? 4 4y
0 Development vs. Private equity ? (REAL ESTATE) 1 4y
+9 Master in Europe for REPE / PERE or Development 1 4y
0 Typical LTIP Structure 2 4y
+3 Info on Fortress Investment Group? 2 4y
+16 LMM Hours 21 4y
0 Pre-MBA Fund Size for Post-MBA Large-Cap 1 4y
+9 Moving from Asia FO to UK/EU - would appreciate advice/insights 1 4y
+3 UMM/MF Analyst Exits? 5 4y
+12 Analyst – Private Debt – NYC 1 4y
+4 Does pay differ by asset class? 3 4y
0 How do you evaluate smaller private equity funds? 1 4y
+15 Brookfield Capital Partners -- Any Info at All 5 4y
+21 Going from sellside to founder--etiquette and reaching out questions 1 4y
+12 Am I permanently screwed in terms of salary...? 7 4y
0 HF -> PE 1 5y
+12 Summer Reading for PE/Finance 1 5y
+11 MM PE vs Consulting/IB - PLS HELP! 2 5y
+28 New book on the biggest private equity collapse in history 18 5y
+259 Private Equity Recruiting Process (From Banking) 62 5y
+62 Golub Capital type direct lending fund 20 5y
+12 Back-Estimating the Revenue of a Private Equity Firm 6 5y
0 The possibility of transitioning from MBB to private equiy. 13 5y
+49 Is this offer from an independent sponsor fair? 19 5y
+264 Private Equity Recruiting Walkthrough – My Experience 20 5y
+63 Distressed vs. Credit vs. Special Situation vs. Turnaround PE 17 5y
+4 2nd year associate avg salary? 12 5y
+8 Dumb Question - What is the Point of Debt Amortization from a Returns Perspective? 4 5y
+4 Does Warburg have a Credit arm? 6 5y
0 Monte Carlo Simulation and PE firms 3 5y
0 Sophomore Student Advice 1 5y
+34 Private equity IRR fund accounting? 12 5y
+15 Brand Name Buyside and MBA Admissions 9 5y
0 Is this article a fair dissection of PE returns? If the IRRs are what they are, how else should we look at the returns?? 3 5y
+6 Public Investment Fund (PIF) 8 5y
0 Fair Compensation? 9 5y
+28 Placement Agent Fees? 12 5y
+12 Take MM offer or go for UMM/MF? 2 5y
0 Why do people move to smaller funds? 1 5y
+8 Small vs large PE fund 8 5y
0 IRR Underwriting Hurdles 1 5y
+3 Growth PE => HF? 3 5y
+7 Should I get MBB experience before jumping into PE? 1 5y
+19 Biden Cap Gains Tax 11 5y
+21 Advice for breaking into a Megafund 8 5y
+14 LMM PE (<500m) pay vs IB pay 12 5y
0 Individual fund performance 2 5y
+5 LMM PE Return Attribution 4 5y
+4 Return of public equity? 3 5y
+7 Leveraged loan investing? 18 5y
0 Regional IB -> Newly formed Family Office 1 5y
+29 Canadian PE (MM) 7 5y
+43 Stop Using FoF as a term and No its not Inferior 11 5y
+16 HF vs PE 2 5y
0 Quilvest Private Equity 4 5y
0 Starting at ~$1-3B PE shop with 2-and-out program, should I be worried about staying in PE? 5 5y
+11 Financial modeling for ports investment decision 2 5y
0 How Has WLB in PE Been for Associates in NYC? 3 5y
0 How good does a time constrained model with investment memo need to be in PE interview process? 1 5y
0 Joining an overstaffed fund at the VP level 1 5y
+10 Thoughts on growing with a no name small-mid cap private equity firm with $170m in aum 4 5y
+11 Canada PE Shops that hire out of UG? 5 5y
0 Cricket News said that as the global coronavirus pandemic delayed the start of September 1 5y
+22 AUM vs Capital deployed vs Fund size 5 5y
+27 MM Funds with Equity and Credit Strategies - Good or Bad? 9 5y
+29 LMM PE Compensation: Is This Compensation Package Market? 15 5y
0 Let’s talk PE comp 0 5y
0 PE case study 1 5y
+3 Typical negotiation timeframe with PE firms for a director role 0 5y
+3 Negotiating salary with Pr 0 5y
+18 LDN Offer Choice 13 5y
+28 LBO case study help 15 5y
+13 How to leverage an offer? 3 5y
0 Buyside offer of Non-bank loans investment, is it private debt secondary or structured finance? 4 5y
+91 PE Career Earnings over $50 million by 50? 31 5y
0 Regulatory And Compliance Risk 0 5y
+12 Solving for purchase price of private company 3 5y
+12 LBO Technical Questions 0 5y
+23 Leverage relevance for LBO target 12 5y
0 Tikehau Capital? 1 5y

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