Moonlighting as a PE Associate
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Why would he report himself to HR?
People in finance think so inside the box, it is nuts
Short answer: he probably is technically violating OBA policies, but firms only crack down if it brings heat or risk. If he’s anonymous enough, not leaking material info, and not competing with the fund, most firms look the other way—or pretend they didn’t see it.
Plenty of people run side things quietly—just comes down to discretion, scale, and whether it ever puts the firm in the headlines.
This is such a narc post.
Buddy is just posting helpful newsletters to people in / out of the industry and not putting MNPI or firm related materials out, why would his firm do anything about it?
I was about to say the same thing. This is unfortunately the default personality type within PE.. at least until you get to principal / partner and have to learn how to sell.
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