+18 Goldman Sachs Financing to PE / Hedgefund 7 4y
0 Ares Management Corporation - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 4y
+10 Team of Family Offices 3 4y
0 Landmark Partners - Salary & Bonus - Secondaries Data 4y
0 Symphony Technology Group - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 4y
0 Bridgepoint Merchant Banking - Review - Leveraged Buyouts Data 4y
0 Bridgepoint Merchant Banking - Salary & Bonus - Leveraged Buyouts Data 4y
+10 Is this a pipedream? Career advice 4 4y
+6 Real Estate Private Equity/Development to Macro Fund? 1 4y
+6 PE Case Study 1 4y
+3 Norwest Venture Partners 1 4y
+3 Unit Economics for PE 4 4y
0 Blackstone Group - Review - Generalist Data 4y
+13 Laid off from IB after getting PE offer 4 4y
+3 ClearSky Tech Fund - Florida 7 3y
+6 Advent interview London - Commercial Case Study 7 2y
0 CIC Partners - Interview - Generalist Data 4y
0 Cove Hill Partners - Interview - Private Equity Data 4y
0 Pictet Funds (Europe) S.A. - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
+9 Thoughts about Atlas Holdings 1 4y
+12 Career Outlook in an Inflationary Environment 7 3y
+25 Tech Buyout to Infrastructure Buyout 3 4y
+3 Warburg pincus interview timeline 1 4y
+14 I want an honest opinion on IB/ER/PE as a career path in 2022 3 4y
+3 INVESCO - investor type (GP/LP)? 2 3y
+3 Precedent IM 1 4y
+5 How to train yourself to deal with a 4-hour LBO modeling test 5 4y
+3 Career Advice PE 10 4y
+21 Stephanie Geveda Startup Firm - Thoughts? 20 2mo
0 bcIMC - Review - Debt Capital Markets Data 4y
+46 Not sure if PE is for me... 22 3y
0 bcIMC - Salary & Bonus - Debt Capital Markets Data 4y
+37 Lead Edge Capital 25 9mo
0 Barings - Review - Asset Management Data 4y
0 Barings - Salary & Bonus - Asset Management Data 4y
+12 Salesforce Private Equity Practice? 6 3y
0 OpenGate Capital - Interview - Private Equity Data 4y
+6 Incoming Full Time Analyst interested in PE 6 4y
+6 Carry vesting 14 3y
+3 S&T vs AM to get into PE 0 4y
+2 PE firms with and without direct promote to VP/Principal 5 4y
+6 Harvest Partners SCF? 15 1y
+17 Investment Team --> Portfolio Ops? 7 4y
0 BlackRock - Interview - Private Equity Data 4y
+9 Ares Management SA 2023 28 4y
+6 Advice needed for post-grad: MM PE and IB Offers 5 4y
0 Rialto Capital Management - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
+3 Investment strategy at Infrastructure fund 1 4y
+315 Buyside recruiting is really demoralizing as a non-target 70 3y
+42 Most Successful / Largest MF Spin-Outs? 32 3y
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+6 Atlas Holdings 3 3y
0 CITIC Capital - Interview - Leveraged Buyouts Data 4y
0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Infrastructure Data 4y
+3 Ghosted by Headhunters (London) 3 4y
+5 Post 2 3y
+3 Reaching out to alumni 3 4y
0 HQ Capital - Review - NA Data 4y
0 HQ Capital - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 4y
+10 Platinum Equity Updated Thoughts (2022) 30 2y
+52 What is an "operationally hands-on" PE firm? 17 4y
0 Evercore - Interview - Generalist Data 4y
+3 Updated views on Sixth Street Partners? (2022) 3 4y
+3 How feasible is it to go from MM PE to LO/HF? 1 4y
+10 PE Associate day-to-day experience 3 4y
+3 Blue Ops - Xerxes Global 1 4y
+4 How to Improve yourself going into PE 10 4y
0 Northleaf - Salary & Bonus - Restructuring Data 4y
+3 Bain Capital Tech opp progress 1 4y
+4 Any WFH jobs that pay above 200K all in? 7 4y
+6 Cold Emailing Other Associates as an Associate 1 4y
+3 Updated views on Oaktree (2022)? 1 4y
+9 How do I know if PE is for me? 5 4y
+15 Carlyle Tech PE (DC Office) Interview Guidance Please 10 3y
+21 Continuation Vehicle Modelling 21 4y
0 KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts) - Review - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 4y
0 KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts) - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 4y
+18 LMM IB to LMM PE or MM IB? 5 3y
+18 Australian PE rankings, exit opps and global mobility 13 1y
+3 What does a PE Partner buy-in look like? 2 4y
+7 $25mm fund - 2 person 7 4y
+3 Rising rates environment 1 4y
+21 Worried about missing out on camaraderie/relationship-building going straight to MF PE 7 4y
+18 Recruiting post-PE 1 4y
0 LGT Capital Partners - Interview - Generalist Data 4y
+16 PE vs LO AM 10 8mo
+9 Investing in LATAM? 3 3y
+3 PE Take Private Regulatory Considerations 1 4y
+12 Job security in PE vs IB 4 2y
0 Global Infrastructure Partners - Interview - Infrastructure Data 4y
+11 Do associates go to IC? 7 4y
+7 Getting ready to start PE 1 4y
+7 How difficult is it to land a MF in nyc 13 4y
+1 Path to the Megafund 🏙 5 4y
+4 Top Business Services Investors 5 3y
+12 Smartest Firms in the Space 7 4y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 lolololol 1 3y
+11 How to Complete LBO for Private Company, No Cash Flow Statement? 4 3y

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  • Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Guggenheim Partners 02 97.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 97.4%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

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  • Moelis & Company No 99.5%
  • Morgan Stanley 02 99.0%
  • Evercore 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 04 97.9%
  • BMO Capital Markets 13 97.4%

Professional Growth Opportunities

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  • Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.9%
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  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
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