+45 Thoughts on Insight Partners 21 3y
+11 When will 2023 PE Associate Recruiting kick off? 4 4y
+6 PE Recruiting 1 4y
+6 Remote/hybrid buyside firms? 1 4y
+10 How to move < 6 months in 6 4y
+7 Classes for PE? 4 4y
+6 Earning potential for MD at boutique investment bank 1 4y
0 If I wanted to start a sketchy, unethical PE shop, what would I have to do? 2 4y
+17 Is this normal for a private credit case study? 16 2y
+6 2023 on cycle 13 4y
0 Credit Suisse - Interview - Technology Data 4y
+1 Resources for identifying seed companies 2 4y
0 Pacific Investment Management Company PIMCO - Interview - Real Estate Data 4y
+8 CVP of PE World? 13 4y
+2 AKKR - Insights 2 4y
0 Francisco Partners - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 4y
0 FT 2022 PE Recruitment (UG) 1 4y
+61 Lower MM PE 56 4y
+25 Really want to quit IB & start a consumer tech company 7 4y
0 Blackstone Group - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 4y
+7 REPE to Special Situations Investing 11 3y
0 Deutsche Börse - Review - Generalist Data 4y
0 Deutsche Börse - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
+40 LMM is underrated 15 4y
+6 Private Credit - CIM Case Study 1 4y
+16 What are standard benefits in PE? 7 4y
+3 Sophomore PE UMM Fund Internship? 4 4y
+6 Forward Revenue Value ? 1 4y
0 Morgan Stanley - Interview - NA Data 4y
+3 Capital Dynamics Private Credit 1 3y
+3 13W Model - Learning Resources 2 4y
0 LBO PE -> Venture 1 4y
0 Credit Suisse - Interview - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 4y
+178 High Finance is Paradise 28 1y
0 The Riverside Company - Interview - Leveraged Buyouts Data 4y
0 Pretium Partners LLC - Review - Real Estate Data 4y
0 Pretium Partners LLC - Salary & Bonus - Real Estate Data 4y
0 United HealthGroup - Review - NA Data 4y
+352 2022 Private Equity Headhunter Coverage 71 1y
+10 Inherited Coal Business: what to do now? 5 4y
+3 AUM 1 4y
+6 Macabacus = CFI 4 4y
0 HQ Capital - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 4y
+11 Matching energy levels for buy-side interviews 3 3y
0 Hamilton Lane - Review - Private Equity Data 4y
0 Hamilton Lane - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 4y
+9 Does anyone have experience working at or with Digital Currency Group? 2 4y
0 PE Recruiting without closed deals 2 4y
0 LGT Capital Partners - Salary & Bonus - Leveraged Finance Data 4y
0 How would you guys approach international market-sizing exercises for streaming platforms like Disney+ / Twitch / Netflix? 1 4y
+7 Ridgemont Equity Partners vs Falfurrias Capital Partners 8 2y
+3 PE Summer 2022 Internships 1 4y
+54 Why isn’t this discussed more? 20 4y
+10 GoBuySide - Watch out?? 5 4y
+9 KKR PE Analyst Program 5 4y
+13 To PE/HF people over 30: Why not start a SPAC? 5 4y
0 Fora Financial - Review - Credit Risk Data 4y
0 Fora Financial - Salary & Bonus - Credit Risk Data 4y
0 Private Credit / Direct Lending Interview Guide 1 4y
+2 K1 Investment Mgmt Exit Opps? 1 4y
0 Economic Policy Think Tank VS MF PE 1 4y
0 Perella Weinberg Partners - Review - Venture Capital Data 4y
+3 Anyone have CPI’s current client list? 1 4y
0 LMM Business Brokers 1 4y
+19 Best CRM & Deal Mgmt. Tool? 7 4y
0 Indirect / Backsolve LBO Case study 2 4y
+50 some basic questions about PE 19 4y
0 Ironbridge Equity Partners - Review - Generalist Data 4y
+19 Thoma Bravo's AuM has grown from $3 Bn in 2012 to $91 Bn today 16 3y
0 Ironbridge Equity Partners - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
+49 Wanting my father who already has "enough" to be more ambitious... 22 4y
+55 Wharton ED vs Stanford REA for PE placement 60 3y
+6 KKR PE London Process / Case Study 3 2y
+13 Hello 11 3y
+32 Recruiting is broken 16 4y
0 Alliance Bernstein Private Credit 3 2y
+17 LBO confusion with cash and enterprise value 14 4y
+15 How long to hear back after 2nd round? 1 4y
+10 Extra Time at Work - What Should I Do? 2 4y
+6 Do you really learn everything on the job? 1 4y
+132 PE Funds that Win - and IB that Tries 20 4y
0 Anyone know anything about Advantage Capital 1 4y
0 Roark Capital Group - Review - Generalist Data 4y
0 Roark Capital Group - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
+1 valuation of Open Source software companies 3 4y
+4 Vesting time 6 4y
+12 How to ask for a raise? 12 4y
+3 Remote Work In PE 1 4y
+789 Working in PE is hell on earth 156 3y
+34 How hard is on cycle 26 4y
0 Pacific Investment Management Company PIMCO - Interview - Generalist Data 4y
0 Blackstone Group - Interview - Leveraged Finance Data 4y
+10 LLR Partners - Comp/Exit Opps/Reputation? 9 4y
+51 Community College To PE 29 2y
0 Blackstone Group - Review - Risk Data 4y
0 Blackstone Group - Salary & Bonus - Risk Data 4y
+1 EQT London 9 4y
+314 I love prestige. 19 4y
+3 Structured Credit HF 1 4y
0 MF Finance Middle Office Analyst Comp? 1 4y

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  • Guggenheim Partners 01 97.7%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.1%

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  • Morgan Stanley 02 98.9%
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  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.7%
  • Banco Santander 01 97.1%

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  • Morgan Stanley 06 98.3%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.7%
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  • 1st Year Analyst (79) $150
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