0 Do you use work email or personal email when cold-emailing for internship (context in post) 1 4y
+3 PE Interview prep London 1 4y
0 Blackstone Group - Review - Generalist Data 4y
0 Blackstone Group - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
+210 What should I look for in the data room? 24 3y
0 The Halifax Group - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
+7 KKR Sophomore Diversity Insights Program 5 4y
+15 Lateral to Career-Track after Finishing Program 1 4y
+4 Distressed Investing Conference 3 4y
+6 PE to a PE improvement/consulting role? 2 4y
0 Thoughts on Riverside Company 1 3y
+14 How to find the IRR for a cash+share rollup acquisition? 1 4y
+6 Thoughts on new SEC regulations? 1 3y
+44 Senior Associate Comp Benchmarks 35 4y
+13 Abry Partners 31 11mo
+21 Paying for Carried Interest Unit 24 4y
+9 Military --> LMM PE --> MBA --> ??? 1 4y
0 Innovation Capital - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
+12 MF PE Carry Levels @ Varying Seniority Levels? 14 4y
+4 LMM PE in NYC or MF PE in Asia?? 6 4y
+45 Moving from direct to co investing 47 1y
+45 Worst Secondary Fund? 50 3y
+28 London MF Analyst Comp 63 3y
0 Welsh Carson Anderson Stowe WCAS - Interview - Private Equity Data 4y
+30 Hong Kong as a non Chinese speaker 35 2y
0 MidCap Financial - Salary & Bonus - Leveraged Finance Data 4y
+4 Insight Partners SA 2023 Thread 6 4y
+60 Advice from people who left? 15 4y
+1 What is Non Promotable gains 1 4y
+5 Incoming LMM PE INTERN: what Strategy/non-finance tasks? 10 4y
+6 LMM Backoffice - Outsourcing 3 2y
0 Transferring PE offices 2 4y
+2 Hg Off-Cycle Interview (Undergrad) London 6 3y
0 Merchant banking vs PE 2 4y
0 TPG Global - Review - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 4y
0 TPG Global - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 4y
+3 MF/UMM Culture and WLB 1 4y
+2 Will PE firms ever raise associate's salaries? 5 4y
+14 Which distressed asset targeted PE fund will bail out Evergrande? 7 4y
0 Small venture 1 4y
+16 Large Cap vs. Middle Market Investing 10 4y
+38 Internal Mobility at BX? 27 4y
+3 Angove Partners, same sh*t as pinpoint 2 3y
+9 Valuations Analyst out of college at top PE firm 1 4y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 4y
0 Brookfield Asset Management - Review - Other Data 4y
0 Brookfield Asset Management - Salary & Bonus - Other Data 4y
+12 Firm has a lack of ambition. Leave? 12 4y
+3 Thoughts on Gain.Pro? 1 4y
0 Case Study in Credit Fund - no modelling? 1 4y
0 LIBOR increase / year 1 4y
+3 UMM/MF PE Firms in NYC 3 4y
+16 Master Finance Vs Full Time Job 4 4y
+28 PE Headhunters and their little games 13 4y
+3 LLR Partners Associate Comp 1 4y
+11 Thoughts on Roark Capital 4 2mo
+3 Risk in PE 1 4y
0 MidOcean Partners - Interview - Generalist Data 4y
0 Blackstone Group - Review - Secondaries Data 4y
0 Blackstone Group - Salary & Bonus - Secondaries Data 4y
+7 Accel-KKR 2nd round interview 12 3y
+1 Using offer as leverage? 1 4y
+2 PE MF is LDN with Sector Teams? 2 4y
0 Pathway Capital Management - Review - Private Equity Data 4y
+8 Delete 0 4y
+2 ~$1bn latest Fund size Buyout Associate 1 All-in Comp? 3 4y
+11 Best Energy PE Shop? 1 4y
+3 Looking for London Based PE Case Studies and Model Tests 1 4y
+17 Post LBO capital structure question 4 4y
0 Stub. Balance Sheet LBO 3 4y
+8 PE Analyst Case Study 1 4y
+19 Special sits vs direct lending 6 3y
+13 Advice from a seasoned financier and politician 8 4y
+24 Credit Associate comp at Monroe Capital 18 4y
+25 Most overused phrase in finance 43 4y
+12 Leaving After 6 Months due to comp - help 11 4y
0 Inverness Graham Investments - Interview - Private Equity Data 4y
0 Wedbush Securities - Review - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 4y
0 Wedbush - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 4y
0 Arrowroot Capital - Interview - Generalist Data 4y
0 Norwest Equity Partners Analyst Position 2 4y
+16 GTCR - 2022 Thoughts? 27 2y
+8 Critics accuse TPG of inflating returns ahead of IPO 7 4y
0 General Catalyst Partners - Review - Real Estate Data 4y
0 Catalyst Group - Salary & Bonus - Real Estate Data 4y
0 TA Associates 1 4y
0 NextGen Growth Partners - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 4y
+2 Thoughts on BlackRock 6 4y
+43 MF PE Investor Mindset Prep 17 4y
0 Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd - Review - Restructuring Data 4y
0 Monroe Capital LLC - Salary & Bonus - Valuation Data 4y
+3 ……………….. ……………….. ………………..……………….. ……………….. ……………….. ……………….. ……………….. ……………….. ……………….. ……………….. ……………….. ……………….. 20 3y
0 Does not having an sat restrict me from doing buyside recruiting? 1 3y
0 Main Street Capital - Review - NA Data 4y
+169 Does Anyone Regret NOT getting a top MBA? 81 3y
+3 Esas - anyone heard of them? 5 4y
+3 Office Advice for New Full-Time Monkeys 1 4y
0 0000000 2 4y
0 Recruiting Market? 1 4y
+20 Commercial Diligence 4 4y

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