0 Industry-Focused PE Associate Lateraling to a Different Industry 5 4y
0 J.P. Turner & Company LLC - Review - Prime Brokerage Data 5y
0 Siris Capital - Salary & Bonus - Investments Data 5y
+16 HF vs PE 2 5y
0 Looking for initiation report 1 5y
0 Partners Group - Salary & Bonus - Leveraged Finance Data 5y
0 Landmark Partners - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 5y
0 A CD or Bank A count. An AARP bank account earns more than a Marcus CD. A Marcus CD pays 0.45%, a Marcus AARP Bank Account pays 0.60 %. 1 5y
+1 Anyone know anything about CenterGate Capital in Austin? 4 2y
0 LevFin Group to PE? 2 5y
+9 Qualities of a good SOFTWARE LBO candidate? 1 5y
+36 Moving to Tech from Private Equity 10 5y
0 Appropriate to follow up w/ Headhunter? 2 5y
0 Post-Covid WFH rules at your fund? 2 5y
0 Agricultural Bank of China - Review - Restructuring Data 5y
0 Agricultural Bank of China - Salary & Bonus - Restructuring Data 5y
+17 Deal on Resume - Not Much to Talk About? 3 5y
0 Carlyle Group - Review - Investor Relations Data 5y
+9 Roles in energy PE? 1 4y
+1 How do firms source deals? 1 5y
0 PE firm fundraising/investing time split 1 5y
0 HarbourVest - Review - Private Equity Data 5y
0 HarbourVest - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 5y
0 Secondaries - Case study 2 2y
0 Does Anyone Have Insights On Ardian? 4 5y
0 NextGen Growth Partners - Interview - Private Equity Data 5y
0 Is it weird that I get staffed OFF of deals? 1 5y
+43 Stop Using FoF as a term and No its not Inferior 11 5y
0 Partners Group - Salary & Bonus - Infrastructure Data 5y
+27 Thoughts on PE WLB during COVID 1 5y
0 Insight Partners Hirevue Virtual Cover Letter 1 5y
0 Deleted 1 4y
0 StepStone Group - Review - Analytics Data 5y
0 StepStone Group - Salary & Bonus - Analytics Data 5y
0 On-cycle PE Associate Recruiting for PE Analysts? 1 5y
0 PE Client Services Cover Letter/ Resume 1 5y
0 Blackstone Group - Review - Private Equity Data 5y
0 Blackstone Group - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 5y
0 Edmond de Rothschild - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Edmond de Rothschild - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Carlyle Group - Review - Private Equity Data 5y
0 Carlyle Group - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 5y
+15 London - why do buy-side headhunters ignore candidates? 8 5y
0 Sun Capital Partners - thoughts? 8 5y
0 LMM PE vs. Boutique IB for Summer Analyst Internship 5 5y
0 IR Comp? 3 5y
+6 Career Steps After REPE Internship 3 5y
+6 Leon Black Stepping Down 1 5y
+3 Routes to Biotech PE 1 5y
0 PE Co-Investing Opportunity? 4 5y
0 Riverstone Holdings - Salary & Bonus - Energy Data 5y
0 Spot Trading LLC - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
0 PSP Investments London PE Team 4 3y
+26 Post-MBA Careers for Pre-MBA PE Associate from non HSW M7 18 5y
+22 BDT 2021 9 3y
0 Crescent Capital Group LP - Review - Credit Data 5y
0 Crescent Capital Group LP - Salary & Bonus - Credit Data 5y
+41 Ecom w/ $30M sales 12 5y
+23 SPAC 11 5y
+13 How Often Does PE model? 10 4y
0 Morgan Stanley Investing Platforms? 4 5y
+87 Quick plug for LMM PE re: Work / Life Balance 34 4y
+3 Thoughts / Insight into 10xEBITDA 2 5y
0 Partners Group - Review - Generalist Data 5y
0 Partners Group - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 5y
0 Northwestern Mutual - Salary & Bonus - Investments Data 5y
0 Harvey & Company - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
0 Best Healthcare Funds in 2021? 3 5y
0 Contributing to Fund as an Analyst 1 5y
0 H.I.G. Capital - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
+90 Daddy got kids into PE and IB 37 5y
0 Apollo Global Management - Review - Portfolio Management Data 5y
0 Systematic Insights Capital, LLC. - Interview - Generalist Data 5y
0 Modelling Mortgages/Autos From Warehouse through to Securitisation 1 5y
+4 Software / SaaS Modelling course? 5 3y
0 Types of financing available 1 5y
0 Greenhill - Interview - Generalist Data 5y
0 Advantage Capital Partners - Interview - Generalist Data 5y
0 PE Portfolio Operations - from MBB vs MegaFund REPE AM / Portfolio 1 5y
+3 MF growth hours, interviews, etc insights? 5 5y
+5 Public sector consulting to Infrastructure Private Equity? 5 5y
0 2021 PE associate firms still hiring? 1 5y
0 CPP Investment Board - Review - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 5y
0 CPP Investment Board - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 5y
0 Exit ops from new firm? 5 5y
0 AEA Small Business 2 4y
0 Remote WFH options in PE? 5 5y
0 Nonconventional path to PE 4 5y
0 LBO - Model Test - Questions 11 5y
0 Union Bancaire Private Asset Management - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
0 Comvest Partners - Review - Private Equity Data 5y
0 Comvest Partners - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 5y
+139 PE work/life balance practical considerations 74 1y
+5 Taxation on Sale of PortCo Division 4 5y
+17 Top Credit Funds? 40 3y
+1 Is GS/MS PE considered MM? 4 5y
0 Oaktree Capital Management - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 5y
0 Thoughts on Verizon Ventures? 2 5y
+16 Distressed Investing vs Workouts Group (credit fund) 15 1y
0 Have the new analyst work restrictions reduced day 1 associate preparedness? 1 5y

Career Advancement Opportunities

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Morgan Stanley 08 97.8%
  • Goldman Sachs 02 97.3%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.5%
  • Evercore No 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.8%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.3%

Professional Growth Opportunities

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.8%
  • JPMorgan No 97.3%

Total Avg Compensation

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (16) $429
  • Associates (50) $259
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (25) $178
  • Intern/Summer Associate (14) $159
  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (75) $101
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