+10 Impact of NYC 14 Day Quarantine Order on Buyside Recruiting 11 6y
+55 Did very poorly on my first deal - what should I do? 14 5y
0 Cinven - Interview - Investments Data 6y
+3 GoBuyside Reviews of Companies 1 6y
+58 Blackstone to sit out on-cycle and change recruiting model 28 6y
0 KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts) - Review - Consumer - Retail Data 6y
0 KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts) - Salary & Bonus - Consumer - Retail Data 6y
+12 PE Trainings In London or Paris 1 6y
+11 LMM / MM PE Compensation 10 5y
0 Insight Venture Partners - Interview - Generalist Data 6y
+22 CCMP Capital - Any Insights? 8 3y
0 Pine Brook - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 6y
+8 Why makes more money on average? Banking MD or PE MD? 7 6y
+17 Towerbrook Associate Interview 8 1y
+12 Info on MSouth Equity Partners? 7 5y
+4 Bank Prestige vs Deal Experience? 2 6y
+4 jp morgan pe recruiting 4 6y
+5 "Shopping" a PE offer off-cycle 3 6y
+27 PE in China 4 6y
+33 PE or MBA? 4 5y
+5 HELP: A Tier 2 PE fund will give me this test to complete (click on the topic) 2 6y
+6 private equity internships 2 6y
0 GIC Government of Singapore Investment Corporation - Salary & Bonus - Special Situations Group Data 6y
+17 Does anyone have insight into what it is like to recruit from a newer boutique (Liontree, Dyal, M Klein, etc.)? 14 5y
+14 How to keep in touch with people from your previous job 3 6y
+3 Practice Interview Questions for Port Co CEO Role 1 6y
+3 Has it been hard to secure accurate funding? 1 6y
+9 Downside protection for Non-Performing Loans? 1 6y
+16 You have 20k for growth investments. What do you do? 6 6y
+12 Is there a step below running a search fund / being an entrepreneur in residence? 1 6y
+12 Clarification on Option Proceeds 2 6y
+22 New Mountain Capital or Permira? 14 6y
+41 Understanding SaaS 26 1y
+15 ECM to PE advice? 2 6y
0 Apollo Global Management - Salary & Bonus - Hedge Fund Data 6y
+24 When are your firms going back to working from office? 16 5y
+123 Q&A 2.0: 3rd Year BA/A/AC At MBB Going To UMM/MF This Summer 37 5y
+20 European Middle Market 6 6y
0 Cerberus Capital Management - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 6y
+3 Anyone have the Valuation book by Arzac in pdf? 1 6y
+16 Private Equity in The Cayman Islands 3 3y
+17 London ib to Los Angeles pe 10 5y
+3 London / EU Fund Performance 1 6y
+33 Convertible Pref Question Asked by Mega Fund 9 6y
+31 What is the best path to start a PE fund? 12 4y
+37 Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe Info? 17 4y
0 Blackstone Group - Review - Leveraged Buyouts Data 6y
0 Blackstone Group - Salary & Bonus - Leveraged Buyouts Data 6y
+8 Private Capital Investing: The Handbook of Private Debt and Private Equity (Wiley Finance) 3 5y
0 Blackstone Group - Review - Generalist Data 6y
0 Blackstone Group - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 6y
+22 Do undergrad internships help in in PE associate recruiting? 7 6y
+41 PE partner track v. PE portfolio company CEO track 10 5y
0 Search Fund Accelerator - Review - NA Data 6y
+26 EBITDA Valuations 10 6y
+4 LBO - PIK Interest 3 6y
+21 How would you LBO an insurance company?? 5 6y
+12 Where from to take real PE's LBO case studies materials 1 6y
+28 LMM PE B School prospects 5 6y
+3 Would you get frustrated if things took you longer? 1 6y
0 Robert W. Baird & Co. - Interview - Financial Sponsors Data 6y
+3 TPG Growth London 5 4y
+15 Circular reference in LBO model? 2 6y
+13 Depreciation & Amortization in LBO 5 6y
+12 Hypothetical Rollup Strategy 1 6y
+15 Confused as how paying down debt faster juices returns in investments 2 6y
+55 Can I become good at modeling? 16 6y
+3 LP – GP relationship in “Western” vs. a Chinese PE fund ? 1 6y
+3 bdt merchant banking as an associate? 5 4y
0 White Oak Global Advisors LLC - Review - Generalist Data 6y
0 White Oak Global Advisors LLC - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 6y
0 JUMP Investors - Review - Generalist Data 6y
+3 Private Equity Interview Prep Resources 1 6y
+68 Interview DCF example 37 1y
+24 Onex, New Mountain, EQT, or Golden Gate? 10 6y
+6 Blackstone 2021 Portfolio Operations SA 5 6y
+36 Worst deal you lost? 5 6y
+3 Infrastructure Private Equity Case Studies 1 4y
+3 Insight Partners SA 2021 Recruiting 1 6y
0 PSP Investments - Salary & Bonus - Natural Resources Data 6y
+46 Q&A: Lower Middle Market PE Associate -- Ask Me Anything 19 5y
+12 PE Case Study Interview Examples? 1 6y
+8 Fucked up at work- what to do? 2 6y
+24 PWP private equity placement is elite? 10 6y
+12 Fund placement agents - is this pay accurate? 1 6y
+12 Got a message about a job for a portfolio company but would rather work at PE. How to respond? 1 6y
+15 PE Networking? 3 5y
+22 What investment banking group(s) do PE teams want to see the most? 4 6y
+37 Question regarding majority stake LBO 11 4y
+6 Ancala Partners insights - London 3 4y
+16 Internal Mobility - Blackstone 20 4y
+50 When do you actually get ahead living in NYC? 6 6y
+38 I recruited on-cycle too early 13 6y
+3 Model granularity to raise funding 1 6y
0 StepStone Group - Review - Portfolio Management Data 6y
+22 Private Equity Business Development Comp? 9 4y
+39 PE Recruiting From BB FIG 16 4y
+13 Interesting LBO Question for Write up Intangible/ DTL 2 6y
+148 Vista Equity Partners 2021 156 3y
+18 ROIC in LBO 3 6y

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  • Banco Santander 01 97.1%

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