+13 Worth it? MBA for Wharton grad in the LMM 1 6y
+6 Deleted topic - please delete mods! 1 6y
+39 Thoughts on H&F and CD&R 20 4y
0 H.I.G. Capital - Review - Private Equity Data 6y
0 H.I.G. Capital - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 6y
0 McKinsey & Company - Review - Generalist Data 6y
0 McKinsey & Company - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 6y
+3 Morgan Stanley SA 2020 Private Equity HireVue 1 6y
+3 How Much Does School and Major Matter? 1 6y
+3 PE firms partnering with strategics? 1 6y
+25 Associate at MM PE with no work 10 6y
+8 Deleted 5 3y
+12 Headhunted for role - is it worth cold emailing employees through LinkedIn 1 6y
+12 Would it be possible for a foreigner to find a pe job after mba/msf? 1 6y
+12 Breaking into PE lacking the sterotypical banking background 1 6y
0 KLH Capital - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 6y
+8 Has anyone taken a sabbatical and made their way back to high finance? 1 6y
+3 How do you practice talking about your deals for an interview? 4 6y
+35 Bridger Pennington 19 1y
0 CVCapital - Review - Private Equity Data 6y
0 CVCapital - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 6y
+7 Baring Asia - thoughts? 5 6y
+24 Meta Life Advice request: 8 months to set myself up to become a great investor 3 6y
+3 Thoughts on Argos Wityu? 1 6y
+12 Urgent question CFADS & Cash conversion ratio 1 6y
+7 What’s the deal with Top Tier Capital Partners? 1 6y
+3 Anyone know anything about Neuberger Berman’s PE group? 2 4y
0 Ardian - Review - Leveraged Buyouts Data 6y
0 Ardian - Salary & Bonus - Leveraged Buyouts Data 6y
+9 M&A tax at MM to PE? 2 6y
+18 Do PE firms hire model auditors you work with? 15 6y
+3 Chicago private Credit - Golub, Ares, Maranon, THL, Freeport 2 2y
+103 Q&A: 3rd year analyst at a boutique PE fund in the SEA region 30 11mo
0 GIC Government of Singapore Investment Corporation - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 6y
0 Partners Group - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 6y
+3 Alliance Consumer Growth - Recruiter 1 6y
+3 Encore Consumer Partners - Recruiter? 1 6y
+50 Fundraising sucks. Please help. 12 4y
+45 Summer - BX RE vs. Top3 BB IBD 34 3y
0 Sterling Partners - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 6y
+3 Brown Brothers Harriman Capital Partners 1 6y
0 Audax Group - Review - Middle Market Data 6y
0 Audax Group - Salary & Bonus - Middle Market Data 6y
+7 CVC growth - strategy, reputation, culture? 3 6y
+6 Investing within the Fund 1 6y
+3 LBO entry ebitda 1 6y
+3 Common mistakes/errors in dividend recap modeling? 1 6y
+5 Steps and complexities involved in a carve-out? 1 6y
+52 Cold Emailing - Internship 13 6y
+12 Found: Comprehensive Breakdown of Compensation and Carry Practices at Private Capital Firms 1 6y
+9 Advantages / disadvantages of working for a fundless sponsor vs. institutionalized fund 1 6y
+12 Fund Placement Info 2 6y
0 Blackstone Group - Review - Private Equity Data 6y
0 Blackstone Group - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 6y
+25 CPPIB Summer Analyst Interview 27 6y
0 TA Associates - Interview - Utilities Data 6y
+35 Wharton Helpful in Recruiting into PE? 5 6y
+20 Which offer: Mid market PE or Infrastructure Fund or Asset Management 4 6y
0 If I took 7 and a half hours to schedule my interview after receiving an interview invitation, did I ruin my chance being hired? 8 6y
+3 Recruiters for Consumer GE/PE funds? 1 6y
+3 Analysing company - where is it in the cycle? 2 6y
+4 How to measure free cash flow profile 3 6y
+18 LTM Entry Clarification - help needed 4 6y
+12 Is there anything wrong with this alternative model 1 6y
0 Partners Group - Review - Rotational Data 6y
0 Partners Group - Salary & Bonus - Rotational Data 6y
+28 PE (investments) vs. FP&A 4 4y
+3 Mezzanine Private Equity - Lifestyle/Comp/Exit? 1 6y
+19 PE Networking Events - Are they worth it? 3 6y
+9 Work place politics due to manager change - advices/books on how to navigate 1 6y
+12 LBO Goodwill Accounting 5 4y
+28 Discord for PE investment professionals? 17 4y
+4 FRM use in PE? 3 6y
+31 NEED YOUR HELP - LBO timing for modeling tasks - technical matters 3 6y
+25 Does buying “sexy” companies make firms money? 9 4y
+13 PE Origination 4 6y
+6 PEAK6 Boot Camp? 4 4y
+6 PE Cocktail Event Advice 3 6y
+13 Factoring (Receivables/Inventory) to finance Acquisitions 3 6y
+15 Signed with LMM PE Fund ($500M latest fund) but want to keep interviewing 2 6y
0 Hamilton Lane - Review - Private Equity Data 6y
0 Hamilton Lane - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 6y
0 Blackstone Group - Review - Real Estate Data 6y
+19 Unique opportunity to join MM PE Firm 2 6y
+7 Negotiating a Pre-MBA Offer 5 6y
+12 Current Engineer at a Portfolio Company in the Oil and Gas Industry looking to get into PE 1 6y
+22 What are the primary Transaction Advisory Services firms? 6 6y
+9 KKR Formally Approaches Walgreens on Record Buyout 2 6y
+12 Is there a viable path to PE from Corp Development (Tech)? 1 6y
+25 In what scenarios can PE firms win carve-outs vs strategics? 7 6y
+3 "Bi-lateral" situations? 1 6y
+176 What do you look for in your other half? 54 6y
0 Citigroup - Interview - Generalist Data 6y
+17 How much of a premium (if any) do you demand for equity comp? 1 6y
+3 Leverage for LMM Software PE 3 6y
+15 Breaking into PE Canada 4 6y
0 Bregal Sagemount - Interview - NA Data 6y
0 Macquarie Group Limited ABN - Review - Oil & Gas Data 6y
0 Macquarie Group Limited ABN - Salary & Bonus - Oil & Gas Data 6y
0 Business Development Bank of Canada - Salary & Bonus - Commercial Banking Data 6y

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