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0 CPP Investment Board - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 8y
0 Blackstone Group - Interview - Financial Sponsors Data 8y
+3 Newbury Partners? 1 8y
+14 Private Company Due Diligence 1 8y
0 NextGen Growth Partners - Interview - NA Data 8y
0 Anyone in office today? :( - Review - NA Data 8y
0 Anyone in office today? :( - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 8y
+3 Should I leave my Corp Dev job to Equity research if my long term career goal is private equity ? 1 8y
+50 Should you sell your business to a PE firm who makes a preemptive offer before a broad auction sale process? 8 8y
+12 Infra & Energy Fund - Interview with energy portfolio operations 1 8y
+9 Moving from Dubai back to the US 1 8y
+9 Is the internship I'm doing relevant to PE? 1 8y
+80 Is Healthcare PE unethical? 28 4y
0 Adams Street Partners - Review - Generalist Data 8y
0 Adams Street Partners - Review - Generalist Data 8y
0 Adams Street Partners - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
0 Adams Street Partners - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
0 Goldman Sachs - Interview - Infrastructure Data 8y
0 General Atlantic - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 8y
+43 Consulting, MBA, PE FoF. Breaking into PE direct? 20 7y
0 137 Ventures - Interview - NA Data 8y
+10 Networking Through Friend with 0 Banking Experience 1 8y
+23 Is the internship I'm doing relevant? 10 8y
+14 Does a holding company's debt appear on the sponsor's balance sheet? 5 8y
0 Macquarie Group Limited ABN - Review - Special Situations Group Data 8y
0 Macquarie Group Limited ABN - Salary & Bonus - Special Situations Group Data 8y
+18 Lender Recommendations 1 8y
+12 Winter Internshio Priorities - BB in summer 1 6y
+32 What is the most relevnt/respectabe financial modeling certification? 11 8y
0 Riverside Partners - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 8y
0 Brown Brothers Harriman - Review - Private Equity Data 8y
0 Brown Brothers Harriman - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 8y
+3 New Professional 1 8y
0 SSG Capital - Salary & Bonus - Investment Research Data 8y
0 SSG Capital - Salary & Bonus - Investment Research Data 8y
0 Warburg Pincus - Review - Generalist Data 8y
0 Warburg Pincus - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
+13 Engineer Starting MSc Finance in London - no EXP/ Thoughts on how to break into PE 3 6y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Macquarie Group Limited ABN - Review - Asset Management Data 8y
0 Macquarie Group Limited ABN - Salary & Bonus - Asset Management Data 8y
0 Partners Group - Review - Energy Data 8y
0 Partners Group - Salary & Bonus - Energy Data 8y
0 CPP Investment Board - Review - Generalist Data 8y
0 CPP Investment Board - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
0 Morgan Stanley - Review - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
+12 LBO Structure Analysis 1 8y
+13 PE Internship - Help needed to get FT 1 8y
0 New York Life Insurance Company - Review - Generalist Data 8y
0 New York Life Insurance Company - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
0 Round Hill Capital - Salary & Bonus - Real Estate Data 8y
0 BlackRock - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 8y
+3 Private Equity FoF 1 8y
+43 IB Associate with PE Offer (package question) 10 4y
+78 Q&A: MM PE (~$1.5B AUM) Associate in Asia 29 6y
+26 Private Equity Associate Bonus Guidance 9 7y
+24 Total Proceeds Based on Ending Cash Using Price / Rev. 1 8y
+15 VP Carry - I thought this should be standard? 3 6y
+9 Bain Capital Ops Role vs. Going back to school for MsF 1 8y
+13 Post-interview call tomorrow, what to expect? 4 6y
+18 KKR Client Partner Group (CPG) 2 8y
+16 Private Equity - Interview with Partner 7 8y
0 LaSalle Investment Management - Review - Real Estate Data 8y
0 LaSalle Investment Management - Salary & Bonus - Real Estate Data 8y
0 KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts) - Review - NA Data 8y
0 Bain & Company - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
+14 Let’s talk specific deals... 2 8y
+6 Delete Delete Delete Delete Delete 5 5y
+73 Best way to learn PE relevant finance: I've done modeling practice, but it's going over my head 57 6y
+34 Independent Sponsor advice 15 4y
+9 Ares Management (PE) Analyst Program 1 8y
0 Linkvest Capital LLC - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 8y
0 Linkvest Capital LLC - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 8y
+32 Hours in MM PE? 14 5y
+18 Halfway through Summer Internship, invited to networking breakfast with MFs - what to expect? 4 6y
0 H.I.G. Capital - Review - Generalist Data 8y
0 H.I.G. Capital - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
+3 MO/BO PE "Fund Accounting" or ODD at an Advisory firm? 1 8y
0 Resume Structure Recommendations 1 8y
0 KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts) - Salary & Bonus - Quantitative Research Data 8y
+6 Anyone familiar with NextEnergy Capital? 1 6y
+6 Deal Flow 1 8y
0 Summit Partners - Review - Credit Data 8y
0 Summit Partners - Salary & Bonus - Credit Data 8y
+24 Whether to Leave a Primarily Sourcing Role at a Middle Market Private Equity Firm 2 6y
0 Citic Securities International （中信证卷） - Salary & Bonus - Investments Data 8y
0 PJT Partners - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
+21 F100 Corporate Strategy to PE possible? 5 8y
+23 PE Second Advisory Brokers 7 8y
0 Charlesbank Capital Partners - Review - Generalist Data 8y
0 Charlesbank Capital Partners - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
+3 Eli Global 1 8y
0 Aquiline Capital Partners - Interview - NA Data 8y
0 Onex - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
0 Fort Washington Capital Advisors - Interview - NA Data 8y
+9 Fundraising & Syndication role offered in Credit Fund of PE Firm. How important/valuable is this role in PE industry? 2 8y
0 Aquiline Capital Partners - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 8y
0 2100 Xenon Group - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y

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