0 Golden Gate Capital - Review - Private Equity Data 8y
0 Golden Gate Capital - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 8y
+3 Experience for PE Opportunity 2 8y
0 Trivest Partners - Interview - Private Equity Data 8y
+9 Searching for a star underwriter 13 8y
0 Norwest Equity Partners - Interview - Generalist Data 8y
0 Cranemere? 1 2y
+29 1st Year Private Equity Associate Compensation Update 9 8y
0 Argonaut Capital Management - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Argonaut Capital Management - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
+22 Chicago Buy-Side Exit Strategy for Someone Not Local? 6 6y
+9 How do investors(LPs) get paid? [permanent capital funds] 1 8y
+12 PE recruiting out of college 3 8y
+22 Project Finance to Private Equity 9 7y
+3 Will a PE Internship from a Non-Target help me go full time? 1 8y
0 Ontario Power Generation - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 8y
0 Kamylon Capital - Interview - Leveraged Buyouts Data 8y
0 CPP Investment Board - Interview - Private Equity Data 8y
0 Brightstar Capital Partners - Interview - Private Equity Data 8y
0 LaSalle Investment Management - Interview - Portfolio Management Data 8y
+12 Why do senior notes have higher penalty for prepayment? 3 8y
0 Star Mountain Capital - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
0 PSP Investments - Review - Private Equity Data 8y
0 PSP Investments - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 8y
+5 I think I am being set up to fail by my boss. What should I do? 2 8y
+16 Top Private Equity firms Austin, TX? 18 6y
+6 What sector do you work in and why does it excite you? What's the coolest deal you've seen in your space? 1 8y
0 The Riverside Company - Review - Generalist Data 8y
0 FINNEA Group - Salary & Bonus - Venture Capital Data 8y
0 FINNEA Group - Salary & Bonus - Venture Capital Data 8y
+92 Q&A: Non Targ -> BB Coverage Group -> Incoming MM PE 35 8y
+18 Anyone Seen the Groupon Model Pivot Successfully? 2 8y
+18 Change in equity value as result of paying down debt 4 8y
0 Blackstone Group - Review - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 8y
0 Blackstone Group - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 8y
+29 How to find investors for a durian plantation? 7 6y
+26 What does product specialist really entails? This role seems like a writing role in the long run. 8 8y
0 The Abraaj Group - Interview - Private Equity Data 8y
+48 Canadian Pension Fund Private Equity interviews 14 3y
+9 Hybrid Private Equity/Hedge Fund 4 8y
0 Pantheon Ventures - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
0 Partners Group - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
0 Partners Group - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
0 Oaktree Capital Management - Review - Real Estate Data 8y
0 Oaktree Capital Management - Salary & Bonus - Real Estate Data 8y
+3 Short / 1 hour real estate models 1 8y
+56 JUMP Investors 3 8y
+22 Can someone explain annual amortization of a term loan? 6 8y
+3 Due Diligence Question Guidance 1 8y
+44 Is Audit the worst?? 26 8y
+3 What is "Capital Break Even" 1 8y
+3 Generalist Private Equity Associate Programs 1 8y
0 The Family Office - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 8y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Private Equity Data 8y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 8y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Special Situations Group Data 8y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Special Situations Group Data 8y
+2 PE Business Development: How to actually get to the CEO? 1 8y
0 Eurazeo - Review - Private Equity Data 8y
0 Eurazeo - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 8y
0 Little John & Co - Interview - Generalist Data 8y
0 Hamilton Lane - Interview - Private Equity Data 8y
0 Blue Mountain Capital - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 8y
+42 Did Deutsche Bank's Junk Bond Firesale Just End The Party? 9 8y
+9 Houlihan Lokey M&A Exit Ops and Compensation 1 7y
+17 Recommendations for Advanced Excel for Finance 6 8y
+26 Capital structure brainteasers 5 8y
+9 Looking for a Female Roommate in SF Area! 1 8y
+15 Applying to a New Job Before Even Starting My First? 1 8y
0 Cinven - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
0 BlackRock - Review - Consumer - Retail Data 8y
0 BlackRock - Salary & Bonus - Consumer - Retail Data 8y
0 LLR Partners - Salary & Bonus - Healthcare Data 8y
+6 Lateraling VP Level 1 8y
+36 Met one of the biggest figures in PE at a small personal event, how should I follow up? 6 8y
+9 Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking - Off-cycle Internship 1 6y
0 FSN Capital - Interview - Private Equity Data 8y
+29 Small cap PE Pay/Life/Exit?! 7 8y
0 GTCR - Review - Healthcare Data 8y
0 GTCR - Salary & Bonus - Healthcare Data 8y
+20 Private Equity Salary Expectations 2 6y
+67 Why don't more operators go into PE? 22 2y
+47 Traditional Private Equity vs. Special Situations Investing 8 8y
0 Ardian - Review - Private Equity Data 8y
0 Ardian - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 8y
+22 How do I make the best impression possible given that I'm the underdog? 5 8y
+41 Chicago Private Equity - Help for 1st Year analyst 33 4y
0 Advantage Capital Partners - Interview - Technology Data 8y
0 Macquarie Group Limited ABN - Interview - Infrastructure Data 8y
+32 Heidrick & Struggles Report: Carry for VPs? 4 8y
0 China First Capital Group - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 8y
0 First Potomac Realty Trust - Interview - Prime Brokerage Data 8y
+3 Modeling Acq 1 8y
0 H.I.G. Capital - Interview - Special Situations Group Data 8y
+21 Potential Role: Portfolio Analyst at Top Tier PE firm 1 8y
+7 X% on called capital with a "step-down feature" 1 8y
+10 CVC Europe (London) 9 4y
+10 Does anybody know what Akshay Shah looks like or have any info on him? He was aveteran GSO, blackstone credit default manufactu 2 8y
+3 Interview Advice: Park Hill Group 3 3y
+3 Case Study Interview at Park Hill (PJT Partners) 1 8y

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  • Guggenheim Partners 02 97.9%
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  • Morgan Stanley 02 99.0%
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  • Banco Santander 04 97.9%
  • BMO Capital Markets 13 97.4%

Professional Growth Opportunities

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  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.9%
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