+25 Impact investing - choices 13 4y
0 PGGM Private Equity: thoughts/experiences? 4 3y
0 Moving from Blackstone REPE to regular PE 4 3y
0 PE Pay Variance: MF vs Upper MM 0 9y
+69 Arguing for bigger bonus? 24 9y
+19 Business Development Associate at $50B+ Fund. Lifestyle, Exits, Pay? 5 9y
0 Interviewing for a very small/boutique investment/PE firm... 0 9y
0 Fidelity Growth Partners/Eight Roads Ventures 0 9y
+7 Thoughts on some top Upper MM PE Firms 5 9y
0 'Diva of Distressed' Lynn Tilton to Face U.S. SEC Fraud Trial 0 6y
0 Interview with no pre-MBA finance background 0 6y
0 Dividend recap decreasing returns? 3 9y
+17 Can I disclose details about this deal on my resume/deal sheet for PE recruiting? 3 9y
0 Leave Asset Management for Private Equity 0 9y
0 Confidentiality in a PE Interview Process (my MD is buddies with the PE Partner) 1 9y
0 Private Equity Introductory Meeting 1 9y
+10 Blackstone Portfolio Management Program (PMP) 12 3y
+15 How to convert a senior year PE internship and a (meh) MM IB FT offer into a solid MM associate role? 2 6y
0 How should this carried interest agreement by understood? 2 6y
+14 Disposition of buyout - size discount 2 9y
+53 Volunteer opportunities for PE Associate 12 6y
0 PE Recruitment - Emphasis Placed on Desired Location 0 6y
+86 Uber last 3.5B$ Raise - Debt disguised as Equity? (Technical Disc.) 29 6y
0 Best Private Equity Firms in TN 4 9y
0 M7 Admit Looking to Enter PE: start w a small fund vs. BB/EB Investment Banking? 3 9y
0 Case Study Help - Credit Fund 1 9y
0 HBS Hertz Case Solutions 5 7y
+19 $100 billion fund 8 6y
0 Wanted - Android,iOS,PHP Developers 0 9y
+10 Associate compensation at small PE funds 6 6y
0 Tennebaum Capital Interview 1 9y
+206 Private Equity: How to Analyze a CIM Effectively? 45 8y
+6 Carlyle recruiter in London 6 6y
+62 Should I tell my boss at buyside firm that I'm thinking about business school? 15 9y
+4 Structuring investment in start-up 3 9y
+59 Join fund that is winding down? 27 9y
+31 Moving from small private equity fund to a larger fund 14 6y
0 Accel-KKR rep 0 9y
+24 LBO model: reflecting an OID correctly 4 9y
0 Trump/Clinton Ending the Carried Interest Law 0 9y
+48 Corporate Development to PE? 36 9y
0 SG Partners Clients 0 9y
0 Corporate Lending to PE 0 9y
0 Buyout target 0 9y
+23 Sources and Uses = TEV??? 5 9y
+19 Negative Revolver Balance 7 9y
+27 Ever feel like you’re stuck in PE? 12 6y
0 Is an endowment fund subject to the funding ratio like pension funds? 0 9y
0 Blackstone Strategic Partners 2017 SA 0 9y
+6 Vista Equity Partners/Thoma Bravo- what next? 3 9y
0 Hamilton Lane 1st round 11 4y
+10 LBO Mgm't Case vs. Base Case 5 9y
+19 BlackRock Private Equity Partners (PEP) - Culture, Interview et al. 5 5y
+7 LGT Capital Partners 5 3y
+20 How to negotiate your bonus when changing jobs 10 9y
+60 Transition from Big 4 Consulting to PE - Advice needed 20 9y
0 Consulting ratings and PE interviews --- Background check 2 9y
0 LBO case study 2 9y
0 MacAndrews & Forbes Interviews 0 9y
+5 Just out of curiosity 3 6y
+11 Altamont Analyst Program? 6 9y
0 BB PE Secondaries/Co-Investments vs BB S&T for Sophomore Internship - help!!! 1 8y
+19 From Management Consulting to PE - MBA route 5 6y
+5 What constitutes a middle market PE fund? 3 9y
0 LBO of an Asset Manager 2 5y
0 MM Mezz Fund Internship 8 9y
0 Salary Negotiation - PE - Switzerland 2 3y
+40 What are the best Industrials-focused PE firms? 21 6y
+23 Breaking into MM PE post MBA with prior IBD experience (An Int'l in the US) 6 8y
0 LBO Modeling Tests 0 9y
+25 Secondaries PE 12 5y
0 Litigation financing salary/bonus structures? 0 9y
+41 How modeling intensive is FoF / Co-invest / Secondary positions? 21 2y
0 Revolver Commitment fee - Is it included in the paydown/debt waterfall? 5 7y
0 LBO Short Modeling Help 2 9y
0 Blackstone Analyst Graduate vs Moving from BB M&A/ Sector Group 1 3y
+2 Technical question: Calculating IPO shares issued at Exit 2 9y
0 PE Recruitment wave - From banking/consulting into PE 0 9y
0 Switching to Finance after 1.5 years in RE with a high undergrad GPA 1 6y
+46 Ever hear of Stripes Group? 16 3y
+10 Mid-size Private Equity vs. Big4 accounting firm M&A advisory 6 9y
+10 Pinnacle Ventures? 22 9y
0 Need Advise - MBA Trader to PE 0 9y
+8 Anyone know anything about GSAM AIMS Private Equity Group or GSAM Credit Alternatives (Liberty Harbor)? 6 9y
0 Help on cover letter Blackstone PE / Tac Opps Analyst application? 0 9y
+24 Looking for American vs European waterfall example 5 6y
+19 No Work Agreement? Should I be worried? 5 9y
+9 BlackRock PE exit ops to PE MF and top MM 0 9y
+29 Is my career over? 9 3y
0 PE Real Estate - London 3 6y
0 Can I enter at this point? 0 6y
+27 LBO Model question 11 7y
0 Pitching different Financial Institutions (for investment purposes) 0 9y
+22 Infra PE at Macquarie: good exit opps and rep? 4 3y
+11 Steps, timeline and costs for formation of Private Equity Fund 2 9y
+44 A Tale of 3 Offers: What should I consider? 12 6y
0 Need advice regarding the "associate/MD routine" 1 9y
0 What are the exit opportunities for public finance analysts? 2 9y
+15 Accordion Partners 17 4mo
+16 How large is the gap in exit opps BBs in London? 18 3y

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