+19 What's the difference between a BB Bank's PE division, and a major PE firm? 11 17y
0 fund of funds pay + bonus 0 18y
0 PE bonus 14 18y
0 heitman... 1 18y
0 Real Estate Private Equity 6 15y
0 how can you tell whether a mid-market PE shop is "good"? 2 18y
0 Knightsbridge 3 18y
0 American Capital Strategies - How is the fund? 13 8y
0 Middle Market PE Pay 9 18y
0 Pay and Compensation in Debt funds 4 6y
0 ranking/biggest PE FoF 9 18y
0 Risks of Joining a Newly Formed Middle Market PE Fund 10 18y
0 MBA Student looking to break in to Private Equity - Seeking Advice 8 6y
0 Which route is best? 15 17y
0 Wilshire Associates: reputation; interviewing with them 14 9y
0 Private Equity Funds- Future Opportunities 0 18y
+30 Small PE shop or b-school first? 29 18y
0 KKR Menlo Park: focused on Technology/Biotech deals & general West Coast operations? 21 6y
+24 The Private Equity Institute 18 6y
0 Shorting Blackstone 7 18y
0 GS PIA Technology Group 0 18y
0 Big 4 Corporate Finance vs. Transaction Services 12 16y
0 Why Blackstone is going public? 39 9y
0 PE Shops - Listings 5 18y
0 Accounting to Analyst 5 18y
0 start in P/E 7 18y
+9 Does College Matter Anymore? 8 18y
+1 Middle Market PE - Comp Difference btwn Pre- and Post- MBA associate 2 19y
+6 Comvest Group 5 5y
+9 Hellman & Friedman 8 18y
0 Process of getting/finding a summer itnernship in PE? 11 19y
0 Thoma Cressey Bravo: info or insights/opinions? 2 11y
0 Bain Cap | Job Description | Front or Back office? 1 6y
0 PE International creates first ever rankings of pe firms 9 19y
0 PE Financial Analyst 2 19y
0 Why do PE firms like masters students? 3 3y
0 Chances of entering PE without banking? 15 18y
0 AlpInvest 23 5y
0 GS REPIA - Bonus potential for first year analysts? 14 8y
0 infrastructure investment 5 19y
0 Do PE firms hire International Students? 15 19y
+6 Canadian PE shops 22 6y
0 walton st capital 2 19y
0 Career path - Where does MBA factor in? 0 10y
0 Iridium Partners 0 19y
0 Recruiting timeline? 2 19y
+11 MDP - Firms comparison by size and prestige? 7 10y
0 CRT Capital Holdings LLC 1 19y
0 Private Equity Valuation Models 10 19y
0 Any benefit at junior levels from Blackstone IPO? 3 19y
0 Goldman Sachs PE internship? 17 19y
0 What it takes (requirements) to attain a position at Blackstone/Carlyle 1 19y
+4 Carlyle vs Goldman Out of Undergrad? 12 19y
0 How many billion dollar PE shops are out there? 4 19y
0 Quadrangle Group: more information, insights? 5 11y
0 Portfolio Company Operations 10 14y
+9 Clayton, Dubilier & Rice 19 6y
0 Texas Pacific Group 13 6y
+32 Leonard Green & Partners 31 9y
0 what do associates/analysts do? 6 19y
0 Blackstone-analyst position 6 6y
+18 how hard is it to move from dcm/ecm to pe? 13 18y
+32 Middle-Market PE 56 5y
0 Head of Blackstone (Schwarzman) biography? 8 19y
0 Private Equity Business Model 3 19y
0 Paul Capital? 3 18y
0 Comp - Second year in middle market fund 20 10y
0 Interview Help - Position out of undergrad 3 19y
0 Private Equity London 11 6y
+16 Private Equity Training 12 6y
0 IB PE Post-MBA Associate or Tier 1 PE firm Pre-MBA associate 4 19y
0 work for ib pe arm as an associate? 3 19y
0 Hilarious - Experience is interesting 7 10y
0 LFG/FSG --> PE 6 19y
0 Fund of Funds - Compensation? 0 10y
0 What shot do i have - UT Austin with a 3.9 GPA 3 10y
0 Interview with KKR/Capstone 6 19y
0 What chance do I have 4 6y
0 Metalmark Capital... 2 19y
0 Take the money?? 3 6y
0 Anybody heard of Cervantes Capital or can comment on it? 2 6y
0 PE Signing Bonus 1 19y
0 anybody want a doostang invite - I'll send you one 11 10y
+18 Blackstone, Equity Office bonds & strategies 6 19y
0 What is top pay 4 19y
0 Equity Research - Typical comp and hours? 13 10y
0 JC Flowers 9 8y
0 Blackstone - UG Summer Intern 14 19y
0 VantagePoint Venture Partners 2 18y
0 Does anyone have suggestions on how to research some of the lesser known PE firms - middle market. 5 19y
0 Newbridge Capital -- thoughts? 1 19y
0 Morgan Stanley's $8Bn RE Opp fund 1 19y
0 Private equity interview guide questions 11 19y
0 I am seeking to meet people within a mid-size PE fund that is looking to add experienced bankers 6 19y
0 Different PE firms, what do people think of them? Have you worked at any of these? 1 19y
0 Seeking PE Analyst position w/o a finance background? 6 3y
0 PE Pay 54 19y
0 MBO V.S. LBO 5 19y
+7 Financial Engineering and PE 11 19y
0 quality of life - investment banking vs. pe 14 19y

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