0 My Exit Opps? 1 18y
0 Getting in 14 18y
0 LBO Question - 5-7 years is the exit year 10 10y
0 Pay cut moving from sell-side to PE? 1 18y
+124 The Next Big Thing 180 6y
0 Private Equity Salaries Associate 2006 1 18y
+18 Hours at a PE/HF? 6 18y
0 Recruiting - First year analyst 0 10y
0 Triton Pacific Capital Partners 3 6y
+45 PE Travel and Hours 50 18y
0 Forward Year Recruiting 1 18y
0 Dumb Question - ex-consultant vs ex-banker? 10 10y
0 Pros and Cons of unique situation...(Help) 5 18y
0 I need to quit and get out asap 5 18y
0 Can I have a good experience at a family-owned PE firm? 4 18y
0 Avista Capital Partners 1 18y
0 PE compensation - Fund 18 10y
+6 Commonfund Capital 10 3y
0 Wind Point Partners: culture, comp, dealflow, b-school placement? 4 3y
+12 Blackstone PE Analyst Program HOURS 31 18y
0 Modeling - Been working in MM leveraged finance 5 18y
0 Should a private equity buy Celestica 2 18y
+34 Anyone here familiar with HIG Capital? 37 6y
0 Timeline? 6 18y
0 Typical Salary 0 18y
0 GS PIA analyst 5 15y
0 leeds, liberty 2 6y
0 Why is PE considered a "cyclical industry"? 8 3y
0 Has anyone ever heard of Platform Equity/Blue Tiger? 0 18y
0 Lion Capital and HM Capital 3 18y
0 M & A, lev fin, sponsors or industry? 1 18y
0 Wachovia Capital Partners 5 18y
0 Citi - M&A, Communications group (M&T) Place for PE 3 18y
0 PE firms requests: Pittsburgh/NYC/Toronto 2 6y
0 Capitve Private Equity Funds v Independent Private Equity Firms 2 18y
0 CMF Associates 1 18y
0 JF Lehman? 2 18y
0 Cerberus Capital Management: IB program? 7 11y
+3 how much? 4 6y
0 ER Analyst Hours 11 6y
+6 PE in Australia 4 6y
0 Don't get it... 2 6y
0 Does anyone know DFJ? 20 13y
+33 PE Interview Question - Comparing investment opportunities 14 10y
0 Tombstones 0 18y
0 $4 B Interview 2 18y
+6 PE in Los Angeles 18 6y
0 Interesting reading from Guy Hands 2 6y
+31 Someone tell me why starting a PE fund is "hard" 22 15y
0 Criteria for evaluating PE investments - need help 6 18y
0 Yes or No - Joining MM PE firm in London 1 6y
0 Seconadries and co-investments 0 18y
0 Bain to Bain Capital Timeline 0 18y
0 What are my chances in Private Equity? 4 6y
0 How will I know when I've found a quality PE shop? 8 18y
0 Am I stuck in the Midwest until I go to B-School? 4 6y
+23 PE Shops - RippleWood, JC Flowers, Quadrangle & W.L Ross & Co 11 4y
0 MBA question - Fund of funds 4 10y
0 2 Years PE Experience (3 by b-school matriculation) 2 19y
+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 19y
0 PE bonus 14 19y
0 heitman... 1 19y
0 Real Estate Private Equity 6 15y
0 how can you tell whether a mid-market PE shop is "good"? 2 19y
0 Knightsbridge 3 19y
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 19y
0 Risks of Joining a Newly Formed Middle Market PE Fund 10 19y
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 19y
+30 Small PE shop or b-school first? 29 19y
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 19y
0 GS PIA Technology Group 0 19y
0 Big 4 Corporate Finance vs. Transaction Services 12 16y
0 Why Blackstone is going public? 39 9y
0 PE Shops - Listings 5 19y
0 Accounting to Analyst 5 19y
0 start in P/E 7 19y
+9 Does College Matter Anymore? 8 19y
+1 Middle Market PE - Comp Difference btwn Pre- and Post- MBA associate 2 19y
+6 Comvest Group 5 5y
+9 Hellman & Friedman 8 19y
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 19y
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

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