0 SoCal FT PE hiring? 0 1y
+313 You do not make real money in finance, in my view 108 1y
+9 Who is buying all the bolt-on platform companies? 1 1y
+9 Are online courses extremely important for PE prep? (Consultant) 2 1y
0 Amulet Capital Partners - Thoughts? 1 1y
+3 Ex-Blackstone SP Global Head launches new Secondaries Platform, SQ Capital 1 1y
+3 Brookfield Renewable Australia 5 1y
0 Charlesbank Capital Partners - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 1y
0 Blueprint Equity - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 1y
+7 The Riverside Company (2025) 5 1y
+29 Does Being Multilingual Give a Competitive Edge in Global PE? 17 1y
+9 Blackstone SP Internship 2026 13 1y
0 Sketcky SEVA 0 1y
+6 MM/UMM Fundraising Updates 8 8mo
0 Information on Madison Park Group (Investment Bank) based in NYC 0 1y
+29 NY Family Offices 9 1y
+13 Received an IB offer, how to think about PE/HF? 6 1y
+19 January 2025 Off Cycle PE Master Thread 15 1y
+3 London PE FoF Opportunities 6 1y
0 Sycamore Partners 1 1y
+67 Keep Suffering, or Jump Ship to my Corporate Offer? 36 1y
+38 A New Private Equity Newsletter 9 1y
+6 London PE MM funds with good culture 2 1y
+16 CFO looking for advice on what’s next 3 1y
+25 Most contrarian view in PE going into ‘25? 15 1y
0 KSL Capital Partners - Interview - NA Data 1y
+15 Am I crazy? 3 1y
+50 Advent vs H&F vs Carlyle vs EQT 34 1y
+8 UK Regional LMM/Growth PE - comp? 7 1y
+11 How Long Does Fundraising Last? 3 1y
+12 RE PE LBO test / case study - MF analyst position 2 11mo
0 Anyone know if technicals in KKR Hirevue? 1 1y
+12 PE Recruitment Discussion 5 1y
+3 KKR SA 26 11 1y
+12 January PE recruiting processes 5 1y
+12 Capital Raise for SMB Roll Up 3 1y
+8 Apollo Climate 23 1y
0 Bain Capital - Interview - Generalist Data 1y
+5 Up-and-coming banks/shops in the IB and PE space 4 1y
+6 Special Sits - Expected returns 1 1y
+1 Why is OMERS Rotational so presstigous? 8 1y
+14 Firms that Build Companies from Scratch? 17 1y
+14 Reviewing CIM 3 1y
0 Insight Partners 3 1y
0 Dyal Co LLC - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 1y
+6 Asset-Backed Finance Comp 10 4mo
+3 Best Private Equity Funds in London (performance, growth, NOT prestige) 1 1y
0 GE SA Interview 2 1y
+8 Cringe-worthy networking mistakes I've seen (from top IB to elite PE) 8 1y
+3 How does Deal Credit work? 3 1y
+1 Implications of reneging MF offer? 2 1y
0 KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts) - Interview - Consumer - Retail Data 1y
+6 Pivot | REPE -> TAS (DD) -> IB (-> PE) 1 1y
0 CFA Private Equity Certificate 2 1y
+8 2025 LA PE Scene? 10 1y
+9 First year anlayst participating on-cycle? 1 1y
0 Path to Partner 1 1y
+24 Blackstone cancel BCP analyst program? 62 9mo
0 Graham Partners - Interview - Investment Banking Data 1y
+8 IB to PE in 1 year? 7 1y
+37 Does private equity inherently have more upside than private credit? 10 1y
+97 TPG Updated Views (2025) 25 1y
+1 LS Power - latest? 4 9mo
+43 UMM/MF PE to Secondaries Path 4 1y
+6 Is it possible for a Military IB Associate to make it to PE 3 1y
+9 PE Model Test: DCF LBO M&A? 3 1y
+5 What’s next? 7 1y
+6 PE Model Tests 11 6mo
+8 PE Prep Advice needed 2 1y
0 Those Short Verbal Cases in PE Interviews 1 1y
+11 First Time Funds That Didn’t Work Out 19 1y
+15 Joining pod out of IB or after PE? 9 1y
0 Consumer PE Interviews 4 1y
+9 REIB to generalist PE 5 1y
+14 1st YR VP Family Office in the Middle East - $400K USD Comp 15 1y
0 Happy New Year! 2 1y
+9 Best PE firms for upward mobility 13 1y
+16 CPP Rotational - Am I Cooked? 27 5mo
+30 Tech PE Technical Questions 14 7mo
+6 PE Funds with Public Investing Arms 14 1y
0 Graham Partners - Interview - NA Data 1y
0 Renovus Capital Partners? 0 1y
+3 Database of Fund Launches 4 1y
+8 Associate Hall of Fame 6 1y
0 Description 0 1y
0 StepStone Group - Review - Generalist Data 1y
+2 TPG Healthcare Updated Views (2025) 3 1y
0 on cycle PE recruiting 1 1y
+30 LMM PE Senior Comp 26 3mo
+6 Talking about Pitches in PE Interview 11 1y
0 HH Question 3 1y
0 Insignia Capital Group 2 1y
+9 Start up FO PE fund out of undergrad? 1 1y
+11 Which PE firms use private jets? 13 1y
+7 Which european languages are the best for IB/PE? 3 1y
0 Tower Arch Capital - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 1y
+30 Exit Opps from SWF Direct Investing to PE 16 1y
0 Madison Dearborn Partners 2024 4 1y
0 Real Estate Blockchain Adoption 1 1y
0 KSL Capital Partners 4 1y

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