+15 Altas Partners - Update 12 5mo
+30 Model Size Tips & Other Modeling Tips & Tricks 10 1y
+12 Quick Rant 10 1y
0 Aldrich Capital Partners - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 1y
0 Aldrich Capital Partners - Review - Generalist Data 1y
0 Exit Opps in private credit / secondaries investing 1 1y
0 Perspectives on Knox Lane? 1 1y
+2 MBA PE Hiring Market 4 1y
0 Blackstone BXMA BSOF 1 1y
+21 End of Associate Program Advice 7 1y
+5 Delete 3 1y
+3 ADIA - case study 5 1y
+16 Seeking Advice on Lateral Move 3 1y
0 Invision Capital 0 1y
+14 What did you do during your banking years that made the PE associate role easier? 3 1y
+3 Seattle Finance Scene 7 1y
+9 Breaking into PE for dummies 1 1y
+3 How to break in ? 4 1y
+9 A new documents analytics tool designed for PE teams 1 1y
+3 Typical PE Relocation Package 6 1y
+14 The PE Associate’s Guide to Nailing Investment Memos 2 1y
+3 Non-US Funds that invest in USA? 0 1y
+17 Is it worth applying to PE internships if I have a MS/GS/JPM IBD Summer 10 1y
0 Alts Private Equity to Traditional LO Asset Management? 1 1y
+3 Gainline Capital Partners 1 1y
0 Palm Drive Capital - Interview - Venture Capital Data 1y
0 Novacap - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 1y
0 Lafayette RE LLC - Salary & Bonus - Real Estate Data 1y
0 VMG Partners - Interview - NA Data 1y
+3 Future of Private Credit 3 1y
+14 Is This Comp Too Low? 7 1y
+55 How sweaty is Stonepeak? 66 1mo
+6 Paths to PE? 1 1y
0 Deleted 2 1y
+6 Blackstone Private Equity Summer Analyst in London - application status 1 1y
0 Provident Capital Partners? 0 1y
+9 London PE Recruitment 1 1y
+2 PE offer rescinded 3 1y
+1 PE recruiting 2 1y
+16 Mathematically why does leverage amplify returns?? 8 1y
0 ORIX USA 2 1y
+2 IFM Investors 4 9mo
+21 Take Private LBO Case Study 10 1y
+3 UMM/MF PE firms with the most autonomy / career progression 4 1y
+16 Private Equity at Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) /Development Bank 5 1y
+9 PE Operating Associate 1 1y
0 PE PortCo MD vs Operating Partner 1 1y
+11 Recruiting for On/Off-cycle PE while in PE 15 1y
+21 Bad idea to quit to recruit for PE? 7 1y
+3 Ares London - Direct Lending comp and culture 7 1y
+5 Old Thread Delete 3 1y
+1 Exiting a portco versus signing a new one 1 1y
+9 New Mountain Capital Credit Analyst Program? 4 1y
+7 Being Selective w/ Interviews 4 1y
+2 Unsure which job offer to take, please advice 3 1y
+5 How to deal with toxic associate 3 1y
+28 MBB to PE shop. Worth it? 15 1y
+6 Status of 2026 PE Recruiting (Sept. 2024) 12 1y
0 H.I.G. Capital - Salary & Bonus - Special Situations Group Data 1y
+3 Interesting Thesis? 1 1y
+9 M&A Tax - PE 1 1y
0 CVC Secondary Partners - 2025 Analyst Scheme - Applications open. 1 1y
0 Generate Capital London 0 1y
0 PE in Franshising 1 1y
+49 Staffed on underperforming portco - what to do? 16 1y
+99 Worst Bank You've Ever Worked with? Perspectives from the Buy-Side 45 1y
+24 Starting corp dev firm after PE 2 1y
+21 PE > OCIO a good life transition? What does Comp look like? 3 1y
+14 BlackRock Secondaries & Liquidity Solutions - Culture and Reputation 6 1y
+25 Unique situation carry in a 100m fund 17 1y
+3 OMERS PE SA 2025 9 1y
0 Warrants 3 8mo
0 Ardian - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 1y
0 The Riverside Company - Review - Generalist Data 1y
+50 Why are people in PE such psychos? 36 1y
+12 Career in PE = Pyramid Scheme 6 1y
+3 TPG Case Study 4 1y
+28 Meeting with Founder of PE firm - Tips? 9 1y
+3 NFL owners approve private equity investment. Thoughts? 1 1y
0 HQ Capital - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 1y
+10 KKR/BX/Apollo Compensation 4 1y
+1 2024 Views on Trive? 1 1y
+3 Convert Associate Comp 1 1y
+10 PE in NFL 1 1y
+10 Hull Street Energy 10 1y
+3 Carried interest structure benchmarking 1 1y
+3 2024/25 LONDON PE ASSOCIATE THREAD 5 1y
+7 Mubadala Capital London 21 1mo
+3 BX SA Modeling Exam 12 1y
+1 How feasible is going from MM PE to Banking? 2 1y
+10 Secondaries PE and Sports Investing 3 1y
+3 Glendower grad analyst ft 2025 8 10mo
+9 Energy Funds (Lesser Known) 5 1y
0 Decent PE Internships? 1 1y
+43 How to Nail the 48-Hour Case Study? 8 3mo
+6 Please Recommend some books/materials on structuring of M&A, PE, VC deals in English Law. 1 1y
+24 State of the mid-level hiring market in PE 40 4mo
0 Energy PE Technicals 1 1y
+9 Lease Accounting in LBOs Question 1 1y
+9 90 Hours 11 1y

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