+9 Please Advise- My Fintech is about to get client: how to proceed and eventually land PE clients 0 2y
+3 Rubicon Founders? 3 2y
+13 Most common Tech Private Equity mistakes 7 2y
+10 New fund paying for foregone bonus? 5 2y
0 Blackstone Group - Review - Private Equity Data 2y
0 Blackstone Group - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 2y
0 Distressed / Special Sits - Urgent Help needed 0 2y
+66 Life Talk - Leaving PE 16 2y
+10 PE Buyout of JV (50%) 3 2y
+3 Dawson Partners Winter Analyst 2025 16 2y
+12 Investment Characteristics of Infra Equity vs. INFRA DEBT 2 2y
+3 PE in the Southeast 1 2y
+12 Comparing the alternatives to PE after associate program 3 1y
0 Blackstone Group - Interview - Generalist Data 2y
+2 Cancelling an Interview? 4 2y
+3 Good modeler, terrified of case studies 3 2y
0 T2 consulting to pension funds 1 2y
0 Cap Table Trainings? 1 2y
+1 How is interest rate hedge arranged for a PE portfolio 1 2y
+24 PE VP with the opportunity to move to London from NYC for a few years 21 2y
0 Blackstone Multi-Asset Group 2 2y
+4 Comp at sub $1bn PE Buyout Fund 1 2y
+9 Private Equity Strategic M&A Cases? Anything Notable?? 1 2y
0 PE | Financing 1 2y
+3 Where can I get a list of single family offices that do fund to fund investing? 1 2y
+18 Left MF PE. No Job 29 11mo
0 Harvey & Company - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 2y
0 Harvey & Company - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 2y
+3 Consulting Style Case Study Interview - Thoughts? 1 2y
+3 Carlyle Culture/Comp for PE/RE/PC in LA/NY/DC 2 2y
+23 JD Vance - how did he start his own fund so fast? 12 2y
0 THE BIG LONG 1 2y
0 Fulcrum Capital - Review - Equity Capital Markets Data 2y
+12 Walk me through a deal 7 2y
+71 Private Equity - Targeted IRRs.... an Academic Discussion 37 2y
0 Conveying different career preferences to different headhunters? 2 2y
+25 Top Private Credit Funds 25 1y
+6 London to New York PE 10 2y
+14 Soul Equity solutions ? Legit? 11 1y
+6 Lateral move from UK to US 2 2y
+9 Post-MBA transition from REPE (Hotels) to corporate PE (Ideally Generalists) 1 2y
+57 Difficult situation - help needed 25 2y
0 Project Finance - Help: Economic Assumptions for Financial Model 0 2y
+17 Is it honestly possible to enter UMM/MF PE from a mid bank 6 2y
+9 H1B Visa Sponsor - Private Equity 37 1y
+3 Current lateral market for PE Associates looking to move from the West to East Coast? 1 2y
0 Offers selection: Big name PE Real Estate Analyst vs Top Boutique Healthcare Team 1 2y
+13 When you're selling to a company that is a portfolio company of a PE firm, are you selling to a sponsor or a strategic? 6 2y
0 PE/VC Firms interested in Chemical Manufacturing/Distribution? 2 2y
+7 Co-invest fund to traditional buyout 3 2y
0 Ares Management Corporation - Interview - Infrastructure Data 2y
+3 Low AUM to Employee Ratio Firms 1 2y
0 PE internship Europe 1 2y
+9 Private Credit: Equity Warrants 1 2y
0 Looking For PE Case Studies -- Anybody Willing To Share/Trade? 3 1y
+110 Q&A: London MF / UMM PE Associate 41 1y
0 Brookfield Houston 2 2y
+3 Headhunter Ghosting Post Interview 4 2y
0 what do people use for B2B and consumer research? 1 2y
0 1 year in operating post PE 2 2y
0 Career Start 2 2y
+12 In too many processes - can I pull out of one? 6 2y
+1 Are management fees (i.e. the 2% of 2 and 20) additive based on mark-to-market valuation or based on the original fund amount? 2 2y
+3 Any updates on Offcycle 2026? 2 2y
0 … 0 2y
+14 Orion Group 24 6mo
0 GIP Analyst Process 2 1y
+7 Declawed, defanged and neutered: how do I get promoted? 5 2y
+6 PE Fund Specific Recruiter Calls - What to expect? 1 2y
0 Lone Star Funds - Review - Real Estate Data 2y
0 Lone Star Funds - Salary & Bonus - Real Estate Data 2y
0 BlackRock - Review - Leveraged Finance Data 2y
+5 Level Equity SA 2025 36 1y
0 Anyone interview with the Alleghany Corporation 1 2y
0 What to expect from Warburg Pincus in-person Insight Series? 1 2y
+6 Xxm 4 2y
0 Investor Relations or Sales & Trading 1 2y
0 Distressed/Special Sits B-Schools? 2 2y
0 Evercore - Salary & Bonus - Secondaries Data 2y
+10 Attention HEALTHCARE & LIFE SCIENCES sector professionals . What are the promising sectors driving m&a activity for lower mid market investment banks? 4 2y
0 What % of PE portfolio co’s are overvalued garbage? 0 2y
+4 Which funds were most disciplined during COVID? 4 2y
+3 Morgan Stanley Special Situations Group 1 2y
+12 OTPP Private Capital 2025 19 1y
+3 Swap Model tests and case studies. 3 2mo
+28 How to handle sourcing deal for MF PE/PC as associate? 7 2y
+3 Bain Europe 5 2y
+11 High Performing LMMs (by Geo) 6 2y
0 Nordic Capital NY - 2024 Updates 4 1y
+6 Breaking into Western Europe / US / CA private equity from Eastern Europe PE 1 2y
+15 Summer Intern Opinion 8 2y
+48 PE in Australia 36 6d
0 Growth Oriented Megafunds/UMMs 4 2y
+224 Buyout Bubble Popping 116 1y
+84 Why Carry is Hard to Realize 5 2y
+9 Calling renewables bankers only 1 2y
+9 Private Equity Deal Sourcing in South East Asia 2 2y
0 REPE Analysts 1 2y
+32 M&A versus Restructuring for Private Equity 15 1y
+5 Best Industrials Players in the MF/UMM area? 4 2y

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