+3 Audax in 2024 3 2y
0 KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts) - Interview - Private Equity Data 2y
0 Laidlaw & Company - Salary & Bonus - Healthcare Data 2y
+16 Too old for PE 20 1y
+20 Kelso 2024 13 10mo
+44 IR Comp and Bonus Check 55 8mo
+18 Private Equity Returns Plunge to Global Financial Crisis Levels 1 2y
+6 Buyout vs. Real Estate 1 2y
+6 Infrastructure PE in HK/China 3 2y
+27 Principal level recruiting 16 2y
0 Brookfield - Review - Debt Capital Markets Data 2y
0 Brookfield - Salary & Bonus - Debt Capital Markets Data 2y
0 Tax Structuring in PE Deals 1 2y
+11 AKKR Menlo Park? Growth vs. Buyout in 2024? 12 2y
0 LLR Partners - Salary & Bonus - Investments Data 2y
0 MF PE recruiting - question about background 1 2y
+48 HongKongers in HK Private Equity - Can you survive in a mainland-Chinese dominated labour market? 14 1y
+31 Is It the End of the Road for My Investment Banking and PE Dreams? 12 11mo
+9 IRR/MOIC Sensitivity Tables 9 2y
+31 UMM PE vs. ~$2B SM 9 2y
0 Sun Capital and New Mountain Launching Secondaries Funds 1 2y
0 Atento Capital - Review - Generalist Data 2y
0 Atento Capital - Review - Venture Capital Data 2y
+3 CVC acquires Jagex 1 2y
+3 How to prepare for PE? 1 2y
0 Case Study Prep (Direct Lending) 4 1y
+17 Post-MBA PE recruiting 6 2y
+28 Didn't Receive Return Offer from Top MM/LMM PE firm (Headcount) and No Luck in Full time Recruiting 10 2y
+3 PE -> Entrepreneurship 2 2y
+16 Knowledge Gap Between TMT ER & GE 6 2y
+11 Private credit vs. secondaries 7 2y
+12 Bain Capital Credit Summer Analyst Interiview 7 1y
0 Looking for a Mentor 1 2y
+6 Advice for people moving from IB/PE to strategic finance/corp-dev 1 2y
+14 Portco Csuite Comp for MM Non-CFO/Non-CEO? 4 2y
+35 Downsides of Growth Equity vs Private Equity? 27 2w
+21 Modeling exams 4 2y
+64 2Y IB / 4Y MF - How to get up to speed on the Tech Industry 28 1y
+9 Going to PE with limited modelling experience 11 2y
+9 Tech PE - SF/Menlo vs. NYC? 4 2y
+35 Industrials Sector 10 2y
+12 Product Management to Private Equity 8 2y
+6 PE firm's portfolio company going under 1 2y
+26 Warburg Pincus Capital Solutions 21 2y
+16 Working in infra PE, diagnosed with ADHD and bored out of my mind 9 2y
+18 Great Mentors / People in PE 1 2y
+8 Are borrowing rates really coming down? 6 2y
+3 GP Stakes Valuation 6 2y
0 Duff & Phelps - Salary & Bonus - Consulting Data 2y
+13 Insight on TPG and H&F direct promote? 1 2y
+6 Incremental 1099 Bonuses 1 2y
0 Calling everyone in Hong Kong PE: What's your experience? 1 2y
+6 Thoughts on Micro Private Equity ($3M - $7M EV) 2 2y
+9 JMI Culture 4 2y
+12 MBA PE Summers: Consolidated List 1 2y
0 Oaktree Special Situations 2024 2 2y
0 Copley Equity Partners 1 2y
+14 Thoughts on the independent sponsor model 9 2y
0 Anyone have any experience in or thoughts on the micro private equity space? 1 2y
+10 Raising capital on deal by deal basis for a permanent equity firm 5 2y
0 TPG Global - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 2y
+18 PE PortCo Recruiters/Talent Networks? 9 2y
+11 Sterling ppl are the worse / Partners Group 23 1y
+10 Sixth Street Specialty Lending 11 1y
+9 Hurdle (Pref) rates in current interest rate environment 2 2y
+35 Most toxic behaviour seen 19 2y
0 Starting a PE focused advisory (help source targets for funds that focus on middle market 2 2y
0 PE analyst compensation within Benelux/Germany/France 2 2y
0 Greenspring Associates - Review - NA Data 2y
+2 Paper LBO for IBD SA 4 1y
0 Greenspring Associates - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 2y
+38 Large Buyout Performance Ranking - 2023 25 2y
+21 MM PE Comp - London 21 2y
+26 Updated Vista Comp 37 1y
+6 Old 1 2y
+19 Texas Buyside 17 1y
+145 Dark thoughts 23 2y
+19 PE Secondaries Comps 2024 21 2y
+9 Associate Base Salary Progression 6 2y
+107 Where Would You Want to be a VP Today? 74 1y
0 Accel Partners - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 2y
0 PagsGroup? Any insights 1 2y
+24 MF Buyside vs. EB / BB 11 2y
+2 Private Equity background checks 5 2y
+9 Growth PE vs LO AM 4 2y
+12 PE Partner - Personal Accountant 6 2y
+3 Updated thoughts on OpenGate? 2 2y
+11 Investor Relations Hours at MF 6 2y
+16 MBAs (2Y), How’s the Market? 6 1y
+6 John Laing Infra PE 6 2y
0 Holding Companies? 1 2y
0 OMERS 3 2y
+9 Houston IB PE exit opps 1 2y
0 Off Cycle LMM PE internship opportunities? 1 2y
+6 Starting a PE Fund 3 2y
+8 Investcorp takes minority stakes in Banner Ridge 5 4mo
+18 PE secondaries firm / advisory consolidation 7 2y
+5 Investment IRR 3 2y
+321 HIG in 2024 127 9mo
+11 Ocean Avenue Capital Partners 6 5mo

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  • Guggenheim Partners 01 97.7%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.1%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

June 2026 Investment Banking

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  • Morgan Stanley 02 98.8%
  • Evercore 01 98.3%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.7%
  • Banco Santander 01 97.1%

Professional Growth Opportunities

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  • Morgan Stanley 06 98.3%
  • JPMorgan 01 97.7%
  • Goldman Sachs 02 97.1%

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  • 1st Year Analyst (79) $150
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