+37 Current Thoughts on Opportunistic/Special Sits Groups (Oaktree Special Sits, BX TacOpps, Apollo Hybrid Value Fund, Brookfield Special Investments, KKR Special Sits) 32 4y
+3 Corsair Capital Reputation/Comp/Culture 4 4y
+3 CD&R THL or TA 1 4y
+4 Secondaries vs FOF 1 4y
+5 Corp Dev M&A Manager Salary 11 4y
+70 GP Commit - Warehoused Deals - Raising Fund 1 27 4y
+3 Debtwire Fund Profiles - Anything Similar? 2 4y
+12 KPS Union Playbook? 2 4y
+6 IB Underdogs: How Do We Get Into PE? 3 4y
+15 Current Florida PE Shops 3 4y
+6 What are the PE, RE, IB Full Time Position Timelines 1 4y
+30 Reputation of New mountain capital 11 4y
+3 Recent Co-Invest Stories/Advice 1 4y
+6 Overall Success Rate 2 4y
+110 HIG Capital Reputation? 85 4y
+6 Where to list company for sale? 4 4y
+5 Infra PE Case Study/ model test 0 4y
+8 DMing a current analyst about his comp? 11 4y
+8 Private Credit/Debt - Valuations 6 4y
+7 What are my chances at MF PE On-Cycle? 5 4y
+45 Thoughts on ESG/SRI/Impact Investing 8 4y
+3 Blackrock (Tennenbaum) Special Sits? 2 4y
+9 Manulife secondaries? 4 4y
+3 TPG Secondaries? 2 4y
+45 CD&R PE 13 4y
+3 Agtech resources 1 4y
+12 Charlesbank SA 2023 8 4y
+47 Infrastructure PE vs Traditional PE 14 4y
+3 People with crazy eyes in IB / PE? 1 4y
+1 PE Analyst vs IB Analyst after undergrad 1 4y
+3 What does total comp look like for the private equity teams of Canadian pension funds (CPPIB, OTPP, etc.)? 5 4y
+8 LMM Distressed Focused PE Firms 12 4y
+9 How To Gain In-Depth Industry/Sector Knowledge 1 4y
+1 Secondaries shops with USA offices outside of NY / SF 16 4y
+6 IR to Sourcing/Investment-side at PE? 5 4y
+6 Moving from Acquisitions to IR 1 4y
+6 Interview Insights 1 4y
+3 PE firms in sports? 5 4y
+3 REPE to another industry group 1 4y
+4 M&A Transaction Fees 5 4y
+29 Insight vs Bessemer Analyst program 24 4y
+9 PE to IB (Undergrad) 1 4y
0 MBB -> PE Comp Bump? 1 4y
+1 Anyone come back to IB from PE? 4 4y
+21 Paying for Carried Interest Unit 24 4y
0 Will an Econ minor make any difference? 3 4y
+7 Neuberger Berman PE 5 4y
+23 Can Someone Explain What Re/Insurance Groups Do? 6 4y
+2 Financial modeling 3 4y
+1 Asking your current boss for an intro to a post-MBA job opportunity before leaving for an MBA 4 4y
+1 Base and bonus comp potential (LONDON) 2 4y
+14 Recruiting at Other PE Funds with the Same Headhunter 7 4y
0 Comp Tech Side of PE Firm 1 4y
+17 Everything is on sale 10 4y
+3 Vps come one come all. Describe your roles 1 4y
+10 Anyone have any Information on Arlington Capital Partners (ACP)? 5 4y
+14 Blackstone Private Equity vs. Life Sciences: differences 6 4y
+6 Insight into comp at following MFs 1 4y
+12 Harvest 2 4y
+15 Submitted an Incomplete Model Test - Am I Cut? 2 4y
+8 Golden Gate Capital thoughts? 8 4y
+23 PE Fund Evaluation Software 4 4y
+132 PE Funds that Win - and IB that Tries 20 4y
+4 Off Cycle Final Rounds Response Time 9 4y
+3 Big 4 Strategy and Transactions Exit opps 6 4y
+11 Associate to VP w/o MBA? 11 4y
+57 Levering Up for Co-Invest: Good or Bad Idea? 22 4y
+78 PE Comp Question - VP / Principal Level 33 4y
+3 Partners Group Secondaries Team? 1 4y
+21 How does recruiting via headhunters work for comp? 9 4y
+6 Why do people hate on REPE? 2 4y
+4 PE firm valuation 1 4y
+12 Internship relevance for Associate roles (London) 2 4y
+12 Private Equity in Brazil as a European? 7 4y
+4 Special Situations Resources? 4 4y
+13 Who makes more: manager or 1% owner 5 4y
+6 BB in Chicago any shot at MF PE ? 7 4y
+3 Silver Lake NYC vs Menlo 4 4y
+3 Clearlake Industrials 1 4y
+113 EVR M&A Class of 2019 Exits 51 4y
+3 MF base comp 1 4y
+6 How to land the return offer 1 4y
+20 Debating in PE or REPE 16 4y
+15 Weighing 2 offers - RE PE vs MM PE 6 4y
+5 Alpine Investors vs Susquehanna Growth 2 4y
+6 Anyone know anything about Highview Capital in LA? 3 4y
+16 berkshire vs genstar 8 4y
+3 Power point Case study advice 1 4y
+3 Thoughts on Brighton Park Capital? 1 4y
+12 IP Law grad to Compliance Consulting, to possibly HF/PE?! 5 4y
+3 Florida Opportunities and Recruiting 1 4y
+6 What is going on at Golden Gate Capital? 1 4y
+109 Burned Out - Quitting w/o an offer? 39 4y
+16 Transition from LMM to UMM / MF? 6 4y
+3 Have mid-year review. Who is manager/team lead? 1 4y
+4 GIC in SF 9 4y
+4 Direct Lending/ Private Credit Compensation 10 4y
+6 SA "Sourcing Role" Questions 3 4y
+17 PE Case Studies swap 21 4y
+4 GS MBD Final Round 82 4y

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