+12 Differences between REPE and Regular PE at a Megafund? 7 6y
+12 Networking call went well, resume forwarded, now what? 1 6y
+3 PE Co-Investment Opportunity 1 6y
+21 Need for “public” private equity 10 6y
+8 Why Carlyle? (What separate Carlyle from its peers?) 1 6y
+4 Breaking into PE Deal Sourcing/BizDev 1 6y
+5 Exit Ops From Oil & Gas PE 2 6y
+3 PE Networking versus Banking 3 6y
+20 How would you work with this situaiton? 7 6y
+21 New PE Associate - CFA® or MIF? 3 6y
+14 Switching From Medical School to PE (Any advice is appreciated, thanks) 1 6y
+3 Valuation of an extendible convertible bond 1 6y
+10 Modelling D&A if not given 8 6y
+5 Switching from Medical School to PE/IB 2 6y
+9 PE analysts who've tried to lateral - how did you do it? 5 6y
+12 RE Development Associate to PE Firm - How to bring a deal to a PE Firm 1 6y
+6 AIMS PE vs MBD PE at GS 1 6y
+8 Lateraling as PE associate 3 6y
+10 Buy-and-build in contraction / post-contraction world 5 6y
+24 First time funds in down market 8 6y
+17 Can I still break in? 1 6y
+20 Mgt options within LBO model 1 6y
+20 Low EBITDA margin, low ROIC business? 3 6y
+31 Corp Dev LBO returns question: Levered and Unlevered IRR 15 6y
+4 Snr Assoc/VP comp 3 6y
+6 Exit Ops from Oil & Gas 2 6y
+6 PE Firms Going Public 1 6y
+11 Best Industries for small PE funds? 5 6y
+34 Family Offices List 15 6y
+76 Vice President Fund Carry/Equity 29 6y
+5 What do you think it will be like for those of us starting an associate program this summer? What should we be thinking about? 3 6y
+3 Rocket Messenger 1 6y
+3 Help learn commercial and financial analysis/ CIM 1 6y
+12 PE Credit Associate (Day-to-Day) and Interview 1 6y
+11 COVID impact on LBO debt 4 6y
+25 Bad time to switch jobs? 6 6y
+40 PE in economic recession 19 6y
+19 Company issued $400 million ten-year bond. Hopelessly in debt? 9 6y
+3 Pitchbook Webinar: Covid-19's impact on private markets 1 6y
+9 Landscape Platform 1 6y
+6 What is "Cash recorded in A/P"? 2 6y
+3 Rosenbaum existing goodwill LBO - urgent help 1 6y
+22 Why Megafund?— Interview Answers 8 6y
+12 Modelling based on CIM 1 6y
+4 Convertible bond prospectus? 1 6y
+3 PE Fund without Analysts? 2 6y
+68 How to Approach Proprietary Deal Idea 19 6y
+12 Summer 2020 PE Offer Situation 1 6y
+33 How does the highly levered nature of leveraged buyouts boost profitability for the private equity firms? 6 6y
+7 Firms for VDD? 4 6y
+3 How will the Buy-Side react to the Covid19 Pandemic? 1 6y
+16 Excess Cash, Total Cash, and Enterprise Value - Interview question 3 6y
+13 Livestream With Three Finance Rockstars (Blackstone, Carlyle, TA Associates) 1 6y
+22 HSW MBA Summer for Upper MM / Megafund PE? 1 6y
+14 Capex revolver 5 6y
+37 LMM & MM PE: Double-down on or skip the MBA? 4 6y
+18 Thoughts On MMPE Riverside Company for SA/FT 3 6y
0 If I took 7 and a half hours to schedule my interview after receiving an interview invitation, did I ruin my chance being hired? 8 6y
+23 Current state of debt markets 7 6y
+14 Summer 2020 Associate Class - Delayed or Canceled Starts 5 6y
+12 Checkup on EBITDA calculation 3 6y
+9 Convertible investments and IRR calculation 1 6y
+19 Livestream Q&A With Three Finance Rockstars (Blackstone, Carlyle, TA Associates) StanfordGSB2020's picture 1 6y
+3 Insight on Fast Forward Advisors 1 6y
+20 More PE bubble stuff - Is PE Having Its WeWork Moment…??? 9 6y
+13 EBITDA adjustments in CIMs? 3 6y
+3 Take Home Case Study examples 1 6y
+9 Switching PE firm (and hopefully being promoted to associate) 1 6y
+19 LBO sensitivity table - sense check? 4 6y
+12 Private equity pitch help 1 6y
+13 It's a Recession, buckle up 1 6y
+3 Layoffs and headcount impacts? 1 6y
+9 SWF based in the Gulf - how easy is it to come back to the UK / US? 1 6y
+50 Private Equity Bonuses 2019 65 6y
+18 Corp M&A to Private Equity 3 6y
+9 Macquarie Capital Solutions - Thoughts 1 6y
+21 ADVICE - Opportunity to Start a PE Fund 1 6y
+3 PE offer & Coronavirus 1 6y
+10 Coronavirus impact on valuations 2 6y
+17 List of firms recruiting at the post MBA level 4 6y
+3 What is the average beta for private equity real estate funds? 1 6y
+14 Advice - Renege PE Offer For HF? 2 6y
+15 BB Associate to PE / family office - off cycle recruiting 3 6y
+18 LBO target screening criterion? Looking to use CapIQ screener to find targets 1 6y
+9 PE portfolio analyst career progression 1 6y
+53 Q&A: Charting your career 9 6y
+11 Generalist PE professional? 3 6y
+17 Are there PE funds with pleasant cultures? 5 6y
+12 Evaluating Lower Mid Market PE opportunity 1 6y
+3 Info on Bain Capital Double Impact 1 6y
+6 Partnering with an existing independent sponsor 1 6y
+6 Join this discussion if you missed the #'RonaRally. Yes you can make money on the way down, and on the way up, in the same day. 1 6y
+5 Excel showing 0.5% x 100 = 1.5?? 4 6y
+3 Pre-ipo Unicorn funds- License and general info. 2 6y
+16 Taxation of Carry Dollars at Work 6 6y
+9 Deal Proforma vs. Annual Performance 1 6y
+3 Corp Fin Acquisitions to Acquisitions Manager at small PE shop? 1 6y
+12 Galen Partners 6 6y
+5 BX GSO versus Tact Opp? 4 6y
+42 KKR vs Carlyle vs Warburg - URGENT 29 6y

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  • Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
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  • Guggenheim Partners 02 97.9%
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  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.9%
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