+6 Energy Infrastructure Partners (EIP) 4 9mo
+29 BXPE? 20 9mo
+7 Adams Street Partners Secondaries Group 13 9mo
+30 Tech PE Technical Questions 14 9mo
0 Arctos Sports PE Compensation/Culture | KKR Acquisition 1 9mo
0 smaller comp and no carry at megacap firm, or larger comp + some carry at boutique shop? 1 9mo
+6 Joining a First Time Fund 2 9mo
+1 Growth / VC Funds in NYC 1 9mo
+48 Secondaries Outlook 2025 37 9mo
+3 BXCI Acquisitions and Partnerships (Insurance) Undergrad SA Interview 2 9mo
+9 CPPIB compensation / hours 18 9mo
0 Secondaries Advisory VS Secondaries Fund AN1 Salaries - London 4 9mo
0 Please help - incoming Law Associate / full-force arriving Quantative Anallyst 1 9mo
+13 Error on resume - how would you handle this? 8 9mo
0 Alpine Investors Summer Analyst 1 9mo
+36 Lateraling to First Time Funds and LMM Firms as an Aso 2 6 9mo
+15 CAIA Debate 5 9mo
+10 London EB to HK PE 5 9mo
0 Juggernaut Capital Partners 2 9mo
+5 Digital Bridge Model Test 23 9mo
+6 How are consulting fees treated at portcos/valuation? 1 9mo
+3 Delete Delete Delete Delete Delete Delete DeleteDelete Delete Delete Delete Delete Delete DeleteDelete Delete Delete Delete Delete Delete DeleteDelete Delete Delete Delete Delete Delete Delete 1 9mo
+3 Growthier Buyout shops in NYC 1 9mo
+16 LA Private Equity 12 9mo
0 Thoma Bravo Credit 1 9mo
+11 M&A at IPP/Developer vs. IB for transition to Infra/Renewables PE? 2 9mo
+8 Thoma Bravo Comp/Culture 7 9mo
+1 PE Reference Checks - Will they call my internship bank? 1 9mo
0 MF Perks 2026 1 9mo
+15 Sourcing Tech Stack in Private Equity 3 9mo
+10 Need advice 2 9mo
+16 Portco role after no promo 5 9mo
0 What macroeconomic indicators should retail investors focus on in 2026? 1 9mo
+9 Private Capital Diligence — What Do You Actually Try to “Prove”? 1 9mo
0 Five Arrows Jan 2026 internship 3 9mo
+4 Five Arrows LDN - Jan 2026 4 9mo
+3 Senior Networking, How Much Does It Help? 1 9mo
+6 Carlyle IR. 11 9mo
+3 How do PE teams screen hundreds of companies down to a short list? 1 9mo
0 IR Jobs 4 9mo
0 PE in US —> PE in London? 2 9mo
+6 InvestIndustrial 8 9mo
+29 Have you ever met someone with a good life working at a large cap fund? 14 9mo
+6 Funds Similar to Apollo? 12 9mo
0 Vista CCAT - Chance to Take Again Years Later 4 9mo
+18 Goldman Sachs Private Credit (Direct Lending vs. Hybrid Capital) 4 9mo
0 Global Director of Private Capital | ex-TPG Partner | Healthcare & Green Tech Specialist 1 9mo
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+23 Hamilton Lane Secondaries 20 9mo
+37 Secondaries PE Comp – Base, Bonus, and Carry 35 9mo
+9 Q&A: IB/PE/Quant Experience 1 9mo
+2 Best way to ask about total comp? 2 9mo
+64 Secondaries Comp / Culture in 2023 97 9mo
+12 What is your motivation? 7 9mo
+31 Doing well but feel like I am a Fraud Personality Hire, Leave Industry Completely? 21 9mo
+20 Avoid FOF 24 9mo
+61 Rank the best tech funds in SF Bay Area 33 9mo
+57 Freaking out about AI 22 9mo
+6 Del 3 9mo
+20 Possible for declining fund to turnaround? 9 10mo
+9 ESG Integration Research Paper 1 10mo
0 Give Me the Scoop! 1 10mo
0 Brookfield Global Transition Fund?? 1 10mo
+14 Aquarian Holdings 13 10mo
0 Thoughts on UMM? GTCR, NMC, etc 2 10mo
0 Neuberger Berman (PE secondaries) NYC 1 10mo
0 What would you ask me in a Fund Raising Analyst Interview? - 1 10mo
+12 BX/KKR Comp 21 10mo
0 Blackstone SA 27 2 10mo
+39 PE fund differentiation 19 10mo
+28 Credit to PE 8 10mo
+829 Why The Grass Isn't Greener: The Private Equity Associate Crisis (PEAC) 61 10mo
0 700+/600+ SAT split 1 10mo
+76 Will AI Replace VPs? 40 10mo
0 Funds that might not have filled seats during off-cycle 2 10mo
+8 Probably PE Exits/Comp for Incoming Jefferies PCA Group Analyst 1? 5 10mo
+9 Best Practices for Sourcing Conversations Without Signaling M&A 1 10mo
+32 PE Associate (MM FIG) Targeting L/S - ER as Bridge vs Direct Buyside? Career Advice 7 10mo
+37 what to do if you strike out at more than 3 funds? 32 10mo
+10 MBB Deal Walkthrough in PE interviews 2 10mo
+3 Haveli Model 1 10mo
+13 Consumer Retail PE 7 10mo
0 Any news on London PE processes 2026? 1 10mo
+3 Can I round 3.75 GPA to 3.8 for on cycle resume? 9 10mo
+35 PE-held ~7 years, near-sale fell apart — stay or walk? 13 10mo
0 What skills matter most for landing a private equity associate role? 1 10mo
0 Reaching out to HH who did not reach out to me during on cycle 1 10mo
0 HH said still waiting on reference checks for PE offer. 2 10mo
+26 Distressed loans / debt primer? 6 10mo
+57 PE interview at VP / Principal level 33 10mo
+4 Predictive Index Score 1 10mo
+3 Audax 2026 PE Associate 1 10mo
+3 Midlevel technicals 1 10mo
+5 Best Generalist MM Funds in NYC? 5 10mo
+7 Patient Square in 2025? 9 10mo
+6 Infra PE comp in Europe 3 10mo
+31 The Jordan Company? 18 10mo
+5 Gryphon Investors (SF Office) 10 10mo
+1 how to reach out to LMM PE fund? 1 10mo
+3 Bain Cap Tech Opps Associate Role/Comp/Culture 9 10mo

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