+7 IR at MFs, What do the junior do? 6 2y
+7 Apollo Credit London 15 2y
+23 BAML exit opps PE 29 2y
+10 What sucks about PE diligence? 4 2y
+7 Landed IB SA 2025 offer, seeking advice on PE recruiting 1 2y
+4 Lead Edge Capital 6 2y
+4 Atlas Holdings Private Equity Firm 2 2y
0 Private Equity Firms with robust portfolio operations teams? 2 2y
+9 How to leverage an Internship at a PE Portfolio company to Break into PE? 2 2y
+6 How to improve portfolio? 1 2y
+12 Modeling test - contribution analysis 1 2y
+9 TIKEHAU Private Credit vs. ARDIAN Private Equity Infrastructure (internship) 3 2y
+11 AUSTRALIA OFFSHORE GAS EXPLORATION PROJECT 5 2y
+6 ESADE MiF, Emory MSAF, or MSQF Northeastern for IB/PE 0 2y
+4 Carry by Fund Size / Year 1 2y
+6 Ancala Partners 5 2y
+25 Turned down a return offer from elite boutique investment bank in NYC for a lower middle market private equity gig. Here’s why 19 2y
+15 How well did you know your deals for on-cycle? 7 2y
+8 Best sector/vertical to cover for PE 6 2y
0 London Consultant-Friendly PE 1 2y
+60 CVC (NY) vs TPG vs Veritas 44 2y
+28 Sweaty funds - how do VPs work most weekends? 12 2y
+14 Country Risk and IRR 3 2y
+28 Leave MBB to to join PE-backed Portco? 11 2y
+3 Only KKR would have the hubris to “re-invent” stock based compensation 4 2y
+9 Real estate agent transition into asset management/PE 1 2y
+3 Advice for FIG BB SA 2 2y
+11 Unrelated Oxford degree for PE? 8 2y
0 Cove Hill 2024 Analyst 2 2y
+3 2025 Full Time Analyst Programs Open 1 2y
+8 IR Offer 5 2y
+6 Ares PE & PC Investor Relations Team Insights 6 2y
+3 Post deleted 0 2y
+29 Would you ever put 100% of your personal assets into private equity? 34 2y
+1 Tailwater Capital 2 2y
+12 Whats a good industry for future PE activity / value to be generated? 2 2y
+14 $25m to Invest in One Strategy 6 2y
+21 Senior Associate Sourcing Deal From Personal Network - Finder’s Fee? 17 2y
0 Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners 4 2y
+22 Can’t get passed 1st round PE interviews 11 2y
+11 Rounding to 3.7 or staying at 3.6X for OCR? 14 2y
+5 Can Partners Group bring back their old logo? 3 2y
+12 Advice: Breaking into PE from REPE (M7 MBA) 6 2y
+8 LP to placement agent? 11 2y
0 Pref equity shops 0 2y
0 How many deals are you looking at per year 1 2y
+11 On-cycle Head Hunter Story - Why PE? Why xyz industry? 9 2y
+23 Should I try to lateral for better exit opps or just recruit directly for pe at my current shop? 5 2y
+9 Del 1 2y
+8 Vista New $20b Fund 3 2y
+31 Should I lateral ASAP? 11 2y
+2 Possible Net Worth of a MF PE High Performer working straight out of Undergrad by 50?? 10 2y
+6 Private Credit & Interest Tax Shields? 1 2y
+1 High-level insights on Secondaries as a career path? 6 2y
+60 MM VP move to UMM/MF? Advice needed 23 2y
+25 MM PE (Harvest, THL, MDP etc.) vs Megafund REPE (Bain, Brookfield, TPG etc.) 29 2y
+59 Cerebus getting cooked 26 2y
0 Investment relations comp in Canada 0 2y
+11 PE Firm hasn't done a new Platform investment in 2 years 2 2y
+12 How are investment bankers evaluated during recruitment for private equity? 3 2y
+9 Operational Improvements In REPE 1 2y
+6 Starting a Search Fund or REPE Fund (LMM) - What do you pick and why? 2 2y
+7 Infra books recommandation 3 2y
+16 PE buyback portCo debt? 19 2y
+14 Brookfield's $50B deal spree 24 2y
+7 Who funds these random search funds 6 2y
+9 Interview Case Study for Real Estate Private Equity Start-up 2 2y
0 Family Office (non public investing - Analyst Role) Interview: 2 2y
+6 Need Some Occasional Outsourced Finance Help in Your Port Cos or Other? 1 2y
+6 HIG Whitehorse 11 2y
+3 MM/UMM Analyst Pay 6 2y
+4 Warburg Pincus Analyst program 6 2y
+15 TMT Take Private Ideas 9 2y
+57 Advice for a 2-and-Out Associate… 23 2y
+3 Best resources to learn about AAMs 1 2y
+9 Athos Partners 11 2y
+11 Finance career in Emerging Markets, PE 5 2y
+16 impact of on portco from different entry points by PE firms 4 2y
+4 Switching industry focus in PE 4 2y
+3 Thoughts on Apollo Scheme 3 2y
0 Europe: Buyside Analyst Programs 3 2y
+13 Naval Ravikant Would Tell Finance Majors Trying to Pick A Career Path That Their Mom Has The Answer. Here Are Three Reasons Why My Mom Was Crucial In Helping Me Pick Private Equity 0 2y
0 Non compete clause - do funds enforce it [UK]? 1 2y
0 Repe vs Private Credit - which career path is brighter? 0 2y
0 Revolving Line of Credit for Asset Light Deal 1 2y
+17 Post-MBA PE recruiting 6 2y
+3 Basic PE funding question 2 2y
+9 Thoughts about leveraging a BD Role at a large ($>100B) asset manager onto a deal team... 1 2y
+35 Sharpest LMM investors? 47 2y
0 GIC direct investment group - info and interview 1 2y
0 Grain management 3 2y
0 Interview and Info about Birch Hill Equity Partners 4 2y
+6 Looking for some media & entertainment investment memos 0 2y
0 Top Video Game Funds 1 2y
+3 PE Technical Question 0 2y
+6 Non-tech SF IB On-Cycle 3 2y
+4 Thnkas 2 2y
+7 Glocap any good? 10 2y
+5 PE Recruiting Profile 5 2y
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