+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
0 Question about MF/MM/LMM 2 2y
+12 Advent vs. other MFs 10 2y
+6 xxx 1 2y
0 Fund accountant at top PE fund comp? 1 2y
+4 MOIC vs IRR? 5 2y
0 Non-Compete and Carry Agreements 0 2y
+12 Delete 4 2y
+10 How do LMM PE shops value assets? 5 2y
+323 Please Tell Me I Can Look Forward to PE 70 2y
0 IB/PE into Corp Dev 1 2y
0 Redoing Vault Top 50 Rankings By Prestige From Ex-W, Ex-CVP, Ex-PE MF & current Tiger Cub IP 5 2y
+4 Best way to start networking into IB / PE 2 2y
0 Management options versus rolling equity 1 2y
+5 What latest fund size is considered MM vs UMM? 5 2y
+1 General Atlantic Recruitment 2 2y
+8 Rhone Group 22 2y
+3 Who else is going to DealMax? 0 2y
+10 When Do PE Funds Start Reaching Out to Their Incoming Associates? 3 2y
+5 Valuing Microcap SaaS business 3 2y
+4 EQT Exeter London 6 2y
+67 2022/23 Associate Compensation (All) 123 2y
+11 Noncompete ban on carry clawback 5 2y
+4 The Halifax Group 8 2y
0 Pacific Avenue Capital? 0 2y
+20 Private Equity News Sources 9 2y
+9 Upcoming On-Cycle Headcount Reduction 6 2y
0 CPI Registration Form - Still fill out if skipping oncycle? 2 2y
+3 On Cycle Profile Rating 10 2y
+11 Opus Advisors Client List 7 2y
+9 VPs and up that have gone on sabbatical, how did it turn out for you? 3 2y
+15 Technical question - Revenue sensitivity in LBO Model 4 2y
+4 MM PE offer compensation 14 2y
+3 Touchdown ventures? 1 2y
0 How to prepare / study for PE On-Cycle? 2 2y
0 Gold Coast and Ratio Ghosting 0 2y
+4 What type of function to model a retention curve? Exponential, logarithmic, power? 2 2y
+12 Carry in a continuation vehicle 5 2y
+16 PE Secondary Advisory vs Model Internal Audit 5 2y
+4 PE -> Startup in Operating Role? 6 2y
+9 Unique PE Opportunities 1 2y
+4 Will PE Buy a Home Services Franchise? 5 2y
+9 CPI Responsiveness 2 2y

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