0 Deciding to Dive Deeper: Evaluating Investment Opportunities for LOI Submission and Binding Offers 1 2y
0 Secondaries Case Study 3 2y
0 Deleted 0 2y
+12 Am I an idiot for buying a house vs co-invest allocation? 8 2y
+20 How to Calculate Goodwill in an LBO 14 2y
0 Python for IB/PE? 1 2y
+6 Picking industey group as an MM PE associate 1 2y
0 EVR PCA Structured capital solutions exits 1 2y
+5 Roark Externship summer 2024 16 2y
+3 PE ON-CYCLE TIMING MEGATHREAD 8 2y
0 PE firms with largest appetite for risk 1 2y
+14 Interview Prep Advice: IC Mock Presentation & Full LBO Build 3 2y
+19 Carry allocation for follow-on investments 10 2y
+14 Going to a well-known and respect PE shop next year, but looking to lateral at some point due to location. What is the best timing to do so? 5 2y
+22 Consulting to LMM HC PE internship search 2 2y
0 PE Shops in Boston 2 2y
+16 Correct LIBOR floor implementation in model?? 7 2y
+9 Consumer Fund Focused Technicals (Mid-Level) 2 2y
+1 Canadian pension plan internship recruiting timelines 2 2y
+2 Best Tech PE for Capital Raising? 1 2y
+9 Looking for Buyer Software Company 7 2y
+3 GP Stakes Valuation 6 2y
+3 Infrastructure Funds - Realizing Carry 1 2y
+693 Thoughts From a MF PE Associate 97 2y
0 Moving from generalist PE to industry specific 1 2y
0 Structured Credit Buy Side Interview 1 2y
+15 consumer funds 19 2y
0 Audax Summer Analyst interviews 3 2y
+1 2nd Stage Interview 4 2y
0 What is a "consultant style case?" Audax... 1 2y
+33 Meet up group in Boston / New England? 33 2y
+22 Is PF Level 3 from Scratch adequate for PE recruiting? 15 2y
+56 Can i break 100 M by 50 in PE 44 2y
+6 Best resources for learning how to do debt modeling? 9 2y
+7 Rothschild - Five Arrows Long Term Fund (FALT) - London 2 2y
+20 LBO Test - Debt Terms 2 2y
+3 Consumer Growth Equity KPIs? 1 2y
0 Moving from Corporate PE to REPE 1 2y
+3 Golub Capital Hours? 10 2y
+10 Debt: OID vs. Upfront Fee? 6 2y
+1 Capitalized Expense Treatment in LBO 1 2y
+11 Investor Relations Hours at MF 6 2y
+1 Is it possible to be a generalist in the private markets? 2 2y
+3 Gresham Hunt Headhunter 1 2y
+9 Finance work abroad programs 2 2y
0 Expected Pay - LMM Cleveland / Pittsburgh 1 2y
+23 Ranking Blackstone Groups 18 2y
+3 BC Partner Exodus 2 2y
+3 Private Equity Interview Accounting Questions 1 2y
0 Rank The Prestige: Investment Banking, Private Equity (LBO), Growth Equity, Private Credit, Consulting, Real Estate 8 2y
+24 Roth 401k vs. Regular 401k 15 2y
+11 Peak Rock Capital - London 8 2y
0 LMM PE 1 2y
0 Train for Private debt interview 2 2y
+5 Different PE Paths 6 2y
+11 PE Prep in Europe 8 2y
+9 Lower Middle Market Comps 3 2y
+10 Accel-KKR relationship to KKR? 8 2y
+1 Growth equity 2 2y
+37 How much should I co-invest? 16 2y
+11 AKKR Menlo Park? Growth vs. Buyout in 2024? 12 2y
+14 Portco Csuite Comp for MM Non-CFO/Non-CEO? 4 2y
+9 Corp Dev --> Private Credit...Possible? 1 2y
+3 PE Summer Analyst Return offer % 7 2y
0 Audax PE 2025 SA 1 2y
+1 Take Private Sources and Uses 1 2y
+15 Private Credit / Direct Lending - Resources 12 2y
+9 IG DCM to PE (hear me out) 2 2y
0 Opportunistic Private Credit - Case Study 3 2y
+6 IU KELLEY TO BLACKSTONE PE? 11 2y
+8 JPM/MS/GS Regional Office --> MF PE 7 2y
+28 Feeling disillusioned 15 2y
+9 Sovereign Wealth Fund Compensation for Middle East (ADIA, QIA, PIF, Mubadala), GIC/Temasek, Norges Bank and/or Australia Future Funds at VP/Associate level 5 2y
+9 Would You Take A $50K Annual Paycut To Guarantee A Promotion To VP at a UMM PE Shop? 5 2y
+4 Recruiting for 2025 role, with a 2024 offer, with the same headhunter 7 2y
+1 VP Recruiting 2 2y
+6 Apollo Hybrid Value / Credit View 2 2y
0 How to move to a larger Special Sit. / Distressed Debt Fund? 1 2y
0 Best Buyside Opportunities in Toronto 21 2y
+13 Why No LMM PE Analyst Programs in London???? (vs Paris) 4 2y
0 Blackstone RE interview 1 2y
+14 How do private equity superdays work? 5 2y
0 Advent Commercial Case study 2 2y
+6 Advent interview London - Commercial Case Study 7 2y
+43 Robert Smith 34 2y
+4 Mountaingate Capital Insights 3 2y
+10 Upper MM IB or Small Private Equity 2 2y
+4 Thoughts on GS/MS PE? 3 2y
+12 New Hire: Carried Interest economics for a new fund? 3 2y
+1 Infra/Renewables Analyst Transitioning to Infra PE 2 2y
+18 Interviewed Head of PE, Snr. MDs at a UMM firm - waiting for feedback still? 17 2y
+20 PE Interview Question: 5yr EBITDA growth rate 2 2y
+19 mm and lmm pe shops - how to find as many of them as possible 6 2y
+10 Thoughts / Opinions on 7Ridge? 3 2y
+16 Any insights on infra comp? 11 2y
+42 Cush 25hr Corp Dev job or jump to PE? 28 2y
+10 PE Secondaries – What are the exit opportunities? 9 2y
+1 Co-Invest at other firms 2 2y
+6 PE Ops Groups with Analyst Programs 1 2y
+34 PE Recruiting As A Non-US Citizen 29 2y

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