Oakley Capital London
Seems like a decent shop that does Tech. Any insights on culture, deals, comp, returns?
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Fund II (2013) was 2.3x / ~35% IRR.
Fund IV (2019) is 1.6x.
Comp probably in line with competitors like LB, IFX at around ~£160k all in. Probably no carry at Associate level.
Unsure on culture, but seems they are focused and solid at what they do based on fundraising history and returns.
Can echo only part of above comment.
- New fund will be around EUR 3bn
- Had pretty strong exits in recent months
- Comp. 80-85 + 100% + mini Carry allocation.
Suspect they are struggling on Dexters and Idealista. Apart from that I guess they are a good fund with bright people.
I work at a SWF in the direct investing team, but my friends on the primary funds team is in Oakley. Great shop doing interesting deals in the UK and Europe and the people seem friendly and nice; returns are around or close to top quartile generally too.
Is Oakley paying just £80k to associates?? That’s half of what they pay in banking
Welcome to London PE 😎. That’s £80k base.
That’s not a London thing. I’m Analyst 1 in PE here in London and base is £80k
It's not even 'bad'. Associate at Advent aren't far above from my understanding. (95k 2-3 years ago as Associate 1). Continental Europe is worse and usually lower bonus (banking bonus isn't quite as competitive outside London)
Current Advent pay is 110k (or 120?) with >100% bonus
So essentially all investment banking analysts / associated who move to PE agree to a massive pay cut? What happens if you say hey I want my banking salary matched?
They'll just hire someone from Big 4 with a total comp expectation of £50k who would gladly take an £80k salary.
Yup. Or even from consulting.
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They just raised 2.85bn fund
Any new insights on Oakley in terms of comp, WLB, progression etc etc?
also looking for that
any info on this? would be good to get an insight into the process
Performance is very good, they pay in-line with MM (don't think they changed from the numbers above given market hasn't moved), WLB is okay-ish, just your run of the mill Euro shop where you will earn your first 7 figures check when your first meaningful carry from two funds ago finally hits your bank account at 40-45 (exaggerating slightly). You work under the future Duke of Wellington so at least you are still prestige maxxing somewhat
The market has moved. Most mid-market firms (e.g. Inflexion, Five Arrows etc.) are in the £100-110k range for base with c.100% bonus. Surely they have increased comp?
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