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Seems like the 3rd week of January for any firm that has HC exposure. 3 different headhunters have brought up to me on catch up calls that a lot of PE firms are going to be caught up with the JPM HC conference (aka the biggest HC event of the year) the second week of January, so there are plans to hold off until the 3rd of week of January.

 
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Speaking with friends on the street, it looks like most of the opportunities are UMM / MM funds and funds in SF/Chicago/LA who were late to the party in August. At a NY MF (BX/KKR/APO/WP/CG) and have friends at most of the large-cap funds in NY, we (in addition to the other funds listed) have already filled and hired significantly fewer this cycle than in years past as everyone is underwriting a downturn 

IMO, it's just going to be a few off-cycle processes running concurrently. No more 3AM madness, but probably longer process + more rigorous deal discussion now that you guys now have more experience on the desk

 

Warburg has been extremely weird. I’ve heard multiple people say that they’ve filled their class and are pencils down, but at the same time, literally not a SINGLE person at my EB (which historically places insanely well at Warburg…) got an interview. I had an associate reach out to me for a coffee chat back in November, and the associate literally said they hadn’t kicked off and weren’t planning on doing so until early 2023, but apparently the class is full at the same time???

 

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