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Have heard about PIMCO with their alternatives/ special sits after a few threads here on WSO. Most focus seems to have been on US offices. What are they like in Europe?

Also what would compensation look like at credit vs equity funds for Analysts/ Associates in Europe/ London? Is there a big variation?

 

TerraFirma has a program. Curious on what Partners Group pay is for their investment analysts? And the other PE Analyst programs? All I know is BX is 80k and KKR is 65k.

 

Is this below street for PE at the analyst level for firms with >100B AUM? Entering one myself for an off-cycle next month, but have no idea what to expect for compensation full-time. So my question is, what would you define is current market comp for large cap funds for analysts in gbp? Also base if you can. Thanks!

 

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