PE London Perks?

Curious for London PE firms, do you usually get the same perks in IBD

i.e. £20 something dinner allowance and cab back home after 10, generous pensions etc.? or are the perks better or worse beyond your (cash, bonus, carry etc. direct comp) 

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At a $20bn+ Fund in London:

- Ubers every evening

- £30 dinner allowance

- 30 Basis points of carry at VP level

- Levered Co-invest with firm providing internal credit facility at 80% LTV 

- Drinks expensed

- Yearly global off-site in the Hamptons 

 

80% LTV? Meaning you lever your Investment by 1:4, e.g. 100k Equity Investment with 400k of Debt?

And what are the all-in financing costs? 100-150bps?

 
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15-20bm fund
 

-£35 Dinner After 7 on Weekdays / £70 per day on Weekend Days (office or WFH)

-Uber Exec after 8

-7.5% of base incremental into pension => increases to 10% after few years at the firm

-co-invest

-health insurance (covers everything, including mental health, surgery etc - no deductible no cap)

-gym sbusidy

-lunch subsidy

 
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