Top HH in the MM/LMM (Sub $1bn fund) space?

Interested in recruiting for funds with recents between $500mm and $1bn. Lot of talk about MF/UMM HH on this site but was wondering who the top firms were for the smaller players.

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The Oxbridge Group is one I’ve found to have the most lower middle market opportunities across the USA. I’ve also seen a bunch from Korn Ferry, CPI, and Bellcast Partners. Note that this is for Post-MBA roles and is heavily biased towards personal experience. For the most part I never really spoke to headhunters regarding pre-MBA roles. I’m sure there are a great deal number of firms out there that I’m simply not aware of due to geographic considerations or even luck.

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Anyone know what proportion (if any) of recruiting for MM/LMM happens on-cycle versus off-cycle? I'd imagine there would be much more off-cycle recruiting in this space when compared to UMM/MF. Can anyone who's been through the PE recruiting cycles confirm that?

 

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