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Dear Discussion Poster,

I'm looking into same topic, my participation at UC Irvine as an Econ major and being UFA undergraduate finance association doesn't help much.  I was in LA county in the last 2 months and I can't identify any specific firms except Saban Capital Group, hopefully that is considered a PE company.  Best regards, Silviu

 

Anyone have a view on culture of the LA shops? I’ll try to name the funds I’m aware of there off the top of my head.

Leonard Green (large cap & mid cap, unsure how separated), Ares, Clearlake, Platinum (large, mid, small), Oaktree, Apollo, Brentwood, Freeman Spogli, Seidler, Marlin, LightBay, Shamrock, RedBird, Levine Leichtman, One Rock, Aurora, Varsity Healthcare, and on distressed side you’ve got Beach Point and PIMCO Distressed / Opportunistic / Special Situations

 

is there a reason for low pay? interested in the shop bc of location but 75k in la is tough haha

 

If you pay juniors less you can hire more of them to scrub the interwebs for targets and/or pay yourself more.

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Do you have any additional detail about them? Culture, lifestyle, comp, returns

 

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