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+48 Manulife Secondaries raises only $235mm... 13 1y
+48 Whitehorse is now Dawson lol 45 1y
+48 Off-Cycle 2026 Megathread 25 1y
+48 Sinking ship 19 1y
+48 Anyone just starting to care a lot less / are no longer "career" driven and obsessed? 14 6mo
+48 Choosing Corp Dev Over PE post 2 years at MOE / EVR? I want to, but peers telling me I have "given up" if I do 17 1y
+48 Struggling to Break into IB/PE/ER After 5 Months of Recruiting – SEEKING ADVICE 16 1y
+48 Opinions on this Corp Dev All in Comp Number? Have LMM PE Offer, might take it 37 1y
+48 Ontario Teachers Conceding Defeat? 23 1y
+48 Were PE MBA admissions ever “easy”? 19 1y
+48 Prestige and risk 8 11mo
+48 Secondaries Outlook 2025 37 4mo
+48 How do you deal with being a PE failure going to LMM? 24 9mo
+48 Lender's Legal Fees Are Out Of Control (Proposed Solution) 23 3mo
+47 Group Led by K.K.R. to Buy Samson for $7.2 Billion in Largest LBO of Year 19 3y
+47 Private Equity RE - Long time lurker, first time poster - 30bn AuM 18 6y
+47 Blackstone Culture 21 5y
+47 Given that you go to a good school, why not go directly to PE instead of IBD first? 23 12y
+47 Q&A - London Megafund PE, one year in... 56 3y
+47 Buying Into the General Partnership 10 10y
+47 Materials for Starting the Job 24 8y
+47 Search Fund Internships worth it? 21 8y
+47 Was it a mistake? A confused Private Equity junior. 4 8y
+47 Traditional Private Equity vs. Special Situations Investing 8 8y
+47 Work on the deals side or support of the Portoflio 15 7y
+47 How to raise a fund - what I know, and what I'm clueless about 5 7y
+47 Evercore and Lazard NY Placement 16 7y
+47 Moving from South East Asia MM Buyout House to America 14 6y
+47 Why would a PE partner call me for a chat? 20 4y
+47 “Venn Diagram” shops 25 5y
+47 Healthcare Consulting to CVC Capital Partners: Worth the move? 10 3y
+47 Option Pool Question 16 5y
+47 How To Record Earnout Paid in LBO Context? 12 6y
+47 Learning Project Finance Modeling vs CFA L1 12 3y
+47 Stellex 60 3y
+47 Deleted 24 3y
+47 Infrastructure PE vs Traditional PE 14 4y
+47 Large Cap Infrastructure Investing 57 2y
+47 Best Healthcare PE Groups in the world 68 2y
+47 Top West Coast PE Funds 32 3y
+47 How to boost energy levels in general 24 4y
+47 Culture and hours at PE in London 43 2y
+47 Internationals in IB/PE - Where are you now? 23 2y
+47 Mid-level (10 yrs exp) getting a MBA? 9 2y
+47 Anyone else scared of their associates ? 17 2y
+47 Boomerang from PE back to IB? 14 8mo
+47 Best Tech PE Deals Ever? 34 5mo
+47 Fundraising/IR vs PFG vs Wholesaler 12 8mo
+47 Why does IRR matter? 29 1y
+47 Is Infrastructure PE sweaty? 19 1y
+47 PE funds specializing in DECLINING businesses? 24 1y
+47 Best PE Sector to be in (tailwinds) 28 1y
+47 Time to be a founder? 43 1y
+47 2024 PE Bonus Thread 31 1y
+47 How sophisticated are LPs in reviewing GPs? 24 1y
+47 MBA for PE in US? Am I being to naive? 18 1y
+47 Is top caliber talent still choosing to recruit for private equity? 16 1y
+47 Laid Off from UMM PE — Struggling to Rebound in Brutal Market (London) 9 2h
+47 Hot Take: On-Cycle Overweights the “Leftovers” from Target Schools 21 1y
+47 Are financial modelling skills overrated? 9 7mo
+47 How easy is Private Credit? 16 9mo
+47 Found a distressed manufacturing business to purchase for around 900K 20 9mo
+47 Fundless Sponsors 27 7mo
+47 How does HIG structure deals in unique ways? 16 6mo
+47 Software PE - deal count going forward? 17 3mo
+47 Got caught with a wrong number in an IC meeting because I trusted AI output. 13 1mo
+46 Another PE interview question - Usage of convertible notes in deal? 18 3y
+46 Value of Boutique PE Internship? 17 13y
+46 2014 Recruiting - Chatter About things starting up 64 12y
+46 Getting Dropped in the Tank 47 12y
+46 PE Recruiting - Soft Skills 18 10y
+46 Ever hear of Stripes Group? 16 3y
+46 HBS / GSB / Wharton post-MBA recruiting 10 3y
+46 PE Recruiting for First Year Analyst 34 9y
+46 Revenue and COGS build 8 8y
+46 Moving to Buy-Side in a Recessionary Environment 12 7y
+46 Considering moving back to IB after 2yrs in MM PE 13 6y
+46 Law school-> JD/MBA -> PE? 12 6y
+46 Equity Partner(s) for an Independent Sponsor? 14 6y
+46 Books on Private Debt/Mezz/Etc... 22 4y
+46 Q&A - Offcycle offer from UMM fund ($9bn latest fund size) 21 5y
+46 MM IB -> PE after 1 year 8 6y
+46 3.5 GPA - Looking to break into PE 13 4y
+46 Is this a stupid idea? Leaving PE? 10 6y
+46 Sycamore - L Brands Deal Break? 23 6y
+46 Sourcing Model Discussion 12 3y
+46 Q&A: Lower Middle Market PE Associate -- Ask Me Anything 19 5y
+46 Does "good culture" exist at the pre-MBA level in PE? 18 5y
+46 How to gain credibility as a young professional? 10 5y
+46 Car Wash Business - roll-up strategy 28 4y
+46 New PE Cases + 20min LBO Drills Added to the PE Interview Course 7 5y
+46 Why Do Sponsors Hire Buyside Advisors 32 5y
+46 A Real Disscusion about Promotion in PE 22 4y
+46 Appeal of working for a publicly traded MF?? 30 4y
+46 Growth / Tech PE funds with enjoyable culture? Do they exist? 60 2y
+46 Weekend Work in PE 52 1y
+46 Liquid Credit / Leveraged Loans / High Yield Groups 24 4y
+46 Are you in the office? 41 3y
+46 PE analyst salaries? 75 3y
+46 Not sure if PE is for me... 22 2y

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