+6 How is the current fundraising landscape in U.S.? 1 3y
+6 How much do investment banks really earn in fees from an average sized LBO? 8 3y
+6 Level 5 Capital Partners 4 3y
+6 BC Partners 2 3y
+6 London PE Recruiting as an An1 1 3y
+6 Hours and WFH at Canadian pensions 8 3y
+6 Infrastructure fund cost of capital 8 3y
+6 LA BX/APO/Carlyle 11 3y
+6 Direct Lending in Toronto 3 3y
+6 Insight for Oaktree Senior Loans Group? 6 1y
+6 PE > IB possible without an SA? 5 3y
+6 Introduction - Investment Banker/Entrpreneur 1 3y
+6 Ares Wealth Management Solutions good? 1 3y
+6 Secondary Investing Associate Interview Guidance 1 3y
+6 CVC FIG Team - Insights 8 3y
+6 Secondaries Case Study Interview Guidance 2 2y
+6 KKR London ft analyst 2023 11 3y
+6 What's next for my professional development? 2 3y
+6 Value creation plan? 3 1y
+6 What after a 5-hour LBO Test Round? 2 3y
+6 Culture/hours at Cinven, Permira and CVC 1 3y
+6 How long from starting off-cycle recruiting to starting job? 1 3y
+6 Growth Equity Model Test 2 3y
+6 EY Valuation VS DCM/FPA PE firm (AUM $5B). Which offer should I choose? 2 3y
+6 Anyone have intel on Spire Capital? 6 3y
+6 Private Equity consulting exit opportunities? 2 3y
+6 Private equity and race relations 1 3y
+6 General thoughts on Partners Group? 1 3y
+6 Family Offices that own/fund Sport Teams? 12 3y
+6 Exit Re-buyer IRR | Assessment 1 3y
+6 HIG WhiteHorse 2 3y
+6 PSA: PE is much more interesting than banking although it is no better than banking 1 3y
+6 Neuberger Berman - Secondaries Associate Program in US 3 2y
+6 Castlelake 1 3y
+6 Any VCs that invest in pure HC Services? 1 3y
+6 Cliffwater?? 3 3y
+6 KKR 2022 diversity symposium 1 3y
+6 How Long to Hear Back After Off-Cycle Interviews? 1 3y
+6 Duke Street Capital 1 3y
+6 BX analyst/associate programs experience/exits 13 3y
+6 School Email for PE Recruiting? 7 3y
+6 Ares IR Interview & Comp 4 1y
+6 Top Consultant-Friendly Private Equity Funds 1 3y
+6 Private Company Stats 2 3y
+6 Allianz Global Investors? 6 1y
+6 BX PE SA 2024 Non-Diversity 3 3y
+6 Why Growth Equity? 2 3y
+6 Quarterly reports to LPs 5 3y
+6 Thoughts on Brentwood Associates? 5 3y
+6 Cold-emailing PE firms for an internship - to email HR directors or Investment team? 1 3y
+6 What are the top PE funds you'd most want to work for? 8 3y
+6 Looking PE Recruiting advice not found online (Ironic) 1 3y
+6 Elon's Purchase of Twitter 3 3y
+6 Beverly Hills PE Scene 2 3y
+6 Monomoy Capital 5 1y
+6 5.5 Years in M&A, it is too late to jump to PE? 4 3y
+6 How sweaty is Centerbridge? 21 2y
+6 12 Month or 3 Month SOFR on LBO model 8 3y
+6 Private Equity Coaching Recommendations? 6 3y
+6 Exploring exit opportunities 1 3y
+6 Starting in Buy-side vs Sell-side 2 3y
+6 Carlyle HC 1 3y
+6 PE firms with portfolio value creation teams in NYC 1 3y
+6 Don’t have any IB offers senior year of college… what now? 1 3y
+6 VC Lending 1 3y
+6 Strategy 1 3y
+6 Dallas Real Estate Private Equity (REPE) Firms 1 3y
+6 Highest Paying UMM 13 3y
+6 Which excel do you use for your case studies? 4 3y
+6 Peak Rock Capital 1 3y
+6 Accounting / Finance topics for PE 3 3y
+6 Is Spectrum Equity venture growth or growth buyouts? Will it feel like working in late stage VC or will it feel like working in PE? 3 3y
+6 KKR PE Headhunter? 6 3y
+6 Dealing with constant writers block 10 3y
+6 What’s your co-invest check size? 2 3y
+6 PE Analyst Exit Opportunities 1 3y
+6 Breaking into PE as a Civil engineer....can this be done? 5 3y
+6 Tenzing 4 2y
+6 Ghosted by Dynamic Search Partners 7 2mo
+6 Latest on Blue Wolf Capital? 3 3y
+6 Case Study Modeling Etiquette 1 3y
+6 LionTree PE 8 2y
+6 Most Common GE Questions 2 3y
+6 ME SWF HHs 5 2y
+6 Culture at Lead Edge capital 2 3y
+6 CorpDev to PE 2 3y
+6 Helios Investment London 6 1y
+6 Info on Seaside Equity Partners? 1 3y
+6 GIC Funds / Co-Invest Associate 4 1y
+6 BX PE/Tac Opps Interview FT 9 3y
+6 Why stay in PE and not go into public equities? 4 3y
+6 2023 PE Comp Expectations 11 3y
+6 PE or banking post MBA? 2 3y
+6 Thoughts on I Squared Capital? 12 3y
+6 Any Large Funds in NY still recruiting for 2023? 4 3y
+6 ECM vs PE for a dumb person 7 3y
+6 PE Secondaries / Co-Invest roles out of undergrad 3 2y
+6 Off-cycle recruiting H1 2024 0 3y
+6 PE Recruiting Group Chat 2 3y
+6 Oaktree - Product Group? 1 3y

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  • Moelis & Company 01 98.8%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.3%
  • Guggenheim Partners 01 97.7%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.1%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

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  • Morgan Stanley 02 98.8%
  • Evercore 01 98.3%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.7%
  • Banco Santander 01 97.1%

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  • Moelis & Company 01 98.8%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.3%
  • JPMorgan No 97.7%
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  • 1st Year Analyst (78) $151
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