+3 Basalt Infrastructure London 3 6mo
0 Wren House London 1 6mo
+11 Ended Up in Client Group - Still Want Infrastructure Investing. Need Honest Advice. 3 6mo
+7 Dubai PE 5 6mo
+8 HarbourVest - is this a good move? 38 6mo
+29 Full ride at Dartmouth vs paying full at Stanford as an international — for finance industry,worth the debt? 23 6mo
+3 BX PE London 1 6mo
+7 CD&R Spring London 2026 4 6mo
+8 Thoughts on Alvarez & Marsal Private Equity Performance Improvement 3 6mo
+12 Finance grad, R&I + M&A experience, CFA L1 — but average GPA. Realistic path to buy side? 1 6mo
0 Day in the life of a PE VP is paradise 3 6mo
0 Alpinvest 4 6mo
0 Oaktree Capital London 3 6mo
+6 CD&R Off-Cycle Modeling Test 8 6mo
0 Ares Off-Cycle Internship (London) 1 7mo
+8 SWF 3-hr modeling test 19 7mo
+6 Raven's APM 1 7mo
0 Blackstone H2 Off-Cycle 2026 4 7mo
+65 Struggling with caring about deals we do 24 7mo
0 Can someone check my calcs? European waterfall... 0 7mo
+6 Inflexion 4.5bn fundraise 9 7mo
0 EMK Capital 2 7mo
+9 Need advices : launch your PE fund 4 7mo
0 PCA Primaries First Round - London 1 7mo
+13 Incoming LevFin to PE? 14 7mo
0 Co-invest Comp London 1 7mo
0 Lazard PCA Primaries Off-Cycle (London) 1 7mo
+9 Large cap PE buyout (Asia) vs. Large cap Fund special sits /structured equity (London / NY) 3 7mo
+12 GIC Direct Investment Group 17 7mo
+24 Is a lateral necessary for PE recruitment? 3 7mo
+62 London PE recruiting process 41 7mo
0 looking for private equity tutor 2 7mo
+232 2019 On-Cycle PE Recruiting: Headhunter Ranking 49 7mo
+3 How to prepare for PC Internship Interview? 3 7mo
0 CVC Blackstone London HH 1 7mo
+15 Mainland European Languages for US vs European UMM/MF PE Firms in London? 1 7mo
+28 In most cases, will going international work against your long-term career? 6 7mo
+18 Final Rounds in PE but Missing Offers – What Does Asset Management Actually Look Like? 5 7mo
+3 JPM Infrastructure Investment Fund (IIF) 10 7mo
+6 Best Infrastructure debt teams 6 7mo
+18 PE Family Office vs. MF Portco Corp Dev Lead 4 7mo
+33 Is this normal for smaller PE or is something actually wrong here? 17 7mo
+37 Wardrobe Investment Guide for IB and PE 2 7mo
+21 How is UCL BSc Econ for megafund PE exits (after an IB stint)? 9 7mo
0 Global Gate Capital London 1 7mo
+12 Let go after few months in PE 1 7mo
+15 IB to PE: London Headhunters 2 7mo
+35 Savings after a few IB/PE years - London 43 7mo
+12 Latest on TDR Capital 6 8mo
+3 Mid-Market PE Ops comp in London 1 8mo
0 Networking Outside Your Firm 1 8mo
+5 TDR capital updated opinion 10 8mo
+3 Private Equity Recruiting: What Actually Matters Most? 1 8mo
+3 IB to PE unvested stock buyout? 1 8mo
0 Igneo Infrastructure London 3 8mo
+6 How HH view semi targets in tier 1 funds 1 8mo
+6 PE Career Advice 1 8mo
+8 IK Partners 14 8mo
0 Tip: Headhunters Value Clarity, Not Buzzwords 3 8mo
0 Has anyone done an IR case study? 1 8mo
+9 IB/PE Careers London Profile Evaluation/Msc Finance Decision 1 8mo
+18 How to avoid complexity creating mistakes in LBO test / Best practice 3 8mo
+11 Apollo Hiring Freeze 10 8mo
+9 Relocating to London - MM PE opportunites? 2 8mo
+10 How to pivot to IB/PE from Data/Tech with a low GPA? Canada Top Schools 2 8mo
0 The Associate Role Is Getting Harder, Not Easier 2 8mo
+19 CVC London 27 8mo
+6 Feedback on CapVest 5 8mo
0 Private Equity and Nurseries 1 8mo
0 REPE modeling test/case study exchange 1 8mo
+14 Is there a way back? 2 8mo
+3 Views on Quinbrook? 0 8mo
+9 Warburg Pincus Analyst - London 13 8mo
0 Permira / General Atlantic / CPPIB Direct PE Case Study 1 8mo
+96 PSA: Astorg (London office) - Do NOT join! 49 8mo
+16 Private Credit career path & exits 6 8mo
+4 Leeds Equity Partners 9 8mo
+22 Moved to new team, bad setup 4 8mo
0 Marlin Equity Partners | London 1 8mo
+3 GPA for PE in London 1 8mo
+6 PIMCO Private Strategies AC 1 8mo
+9 Insurance PE 1 8mo
+277 The Private Equity Boogeyman 57 8mo
+1 Apollo acquires 50% in Hornsea 3 2 8mo
+9 MBB (Central Asia, non-target UG) → PE Middle East / UK – What’s Realistic? 1 8mo
+18 European MM PE Funds w/Good Trajectory? 20 8mo
0 Q&A 1 9mo
+27 London - WLB in VC / Growth / Tech PE 8 9mo
0 Live Investment Opportunity via SPV - US Energy Data SaaS Platform - 2.5x ARR entry - right before growth inflection 2 9mo
0 MSIM PE Fund & Co-Investments 0 9mo
0 PE Case Study Purchase - Willing to Buy 2 9mo
0 GIC Secondaries 4 9mo
+21 GP-Led Secondaries Continuation Fund Model 11 9mo
+15 Coller Capital 11 9mo
0 Synova HH London? 1 9mo
+6 Kester Capital 16 9mo
+33 Private Credit Secondaries Case Study Insight 4 9mo
+9 Warwick MSc Finance vs UCL MSc VC & PE (FinTech) — realistic outcomes if IB isn’t a lock? 1 9mo
+496 10 Years. 10 Hard-Earned Lessons in PE. 37 9mo
+30 How many expert calls do you guys do? 12 9mo

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