Understanding Liquidity of PE vs HF Comp

Considering that HF comp most of the time is more liquid than PE, and for you to truely realize private equity carry gains you have to stay for some time, wouldn't it be safe to say that HF comps would be better considering a lot of IPs end up switching around firms at least a few times, or is that a dumb take?

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Depends on how good your "good" years are at the HF. PE base pay is generally much higher for same experience level and you can for the most part count on your bonus, wheras in HF if you're having to switch firms you're likely taking a 0 bonus that year.

The difference comes in a good HF year when you get an outsized bonus in which case your liquidity would be better than PE

 
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