+30 Boston PE - top firms 30 59m
+8 Underrated Buyside Careers? 11 4h
+17 Five Arrows 24 3h
+11 Five Arrows NYC 14 4h
+3 Water Street Healthcare Partners - Thoughts? 6 4h
+12 BX BIP versus BEP 11 5h
+62 2026 PE Associate Bonus Thread 80 8h
+12 TPG London | TPG Rise Climate 14 9h
+46 PE VP: Thoughts on Quitting with Nothing Lined Up? 19 9h
+30 HIG SF Office Culture / Hours 27 17h
+6 Thoughts on Waud Capital? 2 22h
+320 2025 Year-End Net Worth Check-In 293 18h
+14 JPM Morgan Private Capital vs. Mid-Tier IB 17 1d
0 Vista Equity - CCAT Not Received 1 1d
0 How to Understand Hybrid Solutions 1 1d
0 Citadel Associate Program Summer 2028 R1s 2 1d
+109 Cognitive decline 33 1d
+13 What is going on with StepStone? 12 1d
+12 co-investment / Allocator roles WLB 4 1d
+3 GPA for Opportunistic Credit On-Cycle 2 1d
+12 On Cycle 2028 megathread 22 2d
+10 Firm Culture in PE 4 3d
+20 Percheron Capital - Updated Thoughts? 39 4d
+9 JPM PB to Institutional Capital Raising 1 4d
+15 Rotunda Capital? Thoughts? 8 4d
+19 Recruitment - (Dodgy) European Headhunting Firms 10 4d
+10 How frequent do associates & above go from IB to PE? 6 4d
+76 First year PE analyst on medical leave after insane hours 20 4d
+17 TowerBrook NYC Insight? 45 4d
+3 Endeavour Capital 2026? 5 5d
+58 Is being an LP super chill? 30 5d
+43 Infra PE to Project M&A and Back - Risk of Getting Pigeonholed? 15 5d
+9 Sequence Holdings and the Dell family office are buying Baldwin Insurance Group at about $7.7B TEV. What does a family office add to a take-private? 2 6d
+35 PE Ops Or Investment Associate Role? 45 6d
+6 On-Cycle Questions 1 6d
+12 Mitsui Chemicals is paying USD 900M for Ultradent, about 29x operating profit by my math. Is that normal for dental materials? 3 1w
+6 TA Associates Interview Process 9 1w
+57 Should I Leave ~$280K Corp Dev for PE? 37 1w
0 Why go buyside if most associate programs are 2-and-out? 2 1w
0 AB Private Credit Investors 1 1w
+7 What’s going on with TA Associates Consumer team? 8 1w
+6 IFM Investors 5 1w
+14 CD&R - Updated Views 10 1w
+65 Where are the high paying roles? Are they real? 49 1w
+20 Tier 4-5 City - Go to work for micro PE? 3 1w
+47 Mid/senior level PE - at a crossroads 12 1w
+151 Secondaries vs Buyout - Updated Perspectives 58 1w
+15 KKR Software Updates 26 1w
+62 Take the Layoff or Quit? 21 1w
+45 PE downturn- Impact on a PortCo CFO / Operating Partner 9 1w
+30 Compensation packages Abu Dhabi and Quatar these days 11 1w
+22 Vector Capital 2026 Updated Views 7 1w
+19 Career in PCA: GP-Led or LP-Led? 6 2w
0 Warburg Pincus 2028 FT Analyst - Recruiting Timeline 4 2w
0 AI in acquisitions 3 2w
+584 Why I Left PE & Switched to the Public Markets 82 2w
+13 Almost half of Illinois PTs in group practice now work for a platform. What's left for roll-ups? 2 2w
0 MF ABF Credit Comp 4 2w
+16 PE Exits from WF? 24 2w
+32 Sixth Street (2025) 25 2w
+10 Ability to switch IB or PE after 1 year of biglaw transactional? 3 2w
+2 How does sourcing actually work? 2 2w
+19 On-Cycle Getting Pushed? 8 2w
+5 Partners Group - Updated Views 2 2w
0 Looking to exchange infra tests 3 2w
+15 1yr M&A to FoFs/Growth Equity 1 2w
0 Best PE shops in Charlotte 2 2w
+14 Case Study - HELP! 4 2w
+34 PE PortCo Work 18 2w
+271 Anyone feel their net worth rising too "slowly"? 101 2w
+6 BCI PE Associate 1 2w
+11 Secondaries Exit Opportunities 3 2w
+57 How much is enough? 29 2w
0 Thoughts on American Pacific Group? 2 2w
+12 Thoughts on Platinum Equity (London) 13 3w
+3 LS Power Rotational Analyst program? 10 3w
+33 Does My MFPE experience carry weight? (Warburg/BX) as associate in Mumbaii, India 25 3w
+555 London MF REPE is paradise 46 3w
+3 PE FoF - Fund Investment Case Study 5 3w
+3 Secondaries at consultant platform --> MF secondaries arm? 1 3w
0 How to prep for PE interviews as a current senior 2 3w
+19 BX / KKR Evergreen PE vs GS/EVR IB → Top MF PE 9 3w
+13 Madison Dearborn update 16 3w
+147 Annual HBS vs Wharton Debate 52 3w
+3 Goldman Sachs Hybrid Equity 1 3w
+29 Negotiating title for VP role? 21 3w
+65 Best direct lending shops in Asia 24 3w
+10 Ares Corporate Opportunities Fund 9 3w
+290 How much money to "feel rich" in nyc? 168 3w
+10 GCM Grosvenor 8 3w
+3 Sageview - going under? 1 3w
+3 BX Credit & Insurance 6 3w
+34 Leaving PE - Can I talk about current fund performance? 7 4w
0 How to prep for PE interviews as a current senior 1 4w
+27 Career break - do I still have a shot at US PE? 13 4w
+27 Any experience working with Peterson, Pacific Lake, Anacapa, Housatonic or others? 8 4w
+7 Infrastructure Case Study 10 4w
+28 PDF document to Excel spreadsheet 7 4w
+13 Headhunter Etiquette 4 4w
+14 Does founder experience help or hurt in buyside recruiting? 6 4w

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