+6 MM Brokers in West Coast? 3 6y
+8 Chicago LMM IB to Los Angeles PE 4 6y
+15 Brookfield Private Equity 1 6y
+10 PE Opportunities in LA? 8 6y
+3 Ares Management - Anyone Hear Back From Superday / Final Stages Of The Process For LA Analyst Position? 1 6y
+1 Private Equity Firms in Scottsdale AZ or Denver CO? 4 6y
+3 DTCP, Outlook and Opinions 1 6y
+15 Final round interview advice - PE operations role 2 6y
+6 List of west coast technology-focused credit funds? 3 6y
+22 How is Accel-KKR viewed in the tech growth/buyout space? 2 6y
+19 Search Fund PR-MBA (Pacific Lake) 5 6y
+26 Thoughts on Vector / STG Partners 7 6y
+22 Should I pursue Private Equity even though I've made 6 figures in Entrepreneurship? 10 6y
+3 NYU Stern vs. USC Marshall undergrad 1 6y
+22 PE Associate Compensation in T3 cities? 6 6y
+3 TMT Focused PE Firms 1 6y
+6 Looking for PE funds that don't use leverage 5 6y
0 Take the money?? 3 6y
0 MBA Student looking to break in to Private Equity - Seeking Advice 8 6y
0 Harvard MBA's and PE Shops why so many??? 33 6y
0 HUGE favor to ask 3 6y
0 JP Morgan Capital Corporation 3 6y
0 evaluate my PE associate offer 15 6y
0 Valor Equity Partners - Chicago 0 6y
0 Partner meeting 0 6y
0 Return to Private Equity post MBA from Chicago Booth 9 6y
+63 Best non-MBA masters degrees for career-changers/starters...with the end goal being PE 52 6y
0 Entry level Equity Trader Chicago 9 6y
+18 MM regional PE firm associate salary PLZ HELP! 24 6y
+31 Chicago PE Recruiting 20 6y
+129 Highest paying financial jobs (/best financial firms) in the Detroit area? 217 6y
0 anybody heard of NCT ventures in ohio? 0 6y
+26 Where would you rather live 29 6y
+17 PE / HF in Chicago 31 6y
0 Average Salary for Investment Analyst 4 6y
0 Please help going from PE to MBA back to PE 3 6y
0 Morgan Stanley Infrastructure (MSI) Fund 6 6y
0 Recruiters for Chicago Area? 37 6y
0 TPG Credit Management in Minneapolis! 6 6y
0 BIO 2013 - Chicago 5 6y
0 Could I still get into PE with this type of experience? 19 6y
+7 Palisades Arcadia Baseball LLC ... HWS Group 0 6y
+42 Chicago - Megafund placement 27 6y
0 PEAC 3 6y
0 Capitalization Table Modeling (Wall Street Prep seminar) 0 6y
0 Harrison Street-Real Estate PE 5 6y
0 Chicago Buy-Side Recruiting, Coming from another market 2 6y
0 Infrastructure PE in Chicago? 1 6y
+32 End Career Goal Private Equity, what should I be doing currently? 6 6y
0 Switching to Finance after 1.5 years in RE with a high undergrad GPA 1 6y
0 Portfolio Analyst at Mid-Market Fund (Senior Debt, Mezzanine and co-equity) vs. Big 4 Audit Senior for eventual PE position 0 6y
0 Breaking into Private Equity 0 6y
0 PE Co-invest & Secondary Shop vs Consulting @ Deloitte S&O 0 6y
+13 Undergraduate GPA affecting MF placement 5 6y
+17 Chicago PE shops. Apollo? Ares? 17 6y
+20 PE Operations to MBA? Currently No PE/IB Background 5 6y
+26 MBB Post-MBA to PE - what to do 4 6y
+3 Looking for Energy Focused PE Shots in Chicago 1 6y
+12 Stocks are getting pounded today as the Facebook data scandal slams tech sector 1 6y
+22 Chicago Buy-Side Exit Strategy for Someone Not Local? 6 6y
+21 PE Recruiting for Non-Ivy League Candidates 7 6y
+12 Non-Target > Back Office > Family Office > Private Equity 1 6y
+23 Big4 audit to private equity opportunity 3 6y
+25 Suggested/Necessary GPA for Middle Market Credit Fund or PE recruiting? (Intern or Analyst) 6 6y
+12 Finished internship at a LMM PE Firm, what now? 1 6y
+18 Understanding yet-realized IRR on capital allocator returns reporting 1 6y
+41 Community Banker or Car Dealer? 7 6y
+35 How do I get into PE? 6 6y
+9 Recruiter Reactions to Being Let Go 1 6y
+26 PE Associate Offer - Comp Too Low? 29 6y
+9 Internship interview to offer time frame 1 6y
+16 MBB to MF PE 1 6y
0 do you need an mba in london 2 6y
+28 Move into Private equity 21 6y
0 FT Partners With Warner Music: France Telecom at it Again??? 1 6y
+19 Analyst in Banking to Analyst in PE and PE structure 7 6y
+115 My Life - How I got into PE 45 6y
0 PE-backed IPOs 1 6y
0 Undergrad Summer Internship : CPPIB vs BB Offer 8 6y
0 HgCapital Interview Questions 4 6y
+86 Quitting with no gig lined up - deathwish? 59 6y
0 Lateral to better bank or PE 2 6y
0 Blackstone PE internship - London 29 6y
0 Ardian - (Axa PE) London 3 6y
+9 Blackstone PE London Hierarchy 6 6y
+8 Transaction Services ranking in London/UK 6 6y
+16 Europe PE Recruting? 5 6y
+2 Differences between BainCap vs. KKR vs. Advent vs. BC Partners 1 6y
+25 PE first round interview at mega fund 22 6y
+9 London IB Analyst Prep for American PE fund 1 6y
+3 PE summer 1 6y
+18 Halfway through Summer Internship, invited to networking breakfast with MFs - what to expect? 4 6y
+13 Engineer Starting MSc Finance in London - no EXP/ Thoughts on how to break into PE 3 6y
+50 Consulting to PE: Portfolio Teams 14 6y
+14 Language capabilities - An advantage in PE? 1 6y
+21 How does one reset career after failure / taking a gamble that didn't work? 1 6y
+12 From professional poker player to prop-trading to self-employed trader to MBA to PE? 1 6y
+3 London recruiter coverage 1 6y
+3 Blackstone Real Estate Acquisition Off-cycle 1 6y
+6 Cinven Assessment Day 3 6y

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  • Moelis & Company 01 98.8%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.2%
  • Guggenheim Partners 01 97.7%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.1%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.4%
  • Morgan Stanley 02 98.8%
  • Evercore 01 98.2%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.6%
  • Banco Santander 01 97.1%

Professional Growth Opportunities

June 2026 Investment Banking

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  • Moelis & Company 01 98.8%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.2%
  • JPMorgan No 97.7%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.1%

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  • Associates (43) $259
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (22) $179
  • Intern/Summer Associate (13) $156
  • 1st Year Analyst (77) $151
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