+33 Private Equity 101 7 8y
+12 Job Offer Opinion - IB to PE 1 8y
+15 Advice Needed: Private Equity Co-investing vs Private Equity Secondary 22 8y
+15 When a company is in play... timeline, employees, etc. 1 8y
+28 Fund Commitment Amount 4 8y
+15 Pay raise 11 8y
+31 How did Megafunds become Megafunds? 12 8y
+3 Asset financing 1 8y
+12 Big4 MC vs MF IR 1 8y
+12 Retained earnings on Consolidation vs. Going-concern 1 8y
+9 PE Secondaries/Co-investment Interviews? 1 8y
+12 Advice needed - infrastructure co-invest/secondaries 1 8y
+13 Preparing for Post-MBA Sr. Associate / VP Roles 1 8y
+17 Why don't founders just go fund themselves, assuming they know what's up? 3 8y
+21 How does a company transition from family owned business to world class, professional business? 1 8y
+12 IB or Co-investments/Secondaries PE? 1 8y
+53 Private Equity - Working with Imperfect Information 14 8y
+3 Financial Literacy Tools/Sources 1 8y
+9 Ares Energy PE 2 8y
+10 Business Development - Analytical skills 1 8y
+18 How to reply to a headhunter if you're interested, but not ready yet? 1 8y
+30 Raising Search Fund Out of Undergrad 6 8y
+4 Books on TPG 2 8y
+33 Who finances LBO's? Is there significant money to be made as an LBO lender? 7 8y
+15 Should I recruit PE out of undergrad? 2 8y
+17 Committed non-invested LP capital in fund structures 2 8y
+14 Private Equity Investment sourcing 2 8y
+12 Left BB IBD Now Want PE - Deals on Resumes 2 8y
+6 What to ask a Partner despite no open seat 1 8y
+9 Secondary PE to Direct 1 8y
+9 Lev Fin vs Coverage Group for PE 1 8y
+12 MM PE Book recommendations 1 8y
+6 Undergrad Experiences for PE Recruiting 3 8y
+12 Leveraged Buyouts Best Practices - GAAP vs Proforma Question 1 8y
+9 Why aren't there more women in PE? 2 8y
+15 MM / Upper MM Best Placement into HBS 4 8y
+12 Waterfall Distribution for PE Investments 1 8y
+28 Who Wants To Run with the Bulls? 28 8y
+3 Recommend buying WSO Private Equity Guide? 1 8y
+6 What's the purpose of Capital Markets groups for PE firms? 2 8y
+13 Recruiting - What to expect when it's so early 6 8y
+29 Quitting PE for entrepreneurship 7 8y
+12 PE Quarterly Valuations - Whatever You Like? 1 8y
+12 Recruiting through headhunter vs reaching out direct 1 8y
+20 investing in infrastructure 4 8y
+12 Board Member Compensation 1 8y
+12 Public or Private PE Shop: What's better? 1 8y
+16 Private equity in developing markets 6 8y
+3 Flexpoint Ford? 1 8y
+3 PE resources for recruiting 1 8y
+4 Private Equity for Summer 2019 Start 1 8y
+43 Mega Fund Placement out of BB LevFin 16 8y
+10 loan oriented fund? 15 8y
+16 Technical question: modeling NOLs 5 8y
+12 The top companies offering tier 2 sponsorsh 1 8y
+3 Recruiting from lesser known boutique banks 1 8y
+3 Saint Elias Cognitive does now not 1 8y
+3 Platinum Equity - Culture? 3 8y
0 Undergraduate Engineering GPA for Megafund 2 8y
+9 Has Anyone Paid for L2 Research? (Founded by Scott Galloway) 1 8y
0 A peek through the recruiter's mind 3 8y
+12 PE Fof Interview - Excel Test 1 8y
+9 The Best Investment Professionals 1 8y
+6 Other "cross-asset" funds similar to Blackstone Tactical Opportunities? 5 8y
+3 Insight venture partners intern interview 1 8y
+39 Analyzing Manufacturing facilities in Private Equity 17 8y
+20 Infrastructure sectors - valuing different asset types 2 8y
+15 How to assign an arbitrary multiplier for network effects as a venture backed company scales 4 8y
+12 Groups like GS SSG 19 8y
+5 Non-Target to MF? 2 8y
+12 How to not upset this headhunter? 1 8y
0 MM PE Salary Progression 4 8y
0 PE Operations Team 13 8y
+21 Private Equity Operational Improvement roles 8 8y
+10 PE Finance Question 3 8y
+13 LLR Partners - Any Insight? 5 8y
+23 Cold Recruiting 10 8y
+3 Watson-Gleason Test for PE Interview 2 8y
+3 Which sophomore internship would be valued more highly to MF analyst recruiting? 3 8y
+9 Tecum Capital - Thoughts? 3 8y
+16 No name boutique or Big 4 TAS to get to private equity? 2 8y
0 BB PE Secondaries/Co-Investments vs BB S&T for Sophomore Internship - help!!! 1 8y
+12 Levine Leichtman / Platinum Equity (LA) 6 8y
+10 How is pre-MBA PE experience in a different emerging market viewed by MFs and other mid/smaller firms here (in US)? 4 8y
+9 U4 / U5 when switching from IB to PE? 1 8y
0 Best B-schools/programmes for Project Finance field 4 8y
+15 Family Office Private Equity Pay? 1 8y
+15 Family Office Private Equity Pay 1 8y
+12 Interest Rate Spreads for Private Equity Borrowing 1 8y
+39 Non-Target 2 years out of undergrad - Private Equity Internship 8 8y
+20 No interview scheduled after invite, should I follow up again? 6 8y
0 Special situations opportunity 14 8y
+12 Any experience w/ LBO or M&A of a Traditional Asset Manager by a PE Firm? 1 8y
+23 Few Interview Questions 7 8y
0 Hudson Advisors vs. Lone Star 19 8y
+15 CAIA Level I Test Material 1 8y
0 Delete 0 8y
+3 How hard is it to land a job after internship? 1 8y
+9 Direct PE to Fund or Co? 1 8y
+3 private equity agriculture investments in the Southeast Asian 1 8y

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