+5 Alpine Investors - Thoughts? 26 5mo
+3 Capital Raising Salaries 1 5mo
+31 Business Development in PE 15 5mo
0 PE Associate in NYC -> London 1 5mo
+9 LMM PE Analysts: Getting roasted for my AI capstone (building a sourcing tool, offering $20 UberEats) 2 5mo
+5 Insight Equity Dallas Culture/Compensation 4 5mo
+12 How to approach Buyside Recruiting 3 5mo
+6 Accordion PE consulting 1 5mo
+39 Why is ROIC never really a topic when looking at companies IRL 9 5mo
+11 Consulting to PE or MBA 4 5mo
+3 Gauge Capital 2026 3 5mo
0 Chicago Buyside Tech / Tech Services Investing 3 5mo
+14 Family Office 2025/2026 Comp Thread 5 5mo
+9 FP&A at PE-backed firm to Private Credit: Realistic? 1 5mo
+15 Sovereign, Endowment, Family Office PE Comp 4 5mo
+27 Graham Partners Overview 22 5mo
+21 How is Marlin doing? 6 5mo
+7 Should I recruit to PE? 1 5mo
+6 CDPQ London 7 5mo
+36 Does working in PE help get you laid? 28 5mo
+5 Parthenon PE Analyst FT 2027 2 5mo
0 Incoming EB Analyst - PE Recruiting 1 5mo
0 Deleted 3 5mo
+4 CVC PE New York updated thoughts 8 5mo
+3 Warburg Pincus Catalyst Program 6 5mo
+3 TA Associates (2025) 9 5mo
+41 2027 Analyst Cycle 18 5mo
+3 2027 off-cycle PE recruiting 0 5mo
0 Cornell Capital Update View 2026 0 5mo
+7 THL Overview 9 5mo
+15 PE Associate role at Temasek in SF 23 5mo
+7 LMM Pay Scale 13 5mo
+138 Mid-level comp and net worth check 110 5mo
+26 China MF PE → US IB/PE — How Should I Position Myself? 13 5mo
+8 GIC Special Opportunities 6 5mo
0 Acwa power and taqa modelling test 4 5mo
+33 33 Years Old In PE & Still Single - Should I Quit To Find A Wife 30 5mo
+30 US MBA to Singapore PE: Better to do IB in Singapore or NY/London first? How important is bank brand/presence in SEA? 10 5mo
+105 Part of carried interest for Sr. Associate/VP in a small PE fund 76 5mo
+20 BX NY perks 23 5mo
+7 Need PE FT 27 Recruitment Advice 7 5mo
+12 Oncycle / HH Outreach 2028 11 5mo
+15 BlackRock PEP London 22 5mo
+40 Value of MBA in Private Credit 11 5mo
+26 Headhunters / Oncycle 2028 19 6mo
+31 Reed Rayman, Aaron Sobel and Robert Kalsow Ramos 28 6mo
0 buy-side analyst on-cycle / off-cycle PE recruiting 4 6mo
+10 Preparing for Secondaries PE Investment Associate Interview + Excel Test. What should I expect? 2 6mo
+21 London MM PE comps 24 6mo
+41 Info on Banner Ridge Partners 28 6mo
+12 Relocation Bonus 8 6mo
+57 Management Option Pools in LBO Models 22 6mo
+493 What we can learn from all these "depressed and burnt out" posts re: IB and PE 91 6mo
+6 Is Distressed PE more heavily quantitative or qualitative? 8 6mo
0 Dallas PE Associate 2026 Hiring Update 1 6mo
+87 Anyone else feel like the people they work with just aren’t that smart? 19 6mo
+15 PJT RSSG/MF PE Recruiting 26 6mo
+54 Leaving PE for AI 45 6mo
0 Private equity investments into renewable developers 4 6mo
0 KKR Industrials 2 6mo
0 PE Exits from BB coverage 1 6mo
+32 2.9 GPA -> NYC EB -> UMM PE 21 6mo
0 Scaled Hybrid Value Groups 1 6mo
+2 GPA & Major for PE 4 6mo
+9 Altas associate class 2026 solely from BB/EBs and Bain??? 13 6mo
+9 M&A Advisory -> IB/PE/Corporate Dev? 2 6mo
0 None 0 6mo
+42 18 Months IB in London trying to move to PE 8 6mo
0 Non-Traditional Private Equity Roles (Pharmacy School to PE) 3 6mo
+14 London Headhunters and Client Coverage (2024) 32 6mo
0 What happened to failed search funders? 2 6mo
0 Thoughts on MHR? 2 6mo
+70 Reflection of My Time at Graham Healthcare Capital 17 6mo
+6 Mega Fund IR Career Trajectory 3 6mo
+21 Update on Lone Star 26 6mo
0 PE exits from BB coverage 1 6mo
+3 Isn't it better to stay in IB (or return to) rather than burn-out or get pushed out of PE? 4 6mo
0 How to break into Private Equity/ Private Credit in Chicago? 3 6mo
+11 Minimum Track Record to Stay in Partner Seat 3 6mo
+38 UMM Off Cycle Help 20 6mo
+28 Deleted 17 6mo
0 Life in secondaries investing? 2 6mo
+6 PEI Global Partners SA27 21 6mo
+20 Career Dilemma...to PE or not to PE 6 6mo
+13 Genuinely curious why people don't just cold-outreach the boutique Strategy Consulting or IB or LMM PE/VC firms for internships 4 6mo
+9 Exiting Real Estate After Summer Analyst Position / FTR 2 6mo
+65 What I Learned From Recruiting for SA 27 3 6mo
+3 KSL Capital 6 6mo
+12 Insights on BCI 10 6mo
+46 Career dilemma >> LDN MM PE > NYC: Lateral here or MBA? 29 6mo
+9 Resume Deals for LP/Co-Invest Experience 5 6mo
+39 Sign-on bonus negotiation 22 6mo
+17 Morgan Stanley AIP in 2022? 17 6mo
+9 Five Arrows in 2025? 19 6mo
0 Dallas Private Equity 1 6mo
+47 Got caught with a wrong number in an IC meeting because I trusted AI output. 13 6mo
+6 Technicals These Days? 3 6mo
+33 Hiring for outbound sourcing? 7 6mo
+2 Castlelake 9 6mo
+12 LMM Principal Comp Benchmarking 16 6mo

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