+38 2027 Analyst Cycle 15 19h
+5 Insight Equity Dallas Culture/Compensation 4 2d
+3 Gauge Capital 2026 3 4d
+15 Sovereign, Endowment, Family Office PE Comp 4 6d
+7 Should I recruit to PE? 1 1w
+13 General Atlantic (GA) — Updated views? (2026 recruiting / exits / culture / comp) 16 1w
+8 Vitruvian Miami 8 2w
0 Dallas PE Associate 2026 Hiring Update 1 3w
+2 GPA & Major for PE 4 3w
+34 Dallas Private Equity 2026 Update 23 3w
+65 What I Learned From Recruiting for SA 27 3 1mo
0 Dallas Private Equity 1 1mo
0 The Riverside Company 1 1mo
+16 Requesting Some Career Feedback 8 1mo
0 Align Capital Partners / Align Collaborate 1 1mo
0 Riata Capital Group Dallas 0 1mo
+3 Houston Secondaries Market? 5 2mo
+3 DEL 1 2mo
+34 Haveli Investments Info 31 2mo
+13 Top Dallas buyout PE non OG 23 2mo
+45 Best GE/UMM/MF for Pay::Culture/WLB/Perks 59 2mo
+232 2019 On-Cycle PE Recruiting: Headhunter Ranking 49 2mo
0 Kainos Capital in Dallas? 0 2mo
+7 MF PE Analyst Programs 8 2mo
+8 Trinity Hunt Partners Dallas Comp 4 2mo
0 Houston Exits 1 2mo
+68 The PE "Recovery" is a Mirage 15 2mo
+3 Gauge Capital thoughts? (Work, culture, reputation, comp, Hrs) 5 2mo
+9 KPS 4 2mo
0 Networking Outside Your Firm 1 2mo
+7 PE in Austin 2 2mo
+19 Advice for College Junior breaking into PE 8 2mo
+22 Small Office MBB intern: On Cycle PE feasible? Is FT recruiting needed? 11 3mo
0 Social in Houston 3 3mo
+3 European MF On-Cycle 2027 31 3mo
0 Any Notable Family Office Recruiters? 0 3mo
+6 2nd Tier City (SEA/MIA/DEN/AUS/DAL) Compensation 3 3mo
0 PE Recruiters in Dallas 1 3mo
+56 Trive Capital and other Dallas funds 64 3mo
0 Infra/Climate PE exits: Project Finance vs IB vs MBB 1 3mo
+57 Seeking advice - search fund deal falling through due to pushy seller 9 3mo
+9 A&M PEPI to PE / IB? Realistic or Not? 7 3mo
+27 PE Associate Comp Negotiation 16 4mo
0 Riverside Company comp 1 4mo
+9 Opinions on List of Transfer Schools for Real Estate Private Equity 1 4mo
+37 Lead Edge Capital 25 4mo
+25 PE Associates - what do you actually do for PortCo work? 7 4mo
+11 Thoughts on Operationally-Intensive Associate roles within MM/LMM Funds 7 4mo
0 Trive Capital Dallas Comp 1 4mo
0 Riata Capital Dallas Comp 0 4mo
+9 Gauge Capital Dallas Comp 11 4mo
+11 On-Cycle / Off-Cycle 2027 PE Recruiting Resume Tips 2 4mo
0 Leveraging connections 1 4mo
0 Align Capital Partners Comp (Dallas/Cleveland) 1 4mo
0 Arctos Sports PE Compensation/Culture | KKR Acquisition 1 4mo
+11 Experience and things to do as a PE hopeful in the future. 2 4mo
+6 MF/UMMs fwd thinking wrt AI 3 4mo
0 A1 PE recruiting advice 1 4mo
0 Trivest Partners 2026 2 4mo
+19 CIA Freshman Year Internship for Finance 11 5mo
+21 PE Associate Comp Benchmarking 26 5mo
+30 2025-26 Target Tier List for IB/PE 13 5mo
+7 On-Cycle Non-Target Candidate Insights 3 5mo
+12 ECP Delivers Largest $ PE Return Ever 4 5mo
+6 Anyone ever ask to go semi-remote? 4 5mo
+23 Energy / Oil and Gas PE Recruiting Process 9 5mo
+9 Breaking into CRE PE Without Target School or IB 1 5mo
+21 Deleted 9 5mo
+15 Negotiating Carry + Equity for First Time Fund? 1 5mo
+18 Need guidance on breaking into IB from a non traditional path 7 6mo
+66 Difficult ASO Class in MF PE 49 6mo
+26 Comparing Megafund Growth Equity Platforms 9 6mo
+6 Plexus Capital? 4 6mo
+3 Alvarez & Marsal Capital - PE arm of A&M Reputation? 2 6mo
+61 The Real Large-cap Corporate PE Placement by Bank 28 6mo
+3 General Atlantic Tech Growth Equity London 8 6mo
+224 Buyout Bubble Popping 116 7mo
0 Breaking into IB/PE/CRE as a freshman in college (Cliche question, I know) 2 7mo
+19 Consumer/industrials va tech PE? 10 7mo
+27 Solid PE Shops in Low Cost of Living Cities? 31 7mo
+9 WestCap 3 7mo
+5 Affinity Partners 12 7mo
+67 Peak Rock Capital in Austin 45 7mo
+9 5 powodów, dla których niemieccy inwestorzy przenoszą się w metale 1 8mo
+6 IT Management to PE 1 8mo
0 Updated views of PE in Charlotte? 0 8mo
+5 Thoughts on Gauge Capital? 6 8mo
+62 Is HBS / Wharton MBA / Stanford GSB worth it? 28 8mo
+33 General Atlantic Updates 19 8mo
+150 Life post PE 44 8mo
0 I need guidance on which unis to apply in US or Canada and want to get into IB or PE 1 8mo
0 Going to PE info sessions as rising sr? 2 8mo
+2 IFM Investors 4 8mo
+15 Beware ZT Corporate Internship Experience 1 9mo
+8 Chances of breaking into LMM PE? 2 9mo
0 Looking for IB / PE firms in ATX, any recs? 4 9mo
+6 How Well Does US News Ranking Translate to IB/PE placements? 1 9mo
+196 Physical Oil Trading Basics (Part 1 of 2) 72 9mo
+24 Vista Lateral Associate 15 9mo
+9 Cerberus PE 1 9mo

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

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  • 2nd Year Analyst (22) $179
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  • 1st Year Analyst (75) $151
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