+3 The earlier the better ? 1 3y
+117 40% paycut 58 3y
+7 PE / VC Recruiter Database for US and EMEA 3 3y
0 First time doing an LBO 1 3y
+39 Los Angeles Private Equity 65 3y
+8 Can Anyone Recommend an Infra PE Course? 4 3y
+19 SF Lower Middle Market PE 8 3y
+14 Boutique IB Firm Also Raising Fund? 10 3y
+13 PE Case Study Test - Secondaries Help 5 3y
+5 LBO - Sensitivity 3 3y
+1 Move to PE in Dubai - Doubts 2 3y
+39 Private Equity vs PhD in Finance 10 3y
+4 Riding Electric Scooter/Bike to Summer Internship 9 3y
+20 Bored & tired 2 3y
+24 Is my comp in line with ASO pay? 20 3y
+9 Carry Pool Allocation 8 3y
+25 ICONIQ - 2022 Edition of Culture / Progression / Pay 20 3y
0 Vista vs KKR Software 1 3y
0 London vs. Paris IBD Analyst Role for Exit into PE 1 3y
+19 Cheap LPs 5 3y
+4 Blackstone’s Corporate Finance Test 16 3y
+9 European Venture 2 3y
+3 Alcazar Energy 1 3y
+11 HIG Recruitment and Culture 13 3y
+6 Best Python finance course 5 3y
+3 Interview Advice: Park Hill Group 3 3y
+9 Need advice 1 3y
+12 Coinvest dynamics and resigning 2 3y
+18 Confirming PE Firms Recruiters in London 4 3y
+19 Moving from consulting to PE 4 3y
+12 Moving from consulting to PE (London) 2 3y
+6 London PE internships for grad 5 3y
+9 VP Level Modelling + Case 2 3y
+14 Co-invest: what's the best approach? 6 3y
+18 Thoughts on MM PE > BB IB > UMM/MF PE? 6 3y
+3 Intervest (formerly Wafra) 2 3y
+28 RE: Most useful languages to learn (for IB/PE)? 11 3y
+2 Reverse Diversity Hire 2 3y
+25 Mid Level Comp - Secondaries or Co-invest 26 3y
+9 NEED HELP WITH EXPLODING OFFERS MM IB vs LMM PE vs Co-Invest PE 2 3y
+35 IB/PE FT 2024 Megathread 114 3y
+9 Likelihood of Search Fund Success 5 3y
+11 Providence Equity 7 3y
+18 Direct Private Equity at Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP) - Exit Opportunities to the US? 4 3y
+17 You have it so good - what am I missing? 6 3y
+127 Does Your PE Fund Let You Co-Invest? 74 3y
+56 Prestige + Sweat vs Culture + VP track 16 3y
+4 Neuberger Berman Private Equity Partners 8 3y
+3 Renewable Energy Fund 1 3y
+18 Advice on transitioning to infra at a MENA SWF / PE fund 5 3y
0 MF PE to Law School? 8 3y
+15 Digital Infrastructure PE - General views 1 3y
+4 Rubicon Technology Partners - Thoughts/Views? 12 3y
+7 Pre-FT Meeting with Headhunter? 13 3y
+9 Pivoting from IB to IB / PE Biz Dev 1 3y
+45 Firing at Apollo 34 3y
+5 What firms not HQ'd in NYC allow people to work from NYC? 2 3y
+25 Partners Group Culture/Exit Opps/Comp 22 3y
+17 Friend Booting up Structured Equity Fund - Placement Agents? 4 3y
+4 PE in Middle East - HH 3 3y
+18 London PE processes for newly AN2 9 3y
+3 Partners Group Analyst Program Info (2024) 1 3y
+32 Advice needed: Long-term career prospects in Co-invest/Secondaries 19 3y
+4 MFPE AN1-> AN2 pay increase? 9 3y
+3 FT Offer Advice: Small PE Firm or S&T at BB 2 3y
+12 Private Equity vs. Investment Banking out of Undergrad 16 3y
+9 How difficult is it to lateral between secondaries firms? 3 3y
+7 GIP 2024 FT Analyst Recruiting 6 3y
0 Distressed shops-London 1 3y
+8 Ares Infra Debt 5 3y
0 UMM space London 1 3y
+10 Deciding which role to take 3 3y
+35 LA PE firms with good culture 25 3y
+16 Private Equity BD 2nd year Associate to IB FSG 10 3y
+14 PE firm won’t let me start early 4 3y
+8 VC returns? 3 3y
+6 Lateral move 1 3y
+34 Thread of Private Equity Shops in Los Angeles (or nearby) 20 3y
+5 Apollo Infrastructure? 6 3y
+12 Joining a New PE Fund 1 3y
+9 Applying for a private equity job this summer- please help edit summer internship job description 1 3y
+9 Toxic Mindset or Perfect Description of Reality? 1 3y
0 How does U/W fee rebate work? 1 3y
+4 Thoughts on Sixth Street Growth 3 3y
+6 Paying the way forward 1 3y
+9 Identifying PE backed companies 1 3y
+9 SA Return offer or small PE? 6 3y
+5 BREDS 8 3y
+1 Del 1 3y
+9 What should I factor? joining emerging manager VC - first fund 1 3y
+1 London - How easy it is to transition from top rating agency (S&P -Moodys - Fitch) to PE 2 3y
+5 Roark Capital FT 2022 27 3y
+14 Luminate Capital - Any Info? 10 3y
+5 transfer to the us in pe 4 3y
+9 Best wat to exit - From Corporate M&A to.. 1 3y
+24 Switching industry groups as an associate? 9 3y
+15 DCM at top BB -> FT PE? 11 3y
+1 Butterfly Equity in LA 6 3y
+21 UHNW Investor Interested in Rolling Up RIA Firms 11 3y
+10 Actis - thoughts? 12 3y

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