+8 Denver native looking to move back, thoughts on Denver PE scene? 24 1y
+5 Blackstone Sydney 9 1y
0 Lincoln International - Private Funds Advisory 1 1y
+359 Musings on Private Equity 55 1y
+44 The move from Pantheon to TPG Secondaries 49 1y
+8 Moving from Senior Associate back to Associate 4 1y
+9 RX CO Exits to IB/PE 1 1y
+7 2024 Glendower Graduate Analyst Program 27 1y
0 FFL Partners (SF)? 0 1y
+29 Rubicon Technology Partners - 2025 Perspectives 12 1y
+64 HIG Capital - SF Superday 24 1y
+9 Thoughts on Equitix (London) 3 1y
+8 Getting smarter in structured equity and credit 8 1y
+18 Carry Allocation in PE Fund Deal with Co-Invest 3 1y
+26 Utah PE firms? 23 1y
+8 Chances of breaking into LMM PE? 2 1y
+103 Q&A: 3rd year analyst at a boutique PE fund in the SEA region 30 1y
+6 Insights on InvestIndustrial Process? 6 1y
0 Thoughts on FFL Partners (SF)? 3 1y
+25 Targeting Infra PE 13 1y
+32 Australian Bankers -> American Private Equity 5 1y
+6 Family shop PE/VC is paradise 6 1y
+26 Mad Hatter in the Basement of Platinum Equity - What's going on over there? 7 1y
+6 How Well Does US News Ranking Translate to IB/PE placements? 1 1y
+19 Software M&A - why not build own product? 4 1y
+31 Comp Negotiation for First Time Fund 28 1y
+9 Sophomore Secured 2026 PE Internship Abroad – How Do I Maximize This? 1 1y
+10 Rude head's up and last minute M&A co-op offer rescinded, is this common in PE? 4 1y
+3 KKR Growth Equity 6 1y
+56 PE Employee Co-Invest Update 4 1y
0 Evergreen Investing Analyst (SF) 2 1y
+196 Physical Oil Trading Basics (Part 1 of 2) 72 1y
+34 ADIA PE - Is it worth it? 42 1y
0 LP/Allocator to Direct PE pathway 1 1y
+4 Need Mentor 2 1y
+9 Cerberus PE 1 1y
+8 Bertram Capital in SF? 8 1y
+13 IB -> US SOF (Military) -> PE 3 1y
+6 KKR Leveraged Credit SF 10 1y
+15 Top PE Seats in Canada in 2025? 11 1y
+23 LMM PE Return Offer 6 1y
+11 Hamilton Lane - Direct Co-Invest 12 1y
+27 PE FoF Prep 17 1y
+5 Thoughts on Aurora Capital (LA) in 2024? Culture, Comp, Performance. 2 1y
+45 Moving from direct to co investing 47 1y
+7 Direct Co-Invest / Secondaries / Primary 12 1y
+24 Structuring Fundless sponsor 7 1y
+8 Below Market Pay? 8 1y
+21 Moving from UMM PE to cushy MM IB 6 1y
+4 Pomona capital thoughts? 5 1y
+18 Send back a corrected case study? 12 1y
+14 Evergreen Services Group 3 1y
+7 AlpInvest Primaries - Experience and Exit Ops 4 1y
0 Slogging through the PE/VC trenches 1 1y
+898 Overview of Infrastructure Private Equity 124 1y
+9 Any Shops That Are Open to Hiring Turnaround Consultants? 10 1y
+4 Co-Invest / FoF Model Test 5 1y
+9 Help with Transfer Decision and Career Path 1 1y
+6 CarterPierce doesn’t give you access to jobs if you work for one of their clients 5 1y
+4 Opinions: Should I Stay or Should I Lateral? 3 1y
0 Goldman Offers Interns Jobs in "Private Equity" — Within the Firm (BBG) 1 1y
+3 Pomona Capital 2025 (PE secondaries) 10 1y
+36 KEA Consultants London 23 1y
0 PE LA Comp 1 1y
+4 Carlyle PE summer 2026 prep 4 1y
+87 Secondaries is Paradise 59 1y
+6 Recruiting Firms for Bay Area - PE / Growth Equity 1 1y
+4 BDT&MSD Growth Equity? 2 1y
+9 Family Offices in London? 1 1y
+21 27M | Corp Finance → FP&A | Laid off & Unemployed 3 Months | Studying CFA Level 1 | Want to Pivot to IB/PE/Corp Dev — What Should I Do? 8 1y
0 27M | Corp Finance → FP&A | Laid off & Unemployed 3 Months | Studying CFA Level 1 | Want to Pivot to IB/PE/Corp Dev/Investment Analyst — What Should I Do? 1 1y
+13 KKR Group Cultures 11 1y
0 K1 Investment Management (LA) - 2025 opinions 2 1y
+12 Is being an LP super chill? 7 1y
0 Jim Cramer likes KKR, BX, and Apollo 1 1y
+344 Q&A: PE Secondaries Principal 287 1y
+19 Long-time reader, now looking for advice. 1 1y
+49 if starting out now, are careers in PE now objectively worse than Law? 25 1y
+23 Sponsor Finance and Sponsor Finance Lending 3 1y
+7 PE MF analysts/associates in India 6 1y
+9 Tower Arch comp/WLB? 19 1y
+9 Start Up Saga and Tales from the Crypt 1 1y
+9 would you rather: 2 years at 1st-time fund or 4yrs at well-known fund? 1 1y
+9 Tully Friedman Interview 1 1y
+18 Advice needed... 1 1y
+6 Triton Case Study 5 1y
+27 How I broke into Private Equity/Growth Equity? 19 1y
+4 Endeavour Capital 2025? 5 1y
0 Swander Pace Capital Information 0 1y
+1 thoughts of GE vs PE? 2 1y
0 Healthcare Growth Equity - Northeast/Mid-Atlantic 1 1y
+9 Interesting datapoint on PE recruiting by prior job and undergrad 1 1y
+3 Navimed - DC Healthcare PE 2 1y
+110 10 Years' Comp Progression Across IB, PE, Corporate Roles 49 1y
+23 Thoughts on Diversis Capital 11 1y
+49 Top LA PE Firms 47 1y
+17 Tech PE at Vista vs. KKR vs. BX vs. Warburg etc 10 1y
+6 IFM Infrastructure (Associate) - Modelling Test 4 1y
+7 Fund and Co-Investments? 1 1y
+14 BMO/RBC M&A Toronto ---> US PE 16 1y

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