+19 Sell-side outreach, buy-side seniority preference 3 1y
+7 Permira LDN 16 1y
0 UPDATED CALIFORNIA PRESTIGE RANKINGS 2025 (FROM MF PE ASO) 2 1y
+54 Vista vs Bain Capital Analyst Programs 32 1y
+9 PE Recruiting from Regional Offices 2 1y
+20 How easy/realistic is it to break into US PE from LSE Econ masters? 9 1y
0 Stanley Capital - founder exit? 0 1y
+19 Corp Dev to PE 9 1y
+26 Neuberger Berman PE 17 1y
+4 LA / OC / SD Tech PE 2 1y
+12 Appropriate to ask for small co-invest? 1 1y
+1 GS TMT (SF) vs MS FSG (NYC) for exits 2 1y
+3 (Roark, Audax, GGC) vs (Piper ex DBO, MS Tech SF, Greenhill SF) 3 1y
+14 Retire with a fat stash of money (IB -> PE or SWE ->? Quant) 4 1y
+9 UMM / MF Comp Post 2-Yr Assoc Program 1 1y
+39 PE Giant Ted Forstmann Dies at 71 17 1y
+9 Coinvesting with Larger PE Firm - Terms 3 1y
+10 Thoughts on Neuberger Berman Group? 5 1y
+11 CVC Credit London 24 1y
+45 Edit 18 1y
+9 GIC SF Technology Investment Group (TIG) - 2024 Updates 2 1y
+17 Zero Deal Flow 3 1y
+4 Updata Partners 2 1y
+48 Manulife Secondaries raises only $235mm... 13 1y
+23 Anyone actually use or Hebbia? 10 1y
+13 THLee vs Advent vs Genstar 14 1y
+6 Model for Investment in GP Platform 1 1y
+8 UK Regional LMM/Growth PE - comp? 7 1y
+42 (Infra PE) Brookfield vs EQT/Stonepeak/ISQ/ECP 29 1y
+6 GIC Funds / Co-Invest Associate 4 1y
+16 Break into Tech PE/Tech VC? 1 1y
+1 Blackstone: Maths and Corporate Finance Test 28 1y
+13 Opinions on starting a career in LMM PE? (Deferred MBA secured) 7 1y
+26 West Cost IB to NYC PE - On-Cycle Recruiting Logistics 13 1y
+1 Which UMM and MFs offer levered co-invest to deal team associates on a fee/carry-free basis and which don't? 2 1y
+7 Bridgepoint? 12 1y
+9 Private Credit Modeling / Case Study 1 1y
+22 Will Portland Ever Develop a Strong Investment Banking or Private Equity Presence? 6 1y
0 Carlyle TMT Menlo 1 1y
+13 Received an IB offer, how to think about PE/HF? 6 1y
+6 Genstar / Silverlake Insights 6 1y
+8 Insight into Shore Capital Partners 10 1y
+2 Starting a PE fund 4 1y
+6 Value creation plan? 3 1y
0 Nexus Capital 0 1y
+18 Accel-KKR 2023 reputation? WLB/Culture/Exits 17 1y
+145 Blackstone PE Culture? 68 1y
+2 Co-Investing Through Self-Directed IRA 7 1y
0 SoCal FT PE hiring? 0 1y
+8 PE case interview - prep advice 7 1y
+18 Tier 2 GE or Top SWF (Direct, Not Co-Invest) 10 1y
+11 Music Rights Investments | Rationale and considerations 4 1y
+6 KKR LA Updates 6 1y
+28 Peterson Partners? (Utah) 9 1y
+76 Tactical Opportunities Blackstone First Round Interview 29 1y
+60 Private market roles at endowments, insurance, pension, etc 30 1y
+6 AP MOLLER 5 1y
0 KSL Capital Partners 4 1y
+6 Tax effective ways to co-invest in PE deals 2 1y
0 KSL Recruiting 2 1y
+127 PE Firms With Good Work Cultures 81 1y
+3 TA Associates 1st Round 7 1y
+1 Is MBB Junior Year Intern to PE FT Analyst Possible? 1 1y
+60 I invest in GP-led secondaries, and it’s awesome. 93 1y
+43 Direct Investing to Secondaries 19 1y
+7 Cerberus LA Groups 3 1y
+6 Which hotels do your firms book for seniors/ executives on business trips? 2 1y
+19 Small FA focused on Tax Equity - Long Term Career Outlook 3 1y
+3 Las Vegas Funds? 4 1y
+28 ELI5: Locked box 10 1y
+9 Independently co-invest along side PE? 1 1y
+10 How do you price in a lack of operational maturity? 3 1y
+6 Getting into Infrastructure PE 2 1y
+44 Megafund Infrastructure PE? 19 1y
+13 Co-Invest -- Long Term Outlook, Comp, Career Progression? 10 1y
+3 OTPP interview process 4 1y
+3 What are the GP / LP distributions in a Hold Co. model? 1 1y
+24 Is it rare for Associates to be Allowed to Co-Invest? 16 1y
+20 Few years out of school -- PE jump without business school? 10 1y
+13 GSAM AIMS VS LASALLE INVESTING ANALYST 9 1y
+3 BCG to PE 6 1y
+12 Deal Origination Question 7 1y
+14 Asking for advice – from BigLaw to PE 4 1y
+23 Mixed performance review - being immature? 7 1y
+25 Lateral HHs? 11 1y
+11 Search Fund Internship 9 1y
+3 PE Portco VP Equity 5 1y
+9 LBO Elements of Net debt 3 1y
+190 PE PortCo is Paradise 18 1y
+12 Big4 IB -> FO (Co-investments) -> IB? 2 1y
0 BBH PE Analyst 0 1y
+3 Deleted 1 1y
+83 Abu Dhabi (Comp, Lifestyle, Harassment?) 59 1y
0 LBOs with little to no equity 1 1y
+32 Stick with MBB or pivot to PE Ops to get to long-term operating role 8 1y
+16 Middle East SWF questions 7 1y
+3 PE Modeling tests 2 1y
+7 TPG Rise Superday 11 1y
+9 PE VP transitioning out of finance industry? 4 1y
+6 Why Do I Care? 2 1y

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