+10 Lateraling as Senior Associate 6 10y
0 Business Sense exercices 4 10y
0 PE Asset Management/ FoF / Consulting - Career Path 3 10y
+31 CPP IB Private Equity Internship vs Jefferies IBD 11 10y
0 Transitioning from Buy-side Debt Shops to PE 5 10y
+28 Seeking Advice on How to Get into PE without an IB or Mgmt Consulting Background 17 10y
+57 Private Equity --->>> Business School? 35 10y
0 Fund Placement Internship - Worth it? 1 10y
0 Pre-MBA placement to business school 2 10y
+8 Private Debt prep 2 10y
0 High frequency trading -> PE? 1 10y
+24 Google APM vs McKinsey as first job to start company 8 10y
+12 How to move up the profitablity ladder 0 10y
+205 Why You're So Easy to Replace 58 10y
+3 IRR Attribution / Decomposition Analysis 0 10y
+8 GE EFS 2 10y
0 Can someone help me out with Capital IQ Data? 1 10y
0 Private Equity "Financial Analysis" salary help (2 yrs experience ) 0 10y
+12 Screening in CIQ for firms acquired via LBO - historic 2 10y
0 terra firma Graduate Programme 2015 11 10y
+8 Mithril Capital? 11 10y
+30 Why should sponsor care about previous leverage of target company? 11 10y
+95 Where is the industry going for young professionals? 24 10y
0 Carlyle Group Fund Management Advice 2 10y
+13 Tanking a Small Cap Company private ($ Rev. ~$50m-$80m) 2 10y
+15 Technical Question: Cash-on-Cash Return LBO model 1st year 4 10y
0 Forest Hills Capital Management ???? 6 10y
0 Recruiters and Preferences 0 10y
+56 The Most Outlandish Office Politics Story, Pt 2 43 10y
0 Apple Iphone 6s / Samsung Galaxy S6 edge ( Buy 2 get 1 free ) 0 10y
+102 Q&A - London IBD to megafund PE 77 10y
+12 Hedge Fund Acquisitions and Valuations - KKR Takes 24.9% Stake in Marshall Wace 1 10y
+24 What's in a name? Of Umlauts, The Alphabet and World Peace! 2 10y
+56 Private Equity 2/20 business model 55 10y
0 Post MBA associate to PE FoF's / Secondaries? 1 10y
+43 Some notes from a few weeks in Mid-Market PE 28 10y
+26 JD/MBA trying to break into PE 8 10y
+22 PE Fund Performance: Anyone Can Hit Top Quartile Once, but Consistently? 8 10y
+27 Questions from a top PE fund interview 10 10y
+32 Friend of mine wants to build a next-generation film finance company 9 10y
0 PE part-time gig interview prep 0 10y
+15 Fund of Funds (FOF) return on investment 2 10y
0 Pay for Sector Focused PE firms vs. Banking 7 10y
+23 Second-tier PE funds 17 10y
+32 The Saga of Caesars 5 11y
0 To Invest or Not Invest - Help Deciding Offers 3 11y
0 Comp comparison for deal team vs Ops/consulting team 1 11y
+45 Moving from HF to PE 47 11y
+8 Credit Analysis in the FIG or CF group 3 11y
0 How are Pre-MBA PE Internal Consulting/Ops Associates viewed Post-MBA 3 11y
0 RJR Nabisco LBO: financial specifics, entry and exit? 7 11y
0 Cerberus Capital Management: IB program? 7 11y
0 Medley Capital structure loans and utilize debt/equity investing 9 11y
+9 Blackstone BAAM or FT position 5 11y
0 loan amortisation/principal amount reduction 0 11y
+27 Circular references in LBO models 29 11y
0 In-house Operational/ portfolio company management career track in Private Equity? 0 11y
0 Turning impossible to possible--Finding a PE internship in 2 weeks, any advice? 0 11y
0 Changing Industries(?) --> Buyside 4 11y
0 What kind of internships do PE firms look for? 3 11y
0 Does pre LBO debt matter when screening for potential LBO candidates 12 11y
0 Best Books on distressed debt investing and M&A 2 11y
+20 Which PE firm to intern for? 15 11y
0 Top SF MM PE Firms? 9 11y
0 Family and friends round for a non-perishable specialty drink product: What questions to ask? 0 11y
0 Megafund Question 1 11y
0 Megafund Question re exit opp discussion 0 11y
+14 I sourced a deal - how do I get paid 20 11y
0 Preferred equity catch up 2 11y
0 Franklin Square Capital Partners 6 11y
0 Private equity minority / non-controlling stakes 0 11y
0 DCF problems! 1 11y
+24 Twitter's Bar Mitzvah! Is Social Media coming of age? 0 11y
0 Best restructuring / turnaround PE shops 6 11y
0 The Chernin Group (in LA) 0 11y
+4 LBO debt not converted to Cash? 8 11y
0 Lower MM PE offer, thoughts? 11 11y
+78 Go Pro: Camera or Smartphone? Social Media or Electronics? Price or Value? 75 11y
0 Non-trad Chances in PE 1 11y
+3 Any information on Pomona Capital 1 11y
+69 Q&A: Sr. Associate at a CVC fund 24 11y
0 Private Equity Prep Pack Updates? 0 11y
0 Job Title? 7 11y
0 PE arm of Pension Fund (TIAA-CREF) 6 11y
0 US Recruiters 1 11y
+11 LP interview 4 11y
0 Rosenberg & Cain-Possible Scam and Identity Theft? 18 11y
+62 FT Recruiting - Compilation of Helpful WSO Posts 32 11y
+26 Cramer vs. Rubenstein - the Private Equity Debate 9 11y
0 How to evaluate performance of board of directors/chairmen? 2 11y
0 Prestigious Private Equity Groups besides the "Big Names" 16 11y
0 Recieved an Equity Stake offer, what next? 3 11y
+12 Do PE firms and smaller investment banks sponsor visas? 3 11y
0 Retained Earnings Pro Forma Buyout 1 11y
0 seeking advice for career switch(a new analyst for Wholesale banking) 0 11y
0 PE in Phoenix? 3 11y
0 PE FoF vs. strategy consulting 15 11y
0 ECM -> IBD - > Buyside 0 11y
0 Non-GS Special Situations Groups: Exit Ops 9 11y
+6 Private Equity Standard 18 11y

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  • Moelis & Company 01 98.8%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.2%
  • Guggenheim Partners 01 97.7%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.1%

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June 2026 Investment Banking

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  • Morgan Stanley 02 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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