+6 Deleted topic - please delete mods! 1 4y
0 H.I.G. Capital - Review - Private Equity Data 4y
0 H.I.G. Capital - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 4y
+9 M&A tax at MM to PE? 2 4y
0 McKinsey and Co - Review - Generalist Data 4y
0 McKinsey and Co - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
+3 How Much Does School and Major Matter? 1 4y
+18 Do PE firms hire model auditors you work with? 15 4y
+3 Morgan Stanley SA 2020 Private Equity HireVue 1 4y
+3 PE firms partnering with strategics? 1 4y
+37 How to talk to lenders 12 4y
+13 Life/progress/salary in high yield debt? GSO/Carlyle/Guggenheim 5 4y
+12 Headhunted for role - is it worth cold emailing employees through LinkedIn 1 4y
+8 Has anyone taken a sabbatical and made their way back to high finance? 1 4y
+18 LTM Entry Clarification - help needed 4 4y
+12 Breaking into PE lacking the sterotypical banking background 1 4y
0 KLH Capital - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 4y
0 CVCapital - Review - Private Equity Data 4y
0 CVCapital - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 4y
+7 What’s the deal with Top Tier Capital Partners? 1 4y
+12 Urgent question CFADS & Cash conversion ratio 1 4y
+18 Negotiation on job offer 8 4y
0 Ardian - Review - Leveraged Buyouts Data 4y
0 Ardian - Salary & Bonus - Leveraged Buyouts Data 4y
+7 CVC growth - strategy, reputation, culture? 3 4y
0 GIC Government of Singapore Investment Corporation - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
+3 LBO entry ebitda 1 4y
0 Partners Group - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
+3 Alliance Consumer Growth - Recruiter 1 4y
+3 Encore Consumer Partners - Recruiter? 1 4y
+222 Developing the "It Factor" as You Progress in Career - What Puts High Performers on Another Level? 56 4y
0 Sterling Partners - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
+3 Brown Brothers Harriman Capital Partners 1 4y
0 Audax Group - Review - Middle Market Data 4y
0 Audax Group - Salary & Bonus - Middle Market Data 4y
+40 Safe leverage / coverage ratio for LBOs during holding period? 30 4y
+3 Common mistakes/errors in dividend recap modeling? 1 4y
+6 Investing within the Fund 1 4y
+5 Steps and complexities involved in a carve-out? 1 4y
+4 How to measure free cash flow profile 3 4y
+3 Analysing company - where is it in the cycle? 2 4y
+17 Successful investors who've made it - what do you do that helps you "get it" in a deal? 5 4y
+12 Found: Comprehensive Breakdown of Compensation and Carry Practices at Private Capital Firms 1 4y
+9 Advantages / disadvantages of working for a fundless sponsor vs. institutionalized fund 1 4y
0 Blackstone Group - Review - Private Equity Data 4y
0 Blackstone Group - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 4y
0 TA Associates - Interview - Utilities Data 4y
+3 Recruiters for Consumer GE/PE funds? 1 4y
+174 Likely Getting Pushed Out at End of 2 Years (LMM Buyout) 38 4y
+12 Is there anything wrong with this alternative model 1 4y
0 Partners Group - Review - Rotational Data 4y
0 Partners Group - Salary & Bonus - Rotational Data 4y
+3 Mezzanine Private Equity - Lifestyle/Comp/Exit? 1 4y
+3 Consumer PE/GE 3 4y
+75 Why do so many PE guys want to move over to the HF world? 40 4y
+19 Unique opportunity to join MM PE Firm 2 4y
+13 PE Origination 4 4y
+15 Signed with LMM PE Fund ($500M latest fund) but want to keep interviewing 2 4y
+4 FRM use in PE? 3 4y
+9 Work place politics due to manager change - advices/books on how to navigate 1 4y
+124 Q&A: My journey, from the lab to MMPE 25 4y
0 Vista Equity Partners - Interview - Consulting Data 4y
+6 PE Cocktail Event Advice 3 4y
+25 Does buying “sexy” companies make firms money? 10 4y
+8 New Mountain Capital Discussion 3 4y
+31 NEED YOUR HELP - LBO timing for modeling tasks - technical matters 3 4y
+9 KKR Formally Approaches Walgreens on Record Buyout 2 4y
+25 In what scenarios can PE firms win carve-outs vs strategics? 7 4y
+5 Tax issues in 2nd round? 3 4y
0 Hamilton Lane - Review - Private Equity Data 4y
0 Hamilton Lane - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 4y
+3 Leverage for LMM Software PE 3 4y
+22 What are the primary Transaction Advisory Services firms? 6 4y
+11 Sell me on Special Sits vs. LBOs 3 4y
+84 Blackstone Strategic Partners in 2019? 15 4y
0 Blackstone Group - Review - Real Estate Data 4y
+3 Recruiting for different PE firm as a current PE associate? 2 4y
+12 Current Engineer at a Portfolio Company in the Oil and Gas Industry looking to get into PE 1 4y
+9 Vector Capital - info? 2 4y
+12 Is there a viable path to PE from Corp Development (Tech)? 1 4y
+3 "Bi-lateral" situations? 1 4y
0 Citigroup - Interview - Generalist Data 4y
+24 How attractive are software companies doing $5-$10mn revenues for PE? 11 4y
+17 How much of a premium (if any) do you demand for equity comp? 1 4y
0 Bregal Sagemount - Interview - NA Data 4y
0 Macquarie Group Limited ABN - Review - Oil & Gas Data 4y
0 Macquarie Group Limited ABN - Salary & Bonus - Oil & Gas Data 4y
0 Business Development Bank of Canada - Salary & Bonus - Commercial Banking Data 4y
0 KPMG - Review - NA Data 4y
0 KPMG - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 4y
+3 Extrapolation/ extending business plan assumptions 1 4y
0 Eurazeo - Review - Generalist Data 4y
0 Eurazeo - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
+12 Comp in San Fransisco 6 4y
0 Neuberger Berman - Interview - Private Equity Data 4y
0 Clarion Partners - Interview - Real Estate Data 4y
+7 What PE looks for in a target? 5 4y
+12 Taking responsibility for learning curve 1 4y
+5 Hemp Industry 4 4y
+9 MBA Grades for PE Recruiting 1 4y

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