+10 Thoughts on Kline Hill Partners? 16 1y
0 Finding Family Office 1 1y
0 Sofina - Review - Private Equity Data 1y
0 3h PE Secondaries Case Study in Singapore 1 1y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Operations Data 1y
+4 Apollo Thematic Investment Team 10 1y
+5 Took $70K Pay-Cut for Job. Need UMM/MF to Justify 5 1y
0 How untapped is emerging market PE at the moment? 1 1y
+10 Leaving MBB a year before PE offer 5 1y
+19 Accept on-cycle offer and then switch banks for a year? 5 1y
0 Morgan Stanley - Review - Investment Management Data 1y
0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Investment Management Data 1y
+6 Gas Test Atmospheres Training at Milcom Institute 0 1y
+6 Anyone uses Anthropic for financial services? 1 1y
+9 Corporate Finance | Private Equity | Asset Management 1 1y
+6 Canada PE Comp 12 1y
+16 Feeling burnt out from IB is PE the promised land or is the grass always greener on the other side? 2 1y
0 Pathways to UMM/MF PE from MBA 1 1y
+46 Private Equity Exit to Sports 11 1y
+91 Midlife Crisis at 25 in PE, freaking out and miserable 27 1y
+8 ASC program of 4 Years 8 1y
+9 Private Equity in Germany - carrer move, taxation, equity stakes, lifestyle 1 1y
+119 Attracted to new hire 60 1y
0 Helios Investment Partners - Review - Natural Resources Data 1y
0 Helios Investment Partners - Salary & Bonus - Natural Resources Data 1y
+5 Thoughts on Aurora Capital (LA) in 2024? Culture, Comp, Performance. 2 1y
+3 Investcorp NYC 4 1y
+14 Investcorp 11 1y
+3 Best quizlet for financial modeling 2 1y
+9 BC Partners fighting with own portco? 0 1y
+11 What’s the deal with Compass Diversified Holdings (CODI)? 10 1y
+45 Moving from direct to co investing 47 1y
+20 Post PE 12 1y
+9 Advice for moving from consulting into IB / PE 1 1y
+3 Assured Healthcare Partners 4 1y
+21 Insight on Denham Capital and Orion Mine Finance? 22 1y
+1 AI Use Cases in PE 2 1y
+17 Associate Third Year / Next Steps 2 1y
0 Special Situations Private Equity at an AI Tech Firm? 1 1y
+9 London & NYC Recruiters for PE 1 1y
+53 Im so grateful for my unknown, lower-pay LMM shop 9 1y
+10 Sending updated case study? 5 1y
+9 CorpDev to PE? 2 1y
+107 Ex-PE Turned Into Semi-Retired Trader. Q&A 81 1y
+7 Direct Co-Invest / Secondaries / Primary 12 1y
0 Banks without PCA - why don’t you have one? 2 1y
0 PwC - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 1y
+1 Mid-market Infrastructure PE 4 1y
+28 Thoughts on PSG Equity / Providence Strategic Growth (2022) 9 1y
+3 LMM/Micro PE Hiring? 1 1y
+24 Structuring Fundless sponsor 7 1y
+8 Below Market Pay? 8 1y
+10 Blackstone Exec among the victims of Manhattan shooting 7 1y
0 Stressed and anxious almost all the time on the job 2 1y
+4 ANACOTT CAPITAL - LONDON 3 1y
+3 TruArc Partners Info 1 1y
+21 Moving from UMM PE to cushy MM IB 6 1y
+3 fundraising firms 1 1y
0 ZMC Case Study 4 1y
+11 VP at Stonepeak vs. GIP 8 1y
0 Importance of PE Networking Cocktails 1 1y
0 Partners Group - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 1y
+3 Eagle point credit and CLO 1 1y
+9 HBS or GSB chances 3 1y
0 Freeman Spogli 2026 1 1y
0 Clearlake LinkedIn Prestige Cooked 0 1y
+34 PE Firm Graveyard 63 1y
+3 Blackstone LDN SA 2026 5 1y
+12 Looking to Make the Jump from MBB to LatAm Investing 5 1y
+12 IFC Analyst (Europe), Financial Assessment Test: what to expect? 1 1y
0 US PE FT Applications 1 1y
+6 Verdane Interview (and overall) Experience? 2 1y
0 Clearlake Capital Group - Review - NA Data 1y
0 The Chernin Group - Associate Recruiting 2 1y
+6 IB Associate to PE Advice 4 1y
0 Networking Ldn vs NY 1 1y
0 Best way to craft your story for PE 1 1y
+50 Just broke into IB as a lateral. How do plan my move to PE? 17 1y
+16 Blackstone Portfolio Management Program (PMP) - anyone have any additonal insights? 5 1y
+16 Thoughts on the Point72 Experienced Analyst Program after 5 yrs. in PE? 14 1y
+10 Career Advice Needed 4 1y
+26 Laid off banker looking to break into PE 16 1y
0 Bonus Szn 1 1y
0 How do you stay on top of so many deals and numbers and manage so many things ??? 1 1y
+9 PE Portco Career Path - P&L owner wondering what's next 1 1y
+110 Do you have to be work addicted to survive in PE? 19 1y
+4 Pomona capital thoughts? 5 1y
+13 How would you value a public pension PE opportunity? 2 1y
+1 Side Gigs for PE Professionals? 3 1y
+18 Does anyone have any insight into Apollo LA? Specifically their new alternative strategy group there? 5 1y
+3 Bain Capital FT Analyst 2026 5 1y
+18 Send back a corrected case study? 12 1y
+15 Highly interested in PE 17 1y
+4 Motive Partners (2024) 11 1y
+3 MF PC Associate TC? 4 1y
0 Private Capital/Fund Advisory Team Rankings 2 1y
+37 Does private equity inherently have more upside than private credit? 10 1y
+14 Evergreen Services Group 3 1y
+20 Underpaid at LMM PE vs. Higher Pay at a Corp Dev role? 12 1y
0 Vista FT 2026 1 1y

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