Senior Analyst Debt Fund Comp

Currently in process with a firm regarding a senior analyst position at a opportunistic debt fund in a primary market. Fund manages $2.5B. What kind of comp would people expect for a senior analyst role? They communicated the role would have heavy responsibility including managing deals from procurement to execution. Looked through the forum pretty hard and haven't found much but pieces here and there in the way of debt fund comp structure. Although generally I'd think debt funds pay slightly less than the equity side, the indication I got is that this fund is looking for really sharp analysts with a pretty robust technical skillet. Generally speaking, the "caliber" of analyst they described seems to be in line with what an equity side shop would be looking for.

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My guess would be $100k base and 30-50 bonus. Debt fund space is super crowded right now. Being an analyst at a debt fund would be great technical experience as you get exposure to all property types and all markets... and you work on some highly structured or hairy deals....but I think a lot of these debt funds will wash out in the next couple of years because they either can’t put out enough money (market is very competitive) or there’s a downturn and warehouse lines get pulled, CLO market shuts down, etc

Just know going into it there’s a good chance you won’t be there in 1 to 2 years

 

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