MF - PE vs Credit/Special Opportunities Teams (of KKR, Brookfield, CVC etc)

Is one better than the other ? Harder to get into than the other or more or less the same? Do people with IBD M&A experience (no debt experience), move to the Credit/ Special Opportunity arms of the funds?

 

Most people take PE/Credit out of undergrad with the intention of going to HF after their analyst stint. So it depends on if you want equity (cubs, elite HF) or credit (KS, DK, etc.) later, although the dispersion between distressed credit and equity blurs a bit. I would also say that Credit (performing) is very different from SSG, and also, although KKR SSG (rebranded DisOpps) hasn't done well recently, they've historically been on another level than Brookfield/CVC.

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KKR special sits hasn’t done well since inception. It’s all brand name. It’s probably best to avoid all those groups to the extent you can.

 

The call I was trying to make is to see if it makes sense to interview for a role from my MM TMT IB Group to one of these funds (This is a non US, South Asian Geo). The team am interviewing is very heavy on Real Estate experience in which I have no interest. Does it make any sense to go ahead for the brand name?

 

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