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Is the Endowment Model Broken? - Triple digit moves
Of the past 11 trading days, 10 (including today) have had triple digit moves, making this one of the most volatile times in history for the market. I've been watching Bloomberg and CNBC experts discuss how to safely invest in this time and have heard everything from "pull all assets out" to "buy...
Is the Endowment Model Broken? - Conservative model
Of the past 11 trading days, 10 (including today) have had triple digit moves, making this one of the most volatile times in history for the market. I've been watching Bloomberg and CNBC experts discuss how to safely invest in this time and have heard everything from "pull all assets out" to "buy...
How to analyze funds for PE FoF investing?
I'm looking for Sites or Guides that help you understand how to analyze private equity funds for FoFs investing. Any help is appreciated!
Career Advice: Project Finance -> Infrastructure FoF
So I am finishing my two years at a major European bank on the Project Finance side. Think SocGec and the likes. Have a decent track record of transactions with mostly commodity background and some infrastructure acquisition deals. They offered me to stay on board as an associate. On the other side,...
Fund of Funds Analyst Pay? What's reasonable
I just got offered a job at a hedge fund of funds as an analyst (entry level, I've been interning there for a short while) in the New York metropolitan area, and they want me to give them a number for the yearly base salary. The firm is in the range of 500-700 mm AUM, and it's a small firm. As far...
Working at a Taft Hartley Pension Fund?
Hi, I'm a long time reader and first time poster. I will be a 2011 graduate and been interviewing for a while now. I messed up my chances at the BBs last fall and been trying to find a good fit at a boutique. Right now, my main prospect is working at a non-profit Taft Hartley Pension Fund. This fund...
Fund of Funds internship question - What kind of research?
So I have an internship at a Fund of Funds in their Quant Research Group, I'm a Junior Undergrad I was wondering what kind of background reading/research I should do before I start.
What job is this???
So this guy is giving a finance talk.....this is his job description..... "I run the Cash and Credit Management team within the Goldman Sachs Asset Management 's private equity fund of funds business." What does this mean? Is that BO or FO ? Thanks
Private Equity Fund of Funds: Case Study
Hi, I am about to do a case study interview for a PE FoF's for a junior analyst position. I've been told that I do not need to prepare anything and will be given an hour to read the materials and prepare before presenting my views followed by a 30 mins Q&A session. I have one year's IB experience...
What does a fund of funds analyst do?
Does it differ between HF FoF and PE FoF?
How to evaluate PE fund investment - case study
Just had a case interview with a large private equity fund of funds. Was wondering what the community here thinks the key criteria in evaluating an investment in a PE fund are. I said History - how long has this team worked together, performance through the downturn, past experience of team, how...
Protege Partners - Anyone have info on the firm?
Fund of funds in NY . Anyone have a take on them? I did a search and a few topics came up, but they were a little old and I wondered if anyone knew something more up to date.
List of Fund of (Hedge) Funds in USA
Does anybody have a list of US Fund of Funds? I've been looking on Google for the past 15-20 minutes, and I just can't find one.
HELP! NEED GUIDANCE ON NEXT POSSIBLE CAREER MOVE.
Hello fellow WSO users. I am seeking advice on some next steps to my career path, and any insight would be helpful. My background: graduated in 08 from a well known undergrad program with a degree in finance. Accepted an offer for a PE FoF but was laid off 6 weeks into my job... Came back home and...
BAAM Full-Time Analyst Salary
1st time user here, so I apologize beforehand if this is at all inappropriate. But I am considering offers from a few different places, one of which is Blackstone Alternative Asset Management (BAAM). Does anyone know the compensation for a 1st year analyst? I'd imagine a bonus (if one even exists)...
Secondary Private Equity Funds Compensation
What is the compensation for secondary private equity funds like HarbourVest , Coller Capital, GS PEG, AXA, Lexington Partners, ect for analysts and associates. Also, where do fund managers top out? Some of these places get pretty high returns so I wanted to know if they are making 2 and 20 like...
Interview with Blackstone Fund of funds ... HELP!
Hey, I'm a junior in college interviewing (final round)this week for a Blackstone summer analyst job in the fund of funds. Does anyone have any insight on what kind of questions I should be expecting? So far I've had no technical questions, just fit and qualitative analysis. - Should I be studying...
BAAM Fund-of-Funds
Quality of analyst experience? Exit opps? Comp?
PE Fund-of-funds......exit ops?
Given the state of the economy, like many other recent MBA grads I find myself considering alternate career paths. I currently have an offer at a PE Fund-of-funds. The position involves investing in different GPs across the PE industry along with co-investments in portfolio companies. My main...
PE Fund of Funds or Distressed Mortgage Shop
Hi, I recently posted a thread regarding offers, and I would like to ask for more advice from the community. I am currently deciding between a PE fund of funds (> $18 bn AUM) and a distressed mortgage buyer. People wrote that the distressed mortgage firm would have more opportunity, but it's very...
Advice on Choosing Offers
Hi all, I am currently in a position where I am choosing from some offers, and I would like some advice from the community to help me decide which one would be the best to choose. The first offer is for an analyst position at a PE Fund of Funds that has over $18 billion AUM and seems to be...
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