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Private Equity Fund of Funds
What are some things Fund of Funds managers look at before investing? and how do private equity funds capitalise on opportunities (such as dislocations from COVID) given that the whole fundraise period takes a significant period of time (6-12 months?)? Context: Interviewing with a Sovereign FoF...
Brookfield Capital Partners -- Any Info at All
Who are these guys? What do they do? Any info on AUM, different groups, locations (I think there's Toronto and NYC), hiring, compensation. I think there's a separate "Special Investment" program as well; But honestly any information is helpful. Thanks!
Private Equity Sign on Bonus
Hi guys, I haven't seen this talked about much. Do PE firms usually pay sign on bonuses to 1st year associates? What is the usual range?
Venture Debt to PE/VC?
Just curious to see what exit opportunities there are for someone at a leading venture debt (some equity experience) fund focusing on tech and biotech. Could I make the jump to PE or other start ups? Maybe even other VC firms? I have prior hedge fund and M&A experience. Ultimately, I want to break...
Family Business Buyout
Hey All, Apologies in advance for the long post, but I'm in an interesting situation. I'm currently working in a Corp Dev job (about 3 years out of school), but have had serious talks with my grandpa to join his business - think Specialty Industrials company with highly engineered products, does...
Am I permanently screwed in terms of salary...?
Hi all, I work at one of non-HK countries in Asia. Recently I interviewed one of PE firms at HK (HQ in US) for analyst position (AUM: +10bn). In the middle of process, they asked what my expected salary range, and I replied I am willing to take the market rate. But then, they asked me what my...
What is a Private Equity Analyst/Advisory Role at an IBank?
Hello - was wondering what a Private Equity Analyst/Advisory role at an Investment Bank does and if they differ greatly by bank - eg. I saw that JEF/EVR/GS has one from Handshake, LinkedIn, WSO, etc., surely others have a group too but I haven't come across them yet. Is this supposed to be an...
Controversial Business on Resume?
Some background: In early 2020 at the start of the pandemic, I wasn't able to get new jobs after losing the two jobs I had since starting college. I started receiving unemployment and wanted to put the money to use instead of flat out saving it in an account. I invested 90% of everything I received...
Q&A: UMM PE VP
In the spirit of giving back and thanks to fcf_yields idea, thought I would do a Q&A from a slightly younger investment professional perspective. I'm a relatively junior VP at an established UMM fund ($10bn+ fund size), sector focused. This site has given me a lot of help over the years, going all...
Search Fund Internship Freshman Summer?
Hey everyone, I’m a rising sophomore who is thinking of taking a search fund internship for the summer. I’m trying to put myself in a good place for IB recruiting (really trying to get a BB SA offer either sophomore or junior summer), so I was wondering how useful/helpful a search fund...
OfficeHours Coaching Platform
Does anyone have any experience using OfficeHours (getofficehours dot com since I can't post links)? If so, how useful was it when recruiting for PE? Which package did you choose and why? Is there anything you know now that you wish you knew when you first signed up?
PE VS HF
Hi can you guys help me decide between DE Shaw Rotational Associates and an analyst job at a PE MF? I am confident that DE Shaw will result in a FO role in one of their discretionary strategies. The fear is that the systematic strategies are the real focus of the firm. With the PE analyst job, I am...
Insight Partners 2022 Full-time Investment Analyst Recruiting
Any idea of what the timeline looks like for this year? Finished my HireVue and assessment over a month ago.
ONEX Recruitment
Hi all, I am interested in Onex. I couldn't find any recent Onex post on WSO. I'd really appreciate if someone could answer my following questions. When do they start recruitment in Canada? Should I expect 2022 fall recruitment to kick off by Sept/Oct? Is the recruitment mainly completed through...
Q&A: Principal in UMM PE
Thought it would be fun to do a Q&A and contribute to the WSO community after years of reading the forums for advice, industry intel, and jokes. Not sure if anyone cares about a Q&A, but I figure I'd ask since I get hit up on linkedin/undergrad alumni network fairly frequently. My background:...
Oil and Gas Terminal Financial Modeling
Hi All - curious if anyone has any experience modeling out oil and gas terminals and can direct me to any online modeling resources that specifically focus on oil and gas terminals.
What's the point of a 2-3 year PE program?
On the recruiting trail now and I really don't get why PE firms do this. These programs at least makes some sense in banking, assuming analysts will already want to get the heck out of dodge. But why PE? You have associates who actually know something when they start (much better equipped than...
Info on Shore Capital Partners (Chicago) ?
Sophomore at a target, and recently received an offer from Shore-- wondering if anyone on this forum can comment on the firm (growth, analyst experience, culture, comp, etc.) ? Would deeply appreciate any input, and thanks in advance! firm >>> https://shorecp.com/
PE Exits from these groups
How have MM/UMM generalists exit been from BB FIG groups (Barclays/ BOA / Citi / UBS) except for MS/JPM/GS?
PE Interview - One Pager
Hey guys, So, I have an interview with a PE firm and in one of the initial rounds, they said they will give me a company and its info, and then I will have to make a one page slide on the company in an hour. Any ideas on what all info should I have in the slide? Would be super helpful :)
REPE versus PE
How challenging is moving from REPE to PE? Are the skills learned doing REPE vastly different than traditional PE? Would the switch require an MBA/ re-skilling? Is this transition common?
Case Study - Ares Energy and Infra (Senior Associate)
Hi all, have an upcoming case study with Ares Infrastructure.and Power I have been told the case will be 5 hours, but no other detail. Was wondering if anyone had any insight on what one could potentially expect or how best to prepare? They are a flexible capital investor so suspect it will involve...
Q&A: Leaving PE After 2.5 Years for Corporate Finance
Just locked down an offer to join a startup as a Senior Finance Manager and figured I'd have this Q&A before I start my new gig later this month. Going to keep this post short and sweet and open up the floor to questions - happy to provide more color about my prior job, decision to move to an...
Ares Private Equity - Any Insights?
Hey everyone, looking for some insights on the ASOF/ACOF groups at Ares in LA. Any thoughts on culture, hours, pay? How does Ares compare to other Mega Funds? Appreciate any help here.
Look for opportunities
charges are the sources used by large private equity firms to negotiate supply or find targets to buy ?
LBO Modeling question (Revolver, circularity, etc)
Hi for 1-4hour long LBO Modeling I have following questions. 1) Do you I necessarily have to calculate interest expense by averaging beginning and ending debt balance? Or is it okay to calculate it with beginning balance only for the purpose of testing? 2) For calculating Revolver, do I always have...
Vietnam Investments Group
VI (Vietnam Investments) Group is a private equity firm that focuses on high growth businesses in Vietnam. VI Group was founded in 2006 by experienced operators, entrepreneurs and investors with a long standing interest and affiliation with Asia and Vietnam.
M&A Advisory at Big 4 (need urgent response before offer deadline!)
Recently got offered an associate role at a Big 4 firm for M&A Advisory. This is in a relatively stable middle eastern country. They would start me at Associate 2 and fast track to Manager in 1,5 years which is a pretty good deal. Manager is akin to a VP in this group. I would be 27 by the time I'm...
Reaching Partner with an MSF?
Currently a sophomore at a non-target with a 3.9 GPA, looking to get into a top-tier MSF program (Vandy, UT Austin) and eventually break into VC/PE. My question is, will I be able to become a partner at a small/mid-size firm with only an MSF degree?
Accountant to PE Analyst
Hi, I am looking to make the jump from fund accountant at a large reputable HF/PE shop to PE analyst at a pure PE shop. A little background about myself: - I have a CPA - I am taking Level 3 CFA in September 2021 - I have a Bachelors degree in Accounting from non-ivy league school - Udergrad GPA is...
Tikehau Capital - Culture / Rep / Comp
Looking to move to the buyside and had a recruiter ask me if I would be interested in 2nd Year PE Analyst role at Tikehau Capital. They have a reasonable AUM for the entire firm (>£25B) but with only ~£4B dedicated to their PE strategy. Couldn't seem to find anything on here about culture / market...
Tech IB to FinTech PE
I am currently in a generalist Tech IB role and considering moving to the buyside in FinTech PE. I am not sure I want to be in FinTech long term but it seems to be an interesting vertical. Is it a bad idea? Am I pigeonholing myself or can I switch back to a different tech vertical after a couple...
How can you tell if a finance guy has no interest or genuinely has no time
Works at mf pe Response rate is sporadic but texts are meaningful and paragraphs long when he does reply Don't live together
Data Science at PE Firm vs PM at FANG
What would be suggested for long-term growth? Doing growth-related data science at a private equity firm or a role as a monetization pm in a FANG-related company? What are possible growth areas after the job at a PE firm? I'm concerned that a career in PM would plateau.
LA Based Headhunters
Hi everyone, Anyone knows any good headhunter firms that places people into Private Equity shops in LA?
Breaking into Private Equity after being a Product Manager for 3 years?
Hi Everyone - First time on this forum! I'm currently a Product Manager at Microsoft and I've been so for the past 3.5 years right after undergrad (I graduated from Harvard). I never really gave finance a look until recently when I started becoming really unhappy with my job and started asking some...
2022 vs 2023 Oncycle
Thanks everyone for the help on this forum. 2020 college grad here that recently lateraled into IB as 2021 analyst (previously in another industry so had to take a year back). Given 2022 on-cycle hasn't kicked off yet. Would I be recruiting for 2023 PE oncycle, and would the timeline be different...
Investor Relations Compensation at Mega Funds "the dilemma"
Hello Chimps, In terms of background top unis MSc (Oxbridge), good grades, good internships, very social, and inclined more to the nature of IR roles than acquisition roles even though I am capable of both. I am interested in knowing how big the disparity in compensation is as I weigh offers to...
Will potential tax changes accelerate deal activity and closed deals in 2021?
Any tax experts here? I believe when tax regulations change, the changes are often implemented retroactively (by a bit)? If this is the case, all the articles (today's WSJ, yesterday's FT, among many others) about a surge of deals (being pulled ahead to close before any potential increase in tax...
Stay at Large Bank or go to (smaller) Hedge Fund/Private Equity Firm?
Hi all, I have a question that I haven't been able to really find any answers to online. If you think you've seen a thread before that addresses the question I have, please feel free to post it. I'm largely looking for people's opinions/advice. I currently have a position at Goldman Sachs...
EB5 and Traditional Capital Raising
Hi All, My company raised about 50MM in 2014 through the EB5 program. Since then, we have invested the capital and are getting a 15% ROI. We would like to raise another 100MM now that we know our strategy is successful. We are looking at branching out into traditional capital but that is not my...
PE Diversity Recruiting Post MBA
Which PE firms have the best diversity recruiting programs for full time MBA recruiting. I am going into a small-cap consumer PE firm for my summer internship and would like to move to a bigger firm post MBA.
Placement Agent Interview Coming Up - Any Insights?
Hey guys, I've an interview coming up in a couple of days with a placement agent firm. Today they shared the following agenda for the interview: Fund evaluation exercise CV and skills interview Project management and job description Company background Reasoning exercise Each of the above is a 30-min...
Shoot holes into my why PE -> IB (SA)
I was initially attracted to investment banking because it offers greater exposure to deals. Even during my current internship at [PE firm], the part that excited me the most was when I was involved in the due diligence process for our new investments. But I always found myself spending more time on...
Serial Job Hopper?
My questions is essentially, how often can you switch jobs before getting a reputation as a job hopper? My background is: 2.5 years in MO Finance @ BB (MS / GS / JP) ---> 1 year in FO (Portfolio / Divestments team ) @ small Infra PE fund ---> 1.5 years in FO (Investments team) @ Japanese Infra PE...
Summer Rotational Analyst- is it valuable for aspiring Investment Banking students?
I have three options for a Summer 2022 internship. First one is as a Rotational Summer Analyst at Jefferies (business lines in rotation are Investment Banking, Fixed Income, and Equities). Second one is Global Quantitative Analytics Summer Analyst at BoA (part of Global Risk team). Third one is...
Lateraling between banks
Hi everyone. I’m a first year analyst in an average to weak coverage bulge bracket group. I’m considering switching to a considerably better group at a different bank after my first year. Like a lot of people here my goal is to work in PE at hopefully a good firm. A few questions — really...
NYU Stern PE Recruiting
I asked this question in a earlier hedge fund forum but I wanted to ask abt private equity as well. I know Stern is a t5 business school and if I grind can I get PE looks out of ug? Also I wanna say sorry if i come across as a dumb young kid who's acting cocky and stuff. I'm just really interested...
Growth Equity -> PE
Hey, I was wondering how common is it to go from top GE (Summit/TA) to MF/UMM PE?
CEE region vs DACH region for VC?
Which one is the better region to be / focus on in the coming years for VC investments?
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