+14 Private Equity Case Study: Dell Technologies 5 1w
+26 PE with the most difficult model tests 111 6m
0 Leaving a good impression on buyside headhunters 0 34m
+1 Tailwater Capital 1 38m
0 Thoma Bravo Miami vs SF 3 1h
0 Argue Why MM/UMM PE? 2 2h
0 Ares PE & PC Investor Relations Team Insights 4 2h
+19 Senior Associate Sourcing Deal From Personal Network - Finder’s Fee? 16 3h
+17 Can’t get passed 1st round PE interviews 11 3h
+156 Ex Apollo Associate Q&A (But I Actually Answer) 192 5h
+149 Which PE Firms are going downhill? 130 5h
+66 Which PE firms are on the rise? 84 7h
+19 UHNW Investor Interested in Rolling Up RIA Firms 9 8h
+10 Baird Chicago PE Exits 6 8h
+156 Is MF IR becoming a front office role? 68 8h
0 Example case study or VDR materials 2 8h
+7 Summit Partners 2025 SA 30 9h
0 IMCO 0 9h
0 Best sector/vertical to cover for PE 3 9h
+9 Rounding to 3.7 or staying at 3.6X for OCR? 15 11h
+5 Can Partners Group bring back their old logo? 3 12h
+71 Search funds: "like shooting fish in a barrel" (from ex-F100 CEO) 25 12h
0 Morgan Stanley Infra Partners (MSIP) London 3 14h
+14 Favorite/Best Moats in Consumer Brands? 8 14h
+12 Advice: Breaking into PE from REPE (M7 MBA) 6 14h
+266 HIG in 2024 90 16h
+7 Warburg Pincus 2025 FT Analyst Process 9 17h
+6 Unrelated Oxford degree for PE? 7 17h
+7 LP to placement agent? 11 18h
0 Asset managers going down hill… 1 1d
0 Pref equity shops 0 1d
0 How many deals are you looking at per year 1 1d
+11 On-cycle Head Hunter Story - Why PE? Why xyz industry? 9 1d
+19 Should I try to lateral for better exit opps or just recruit directly for pe at my current shop? 5 1d
+5 Vista New $20b Fund 3 1d
+3 CORE Industrial Partners 8 1d
+31 Should I lateral ASAP? 11 1d
+5 IR Offer 4 1d
+43 Infra funds with best culture 62 1d
+18 Infra PE salary London 21 1d
+2 Possible Net Worth of a MF PE High Performer working straight out of Undergrad by 50?? 10 1d
+14 Renewable Energy Developer to Private Equity? 4 1d
+6 Top Crossover Compensation 3 1d
+6 Private Credit & Interest Tax Shields? 1 1d
+1 High-level insights on Secondaries as a career path? 6 1d
+59 MM VP move to UMM/MF? Advice needed 23 1d
+7 Apollo Credit London 13 1d
+9 Consumer PE/Growth in NY 9 1d
+24 MM PE (Harvest, THL, MDP etc.) vs Megafund REPE (Bain, Brookfield, TPG etc.) 29 1d
+20 Ares/Landmark Secondaries - horrible returns 12 1d
+48 Cerebus getting cooked 26 1d
0 Investment relations comp in Canada 0 1d
+11 PE Firm hasn't done a new Platform investment in 2 years 2 1d
+10 Thoughts on Novo Holdings 20 1d
+12 How are investment bankers evaluated during recruitment for private equity? 3 2d
+85 Q&A: London UMM/MF PE Associate 71 2d
+22 The Jordan Company? 6 2d
+33 My Journey From Non Target To BB Tech IB, And To Elite PE Thereafter 21 2d
+9 Operational Improvements In REPE 1 2d
+6 Starting a Search Fund or REPE Fund (LMM) - What do you pick and why? 2 2d
+11 PE vs LO AM 6 2d
0 Sixth Street NY 1 2d
+6 K1 Investment Mgmt Reputation 1 2d
+12 Transitioning from FDD Big 4 to Small PE firm? 1 2d
+3 One Peak - London 4 2d
+20 K1 Investments 9 2d
+11 MBA PE Full-time Recruiting? 11 2d
+6 Infra books recommandation 3 2d
+13 Freshman internship advice 1 2d
+16 PE buyback portCo debt? 19 2d
0 Bruin Capital 2024 Insights 1 2d
+17 Brookfield Renewable 10 2d
+14 Brookfield's $50B deal spree 24 2d
+6 Who funds these random search funds 6 2d
+9 Interview Case Study for Real Estate Private Equity Start-up 2 2d
+15 Percheron Capital - Updated Thoughts? 23 2d
+25 Sweaty funds - how do VPs work most weekends? 11 2d
+14 FitzWalter Capital - Any Info? 11 2d
+28 Leave MBB to to join PE-backed Portco? 10 2d
+9 I don't like roll ups / heavy M&A deals 20 2d
0 Family Office (non public investing - Analyst Role) Interview: 2 2d
+6 Need Some Occasional Outsourced Finance Help in Your Port Cos or Other? 1 2d
+9 Investment roles to IR/capital markets? 1 2d
+45 Prepping for PE Analyst Program 16 2d
+6 HIG Whitehorse 11 2d
+3 MM/UMM Analyst Pay 6 3d
+4 Warburg Pincus Analyst program 6 3d
+12 TMT Take Private Ideas 9 3d
+30 Apollo Compensation 43 3d
+57 Advice for a 2-and-Out Associate… 23 3d
+18 Advent NYC Culture/WLB - 2024 update 14 3d
+3 Best resources to learn about AAMs 1 3d
0 2025 WP FT application link 0 3d
+65 Moving to Paris 62 3d
+4 Athos Partners 11 3d
+30 PE OFF-CYCLE 2025 MEGATHREAD 172 3d
+11 Finance career in Emerging Markets, PE 5 3d
+8 Turned down a return offer from elite boutique investment bank in NYC for a lower middle market private equity gig. Here’s why 11 3d
+117 Q&A - Anything about PE / MBA / Life 108 3d
+15 Veritas Mid/Senior level culture 17 3d

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