+17 Private Equity Case Study: Dell Technologies 5 3w
+6 Adams StreetPartners 6 3m
+26 Business Services 35 23m
+14 Warburg Pincus 2025 FT Analyst Process 21 31m
+3 Leaving MF PE for MM PE? 3 34m
+7 Parthenon Capital in 2024 4 1h
+31 What did you do after signing? 11 1h
0 Do all the MFs go on-cycle? 4 1h
+16 Management Meeting Dynamic 3 2h
0 NOLs in an LBO and Transaction Structure 2 2h
+5 PE straight out of undergrad 5 2h
+166 Which PE Firms are going downhill? 146 2h
+187 Is MF IR becoming a front office role? 91 2h
+26 Arsenal Capital Partners - 2023 Insights 13 3h
+22 Investor Relations Case Study 29 3h
+7 SWF (GIC, Temasek, Mubadala) in NY 3 4h
+17 PE / IB in NYC from Cambridge compared to US colleges 5 6h
+23 PE Recruiting From IB- Play It Safe Or Reach For Best Fund Possible? 10 6h
0 MF IR COMP 0 6h
+7 Partner's Group Rotational Analyst Program VS Top BB 4 6h
+5 CPPIB Growth Equity 2 6h
+4 Thoma Bravo Miami vs SF 8 7h
+20 MS and GS Private Credit Insights? 15 7h
+6 Best Business / Business Model of all time 5 7h
+91 Sr Asso / VP Unemployment Check-in 56 7h
+26 PE with the most difficult model tests 132 7h
+9 Craton Equity Partners catastrophe 5 10h
+13 How to get IB / PE interviews, any advice? 3 11h
0 For IR roles, what's the best firm to be at in Canada and why? 4 11h
+10 Interview with Ex-PE Principal Now Corp Dev Head 2 11h
+5 Mubadala interview 10 12h
+19 Thoughts on KKR Infra? 12 12h
+7 White Horse Interview Process 6 12h
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+4 How to evaluate funds under the radar? 3 13h
0 MM/UMM On-Cycle Firms 2 13h
+159 Ex Apollo Associate Q&A (But I Actually Answer) 197 19h
+3 Ontario Teachers RE role 2 19h
+52 Decision: VP at UMM PE or Sr. Associate at MF PE 24 20h
+1 Macquarie Private Credit 4 21h
+8 Carterpierce? 10 21h
0 GA Buyout Miami 0 22h
0 Credit secondaries 3 23h
0 GPA for On-Cycle? 2 1d
+13 is it worth joining a sweatshop if it means breaking into the industry? 2 1d
+26 How to go for Apollo? 43 1d
+3 Info on Carlyle Global Credit - Opportunistic & Special Situations 1 1d
+12 Carlyle Private Credit 6 1d
+102 Private Equity shops with the best work/life balance 33 1d
0 Apollo Opportunistic Credit 4 1d
+7 Summit Partners 2025 SA 38 1d
0 Fund of Fund Interviews 1 1d
+8 Berkshire Partners NYC Office? 5 1d
+10 I thought this would be the best place to ask. Retail Asset management vs a Startup? 4 1d
+1 Send the Bonus 4 1d
+4 Example of B2B Software Investment Going Bust 5 1d
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0 Private Wealth at Mega Funds? 2 1d
0 Can anyone comment on Orbimed reputation/culture/comp? 0 1d
+17 Can someone explain private credit/credit like I’m 5? 11 1d
+10 PE IR interview prep/process 2 1d
+24 Infra PE salary London 26 1d
+25 Resume Gap after 2.5 Years in PE 5 1d
+7 Thoughts on Cap10? 8 1d
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+3 Incoming Intern Advice 4 1d
+2 Infra PE Tips 4 1d
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+6 What's average pay and carry for the first associate of a new fund? 3 1d
0 Independent Sponsor Comp? 2 1d
+91 Search funds: "like shooting fish in a barrel" (from ex-F100 CEO) 29 1d
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+2 Advice for an incoming PE intern? 2 1d
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0 Is 2025 off-cycle PE nearing its end? 2 2d
+18 VP HF Lateral to PE 1 2d
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+16 How Technical Are You / Most People Really? 3 2d
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+42 Best group at Bain Capital? 51 2d
+10 Public company LBO, should I be using the latest quarterly balance sheet for post transaction adjustments instead of financial year end? 1 2d
+20 Family Office Exits 8 2d
0 Looking for PE case studies -- anybody willing to share? 1 2d
+4 IMCO Infra Analyst Role 3 2d
+21 Insight on Denham Capital and Orion Mine Finance? 17 2d
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0 Infra PE deal sourcing? 1 2d
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