If you’re an analyst or an associate in an investment banking division (IBD), you almost certainly want to move into private equity. Given private equity funds’ notoriously long interview processes, you may even be interviewing already in preparation for a […]
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Meet the private equity fund that likes to hire ‘seasoned’ bankers
If you want to leave banking for private equity, you usually need to go young. Our research suggests that most people make the move within 24 to 36 months of starting in banking. Some move even earlier – take Nik […]
These are the private equity funds hiring junior investment bankers now
Investment banks are just wrapping up their 2018 graduate recruitment programmes, but private equity firms rarely follow a strict schedule when it comes to hiring juniors. Buy-side firms without grad schemes target junior bankers months into their sell-side career, and […]
The top universities and degrees for getting a private equity job now
The type of people private equity companies hire in London is changing. Five years ago, a junior recruit making the switch from to the buy-side will almost certainly have come from large U.S. investment bank, and probably will have graduated with […]
This hot new private equity firm has been poaching from Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley
It’s not just hedge funds run by star traders that are attracting recruits from big investment banks. A new private equity fund, set up by two former TPG executives, has been recruiting from Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley. Novalpina Capital, […]
Citi analyst confirms the best route into private equity in 2017
If you’re looking for a path into a London private equity job in 2017, there is one track that has been very well beaten: the heavily-stomped route into the private equity arms of Canadian pension funds. Based upon our own […]
This is what you’ll earn as an analyst, associate and VP in private equity
Guy Hands, the founder of private equity firm Terra Firma has a theory – to avoid attracting money-motivated graduates who are also applying for jobs at Goldman Sachs, cut pay and wipe out bonuses for juniors. At Terra Firma, which […]
Cette société de gestion d’actifs qui confie les rênes de sa nouvelle division private equity à… un ex-ministre
Mirabaud Asset Management étoffe sa gamme dans un secteur porteur : l’activité de Private Equity. Pour ce faire, elle a confié la mise en œuvre de cette stratégie qui sera pilotée depuis Paris à… Renaud Dutreil, l’ancien ministre des PME […]
Private equity firms are raiding the junior ranks of J.P. Morgan and Goldman Sachs
Private equity firms have their pick of investment banks’ junior staff in the City, and only want the very best. Right now, this means J.P. Morgan and Goldman Sachs, and in the past few weeks there’s been an exodus to […]
What it takes to get into one of the biggest private equity firms in the world
Blackstone Group has two ways of vetting potential hires. The first is rigorous – expect 10-15 interviews with 15-20 people before the thumbs up is finally given. The second is decidedly more nebulous. “Our investment team is relatively small and […]