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Sector: Private equity / Venture capital
More junior bankers are moving to private equity firms, but there’s still a shortage
Maybe, just maybe, it’s not such a bad time to be working in an investment bank with a couple of years’ experience under your belt. Bonuses are slightly up this year, firms are said to be choosing expensive senior bankers rather than hard-working juniors for cuts and, should you wish to take the oft-trod path [...]
GUEST COMMENT: This is the due diligence you should do before you take a private equity role
Due diligence is a well used phrase in the private equity world – it’s all about thorough investigation before you make an investment. And yet it’s not so readily thought about when you’re thinking of taking a new role. Well it should be! Arguably this is the most important investment you will make. You’re investing [...]
Q&A: Jon Moulton answers our questions and divulges what he looks for in candidates
Jon Moulton, private equity icon and idol and founder of Better Capital, has answered our questions about his career and preferred traits in candidates. This is Jon: His responses to our questions are as follows. 1) How long have you been working in financial services? Since 1980. 2) Has your career path been conventional or [...]
A selection of things to familiarise yourself with before interviewing at Blackstone
Earlier this morning we brought you the long Goldman Sachs reading list for people who want to work for the firm so badly they’re prepared to devote years of their life to reading books on business and finance. Now we’re bringing you the salient stuff you’ll need to know before interviewing at Blackstone. Bearing in [...]
REVIEW MY CV: I’m qualified as a lawyer and I want to work in asset management, venture capital or private equity. How can I improve the likelihood of this happening?
Essentially, the situation is as follows: I recently qualified as a corporate solicitor but am thinking about changing career to asset management, venture capital, private equity or strategy consulting. I’ve been sending out my CV, with mixed results. For asset management, I’ve been offered only for graduate openings. For venture capital, one firm has said [...]
Why Terry Leahy has got a job in private equity and you haven’t
Sir Terry Leahy, the former chief executive of Tesco is moving into private equity. He is getting a job as a part time advisor to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, in their London office. Private equity isn’t as popular a career as it used to be. In our recent poll of careers people would choose if [...]
Volume recruitment makes a comeback in leveraged finance, allegedly
How hot is leveraged finance recruitment? Very boiling, according to some recruiters- but this is at the junior end. “Pretty much every team is looking for analysts and associates to work in leveraged finance right now,” says Adam Cairns at recruitment firm Arkesden Partners Limited. “Everyone seems to be hiring – it’s the mid tier [...]
GUEST COMMENT: What to expect if you interview for a job in private equity
Things might be looking up for the private equity industry. Companies which have held on as long as they can and endured over two long and hard years of recession, are now desperate for capital. Their equity can be had for next to nothing. Henry Kravis and Steve Schwartzman must be licking their lips. Investors [...]
Non-bankers now beat bankers in the battle to break into private equity
A limited number of vacancies and high recruitment standards are thwarting the ambitions of bankers who want a career in private equity. Non-banking candidates from sought-after industries, however, have a better shot of landing a PE role. “Firms are not expanding at same rate as 06/07 so they don’t automatically hire two to three junior [...]
Jon Moulton’s favourite interview questions, and how to answer them
Jon Moulton has told us what he likes to ask candidates in interviews. If you are ever in an interview with Jon and you have read this article, you will therefore be at a substantial advantage. For those of you who have not heard of Jon, he is a very well known private equity investor [...]
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