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Private Equity Jobs

Getting an Edge in the Private Equity Job Market

December 8, 2008

The financial job market has shifted significantly over the past few months. When we are asked by candidates how to gain a competitive edge in this fast-moving environment, we often suggest brushing up on your financial modeling and valuation skills through training at The Investment Banking Institute (IBI). Over the past seven years, IBI has […]

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Wiley Reveals How to Get a Job in Private Equity

December 4, 2008

Looking for a leg up on your private equity job search? You might want to check out “Getting a Job in Private Equity: Behind the Scenes Insight into How Private Equity Funds Hire” published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd. Marketwatch.com reports that it’s an insider’s look at how to navigate the private equity hiring […]

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Getting a Job in Private Equity

November 24, 2008

Baruch College students received some timely advice from two of the college’s more famous and successful grads recently. During the school’s Executives on Campus Program, 1962 Baruch College graduates Harvey Mallement and Harvey Wertheim, certified public accountants who teamed up to co-found Harvest Partners in 1981, offered their suggestions on how to get into the […]

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One Place Where Private Equity Jobs Are In Demand

November 20, 2008

FT.com, The Financial Times online edition, reports that banks are hiring private equity executives to beef up the teams that manage failing businesses, especially as they begin to take control of more of them during the current economic downturn. Banks need to find people for their “work-out” teams — executives who know how to actively […]

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Private Equity Job Compensation Rises in 2008

November 10, 2008

Newspapers may be filled with reports of layoffs and job cuts but there’s one sector of the financial services industry that seems to be riding out the storm better than others. Glocap Search and Thomson Reuters report that compensation for executives at U.S. private equity firms has actually risen this year, across almost all categories […]

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Private Equity Backed Firms Prize Operational Skills

November 6, 2008

Financial executives who are light on accounting skills may still be able to find job opportunities in certain types of firms, according to Walt Williams, a partner at the recruiting firm of Battalia Winston Amrop. For example, firms backed by private equity value operational skills over accounting expertise, said Williams in a recent article in […]

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Private Equity Job: Real Estate Marketing Associate

October 9, 2008

Large global asset manager focused on property and power infrastructure is seeking an alternative investment Marketing Associate to work closely with Private Equity funds. Candidates should have experience with the finance or commercial real estate industry and marketing experience with an asset management company. This role requires little travel, hands on experience writing RFPs and […]

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Hiring Continues on the PE Front

October 8, 2008

Private equity firm Claret Capital has beefed up its new PE fund teams in Dublin and New York by hiring two executives from JPMorgan Chase. Dermot Hanley is joining Claret from JPMorgan Chase in Toronto, where he was executive director in mid-corporate investment banking. Yuki Narula joins Claret from JPMorgan’s New York office, where he […]

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PE Funds Faring Better Than Banks?

October 1, 2008

Because they have different ownership structures than the large, stock market-listed firms that have collapsed recently, private equity funds may escape a similar fate, according to an article in the Financial Times. The big companies often had very little control over their trading desks, who were free to gamble other people’s money with little oversight or sanctions […]

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Bailout Spells Opportunity for Carlyle Group

September 30, 2008

Private equity investors will play an important role in the historic bailout just announced by congressional leaders, and there’s money to be made, according to David M. Rubenstein, co-founder of the Carlyle Group. The Carlyle Group is one of the wealthiest and most successful private-equity firms in the world, with around $80 billion under management, […]

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