Boutique PE vs. BB Middle Office?
Hi all, I know this question seems like a no-brainer, but read on, please.I'm a fresher with zero prior modeling or finance experience. I've recently received an offer from a boutique PE firm...
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PE cracked - Networked my way in via Facebook!
After a tense period of 2 months and 9 grueling rounds of interviews, including an 8 hour modeling test, I finally did it! Got my offer letter today! Background: Fresher Chartered Accountant, no prior...
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Life at a boutique PE in an emerging market
Hi all,I am a 1st year analyst at a boutique PE in an emerging market. Considering how little content is here on WSO on emerging markets, I thought I'd share my experiences here for any other folks out...
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Effective working hours
I've come across people talking of 100 hour-weeks umpteen times, but in that, how much time does one actually WORK?I'm curious to know, 'cause I did my first 90 hour week last week and being in a...
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Matt Taibbi's latest in Rolling Stone
On June 19, Matt Taibbi published an article called The Last Mystery of the Financial Crisis (link below), expounding on the role of rating agencies in the 2008 financial crisis.[quote]"Please note...
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Where did the Success Stories go?
One of my favorite parts of this website is the Success Stories section, but lately I haven't come across much of those. What's going on? Where did all the success kids go?
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Blocking users on WSO
Should WSO have an option to block certain users from seeing your profile and posts (à la Facebook)? Those certain users obviously being colleagues. I'm in a small boutique and one of my colleagues...
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Hacker posts Facebook bug report on Zuckerberg’s wall
So this Palestinian hacker apparently found a flaw in Facebook that allows anyone to post on someone's wall, even if that someone is not there in your friend list. This guy contacted the Facebook...
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Networking dilemma
I've been networking my ass off recently and fortunately have been getting a good response rate. The unfortunate part is that many times the other person gives me a time at which it's not possible for...
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Financial Modeling World Championship 2013
ModelOff 2013 is a worldwide Financial Modeling Championship open to students and professionals. It is only the second such event after its debut last year, which saw over 2000 contestants...
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Maintaining confidentiality during informational interviews
Hi all,I'm in a city where there are very few private equity funds, so till now most of my networking efforts have led me only to people in one of the financial hubs. But now there's a good chance that...
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Busines Insider: Worst Mistakes by Tech Interns
Think you're having a bad day? Tell that to these interns. From the cliched "I burned down the office", the classic "reply all" fiasco, to bringing down the entire banking infrastructure of a...
View ArticleQuick Help - PDF to Excel
Need to bring some data tables from PDF to Excel - someone know any good and reliable resource? I tried googling but half of the websites need an account and the other half is shit.I don't mind paying...
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Thinking like an Investor: The key financial metrics
I've quite often come across the phrase "thinking like an investor" in books and here on WSO, "not thinking like an investor" seems to be a fairly recurrent reason cited for getting dinged in a PE...
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Text formatting on WSO
Just wondering if we can have standard text formatting options in button-format on WSO. It's rather cumbersome to use the code every time emphasis is required. Is it possible to have the most basic...
View ArticleSeparate forum for technical questions
Users (including me) often post technical questions related to financial analysis and what not, that are sometimes not specific to a particular industry. Could we have a separate forum for such kind of...
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Use of EBITDA - Sensible or Flawed?
Earlier today I was reading Buffet's 2013 annual letter to shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway, and one tiny, miniscule point caught my eye:Our definition of coverage is pre-tax earnings/interest, not...
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I'm bored outta my mind
What the title says. Deal flow is negligible and I'm waiting for investors/management to respond on the few active deals. Bored of tweaking models, browsing BI, reading The Economist... Already reached...
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Seth Klarman on Beta - Inviting Contrarian Views
In his legendary book 'Margin of Safety', Seth Klarman deplores the use of beta as a measure of risk. He argues that beta is simply a measure of historical volatility of a stock and doesn't say...
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