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What makes a good private equity investment?
This is a very common Private Equity interview question, and you might also encounter those questions in some investment banking interviews, equity research or even capital markets roles.
Not all companies are suitable targets for LBOs, and private equity firms will only invest in companies exhibiting the following characteristics:
Strong and stable cashflows
What do Private Equity professionals do?
Private Equity is essentially about buying and selling companies. But what do private equity professionals really do on a day-to-day basis? The time of private equity professionals is divided between four main categories:
Raising money
List of Investment Banking Headhunters in London
Below is a detailed list of headhunting and recruitment firms that operate in the field of investment banking in London.
KEA Consultants (www.keaconsultants.com)
Focuses on placing junior candidates in investment banking, private equity and hedge funds
Argyll Scott International (www.argyllscott.com)
Specialist Recruitment Consultancy managing Permanent Mid to Senior level appointments within Corporate Finance. Clients range from Top tier Investment Banks and Boutiques to Private equity houses in London
Contact Name: Jade Sweeney
List of London Hedge Funds
Below is a list of the top hedge funds based in London. This list only includes the large hedge funds, with assets under management of at least over $1 billion. Note however that those hedge funds are a mix of macro funds, relative value, credit, equity long/short, multi strategies, fixed income, arbitrage, activist, bonds and so on.
Brevan Howard (www.brevanhoward.com) - One of the largest European Hedge Fund
Man Investments (www.mangroupplc.com)
BlackRock (www.blackrock.co.uk)
BlueCrest Capital Management (www.bluecrestcapital.com)
Lansdowne Partners (www.lansdownepartners.com)
List of London Private Equity Firms
Below is a list of private equity funds that have offices in London and have a significant European presence. We broke down the list in "generalist" funds that cover all sectors across difference geographies, "sector specialists", "specific region-focused" funds and finally private equity funds within investment banks.
Note that the list below covers only the major funds and doesn't include venture capital funds and other private equity funds that have less than 500m of assets under management.
Generalist Funds with London-based operations
Private Equity Interview Preparation
Below is some good advice from specialist recruiting firm KEA Consultants about the Private Equity Recruiting Process.
The private equity interview process is challenging from start to finish. Most firms will interview a candidate over three to four rounds, but there are cases where it can be as many as ten rounds. It all depends on the firm, the number of people they want you to meet and the testing involved.
Headhunters for Private Equity
While PE firms tend to recruit people through their network first (e.g. alumni, bankers they worked with, friends and ex-colleagues) before going to headhunting firms, here is a list of the well known headhunters in London that have a specialised Private Equity practice
KEA consultants (www.keaconsultants.com)
