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Private Equity VP Salary: Pay Ranges and Carry

7 October 2026

At a mega-fund, private equity vice president (VP) salary and bonus total $570,000 to $780,000 in cash, according to Wall…

How Modern LPAs Handle ILPA Reporting Template Adoption

5 October 2026

The Institutional Limited Partners Association template is voluntary. The reporting covenant a general partner signs is not. That gap is…

How to Move from PE Principal to Partner

4 October 2026

A Principal who executes flawlessly can sit at that level for years without moving up. Moving from PE Principal to…

Top Continuation Fund Sponsors in 2026

3 October 2026

Ares Management closed an approximately $850mn single-asset continuation vehicle for Convergint Technologies in 2026, with Leonard Green and Partners leading…

Co-Investment vs Direct Investment for LPs

2 October 2026

For LPs comparing co-investment vs direct investment, the practical difference is who owns the work. A co-investment puts an LP’s…

Top Family Offices Direct Investing in 2026

1 October 2026

The 2026 evidence on family-office direct investing shows a market that is large, active and still difficult to rank with…

GP Employee Co-Invest in Modern LPAs

30 September 2026

Employee capital invested alongside a fund is supposed to prove that the people picking deals share the downside. Drafted loosely,…

ERISA VCOC Status for Private Equity Funds

27 September 2026

A private equity fund that accepts meaningful capital from ERISA plans faces a choice when it makes its first long-term…

Continuation Fund Volume Forecast for 2027

24 September 2026

Continuation funds, the new vehicles general partners form to buy assets out of an ageing fund they already manage, went…

Private Equity Associate Salary in New York, 2027

21 September 2026

Blackstone’s posted expected annual base salary for its 2027 Private Equity Associate role in New York is $140,000. Indeed’s aggregated…

Gross IRR vs. Net IRR in Private Equity

19 September 2026

A manager can pick assets well and still hand limited partners a mediocre outcome. In the Gross IRR vs Net…

How to Structure an ECI Blocker for Non-US LPs

16 September 2026

An ECI blocker for non-U.S. LPs is usually structured by placing a corporation, or an entity treated as a corporation…

Top Fund of Funds Managers Active in 2026

14 September 2026

A fund of funds sells one thing above all: entry to managers an investor cannot otherwise reach, bought with pooled…

How to Benchmark Your PE Fund Against Preqin Data

13 September 2026

A private equity benchmark is a reference point built from the performance of comparable funds, and Preqin PE fund benchmarking…

AI in Private Equity Due Diligence: 2026 Impact

11 September 2026

A mid-market data room can hold 3,000 to 10,000 documents, and traditional confirmatory diligence runs four to eight weeks across…

How CTA Reporting Applies to PE-Backed Companies

9 September 2026

The Corporate Transparency Act does not care whether a business is sponsor-owned. CTA reporting for PE-backed companies turns on whether…

SFDR Article 8 Commitments in LPAs

4 September 2026

An Article 8 fund under the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation promotes environmental or social characteristics without making sustainable investment…

Private Equity Multiple Compression Watch for 2026

30 August 2026

Private equity multiple compression in 2026 is selective rather than uniform. CohnReznick puts median implied EV/EBITDA multiples in US private…

Performance-Based Vesting in Management Equity Plans

25 August 2026

A manager can hit every operating target, stay for the full hold period and still walk away with a fraction…

How to Negotiate Your PE VP Promotion Package

24 August 2026

The promotion to private equity (PE) Vice President changes what you are paid for. As a senior associate, you were…

Private Equity Vice President: Role, Responsibilities, and Career Path

30 July 2026

A private equity vice president is the execution owner of a fund’s investment process and the day-to-day manager of its…

Proprietary Deal Sourcing: How Investors Find Off-Market Opportunities

25 July 2026

Proprietary deal sourcing is the deliberate origination of investment opportunities before they enter a broad auction. It does not mean…

Capital Calls Explained: How Private Funds Draw Investor Commitments

22 July 2026

A capital call is a general partner’s contractual demand that limited partners fund part of their unfunded commitments into a…

Private Equity Model Test Explained: What Candidates Need to Know

21 July 2026

A private equity model test is a timed work sample that asks a candidate to convert imperfect company information into…

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