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Top Skills Needed to Succeed as a Private Equity Associate

OfficeHours

When you are a junior at a financial service firm, your job is to complete deliverables and take orders – nobody cares about your opinion, because quite frankly, you do not have enough seniority and experience in the field to the point where your opinion could be justified in any capacity. Best of luck!

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Private Equity in China: The Worst of Both Worlds?

Mergers and Inquisitions

But you’ll also see manufacturing, cleantech, consumer, energy, real estate, and financial services deals. These firms tend to hire investment banking Analysts each year from abroad and prefer Chinese citizens who studied and worked in the U.S. for a few years.