Have Equity Distribution Bonuses Grown in Popularity?
In February’s Thelander Digest, we examine if equity / program distribution bonuses have grown in popularity. Since carried interest can often take a long time to pay off, some firms choose to offer equity or program distribution bonuses. This allows firms to distribute earnings upon the success of a deal. When there’s a hit, a […]
How are Investment Firms Retaining Talent in 2023?
In this month’s Thelander Digest, we examine different trends on how investment firms are retaining their talent for 2023. All of this data comes from our 2022 Year-End Salary Increase & Bonus Survey. Let’s dig in by exploring the numbers!As seen in our charts below, two trends become clear: By examining the final chart, we can see that merit and performance […]
Introducing…The Thelander In-House Survey Tool
As the leading source for compensation data for the private capital markets, we’re excited to announce the launch of the Thelander in-house survey tool, which combines our 25+ years of industry experience surveying privately held companies and investment firms with the power of real-time survey data. Why does it matter?Our new platform provides multiple benefits for users including increased […]
How Do Bonuses Impact Compensation for Managing Directors/Partners and Senior Associates?
We received a lot of interest in last month’s Thelander Digest where we explored how bonus programs impact the total compensation for managing general partners. So this month, we’re exploring the same thing for Managing Directors/Partners and Senior Associates. For all of these positions, their total cash compensation may be just their base salary, while others also receive […]
How Do Bonuses Impact Compensation for Managing General Partners?
For some managing general partners, their total cash compensation is just their base salary, while others also receive a bonus as well. This doesn’t necessarily mean that those with bonuses get paid more. Those without bonuses might have a higher base salary to make up for the difference. So which is it? In this month’s Thelander Digest, […]
Is the Gender Pay Gap in Private Equity Shrinking?
As the leader in private company and investment firm compensation data, J. Thelander Consulting’s data is commonly used by many publications to examine the current landscape of the industry. Dan Primack from Axios used our data to examine the gender pay gap in private equity. We’ve included the article below. Private equity’s gender pay gap is […]
Which Firms are Investing in CEOs Who are Women or Under-represented Minorities?
August’s Thelander Digest examines how AUM and type of firm impact the percentage of portfolio companies headed by women and/or under-represented minority CEOs. Let’s dig in by exploring the numbers. How does compensation tie into this? Thelander is the only firm that covers the entire private capital market from your investment firm to your portfolio companies compensation. Did […]
Compensation Differences: Venture Capital vs. Private Equity Firms
July’s Thelander Digest examines compensation differences between venture capital firms and private equity firms, particularly for lower-level investment professionals. Thelander data indicates: For firms with $500-$999 Million AUM, we find: And lastly, at firms with more than $1 Billion AUM, our data shows: Do you want to find this data on other investment professionals? You can access this […]
Compensation Changes for Investment Professionals?
Welcome to the first Thelander Digest, our monthly newsletter where we explore compensation insights for investment firms. Each month we explore investment firm compensation insights across private capital markets. First up: how has compensation changed year over year for investment professionals? Thelander data indicates: Do you want to find this data on other investment professionals? You can […]