2022/2023 Canadian PE Associate Comp Discussion

Noticed there's two other threads but for our American brothers and sisters; hoping to get some Canadian representation for reference when/if negotiating comp.

Suggest we go with the following format:

  • Firm: MM / Pension / MF (Canadian MF...Onex, Altas, Brookfield, maybe ONCAP in here?)
  • Strategy: Directs / Funds / Secondaries / Hybrid
  • Year: AS1 / AS 2 / SA 1 / etc.
  • City: Self-explanatory
  • All-in Cash Comp: Self-explanatory, include carry if there is any
  • % Certainty: Confirmed / Guidance

I'll kick things off.

  • Firm: Pension
  • Strategy: Directs
  • Year: AS1
  • City: Toronto
  • All-in Cash Comp: $220-240
  • % Certainty: Guidance
Region
 

Not AS but here we go

  • Firm: Pension
  • Strategy: Directs
  • Year: AN1
  • City: Toronto
  • All-in Cash Comp: $130-160
  • % Certainty: Guidance
 

W.Avg. of Metrics from the Rotations you had during the fiscal year.

Bonus is one part firm performance, one part group performance, and one part personal performance 

Firm performance is the same for everyone, personal performance is calibrated across all rotations you had during the fiscal

 

CDPQ pays 100-150k for AN1 depending on bonus so a pretty sizable discount. Pretty sure PSP pays 150k+ for AN1 fresh out of school.

 

Intern pay is same as the other pensions, great culture, interviews are considerably harder than the other pensions, full time pay I'd guess is probably a bit less than CPP/OTPP, maybe OMERS level? Otherwise you wouldn't really see guys going there from GS and JP Morgan.

 

Are you in Canada? Can't say I've seen too many LMM shops here, but it almost seems more lucrative to stay in banking and go A2A

 

Pretty sure they are below pension comp (not by much, maybe 10-15%) and are a bit sweaty (70-75+ hours). But good shop with great returns. The general rule is anywhere besides the megafunds in Toronto pay less than the pensions (so all the MM, even the good ones like Birch Hill, Clairvest, Torquest, Imperial, etc. all pay less than pensions excluding carry)

 

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