Internship programs pay dividends for Charlesbank, Stone Point

One day PE recruiters may start giving presentations in maternity wards.

Maybe not. But the trend to get in front of promising candidates earlier and earlier shows no sign of easing, as college internship programs at PE firms Charlesbank Capital Partners, Nautic Partners and Stone Point Capital and funds-of-funds manager Twin Bridge Capital Partners become a fruitful pipeline for filling their junior analyst ranks.

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Ex-Nautic, Freeman Spogli and Centerbridge execs launch PE firms

Two Boston-based private equity firms—Eastfield Capital and Tideshift Capital Group—have splashed into the lower middle market, led by founders with experience at Nautic Partners, Freeman Spogli & Co. and Centerbridge Partners.

Nick Vidnovic, a former principal at Nautic Partners, and Juan Pita, a former principal at Freeman Spogli, started Eastfield Capital to invest on a deal by deal basis in consumer services and business services companies.

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Sageview finds success hiring analysts right out of college

Deal sponsors compete so hard to hire junior professionals that they woo them almost from the moment they start their two-year investment banking programs in a process called "on-cycle recruiting." Now Sageview Capital and other big firms are in some cases sidestepping the frenzy by hiring and training analysts directly out of college.

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