How to get hired at Blackstone

Dan DeFrancesco

Oct 20, 2020, 16:22 IST

Traders wearing masks work, on the first day of in person trading since the closure during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on the floor at the NYSE in New YorkReuters

A regulator's bid to raise a reporting threshold for money managers appears to have gotten no support from the public.

Institutional investors submit a 13F filing every quarter that discloses their equity holdings. The Securities and Exchange Commission proposed to raise the reporting threshold from $100 million to $3.5 billion.

However, according to Reuters, analysis by Goldman Sachs of the majority of the 2,262 letters filed during a comment period were not supportive. In fact, Goldman says 99% of letters submitted opposed the proposal.

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How to get hired at Blackstone

Trying to get a job at Blackstone?

You're not alone. Plenty of people want to work at the world's largest alternative investment manager. It's 2020 first-year analyst class had 19,000 applicants, with a 0.5% acceptance rate.

Lucky for you, Casey Sullivan and Reed Alexander went inside the PE giant to understand what Blackstone looks for in candidates. That included speaking to Blackstone president Jon Gray and Paige Ross, the firm's global head of human resources.

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