Want to work in private equity? This is where the big hiring is in London. :
If you’re looking for a path into a London private equity job in 2017, there is one track that has been very well beaten: the heavily-stomped route into the private equity arms of Canadian pension funds. Based upon our own observations, three large Canadian pension funds (the Canadian Pension Plan, PSP Investments – the private debt fund of Canada’s Public Sector Pension Investment Board, and the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) have hired around 20 junior people in London so far this year.