Private Equity Firms Pay Up For Talent - Mergers, Acquisitions, Venture Capital, Hedge Funds -- DealBook - New York Times

"The report estimated that total compensation for senior associates and vice presidents at buyout firms will rise by 16 percent to 18 percent this year. Principals’ total compensation will rise 9 percent, it predicted. Employees of venture capital firms were expected to see similar increases."

"The Glocap study found that some business-school graduates can get compensation of more than $375,000 from the larger leverage-buyout firms."