<p class="font_8" style="text-align: left;"><span class="color_23">The&nbsp;Private&nbsp;Equity&nbsp;Pro&nbsp;Partners&nbsp;(PEPP)&nbsp;internship / analyst position provides&nbsp;interns&nbsp;with&nbsp;skills&nbsp;relevant&nbsp;for&nbsp;careers&nbsp;in&nbsp;Private&nbsp;Equity,&nbsp;Venture&nbsp;Capital,&nbsp;Investment&nbsp;Banking,&nbsp;Valuation,&nbsp;Real&nbsp;Estate&nbsp;Investing,&nbsp;Derivatives&nbsp;Trading&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;Mergers&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;Acquisitions. The&nbsp;training&nbsp;program&nbsp;is&nbsp;intensive&nbsp;and&nbsp;includes&nbsp;career&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;education&nbsp;mentorship.&nbsp;By&nbsp;including&nbsp;case&nbsp;studies&nbsp;drawn&nbsp;from&nbsp;various&nbsp;markets&nbsp;around&nbsp; he&nbsp;world,&nbsp;the&nbsp;training&nbsp;provides&nbsp;a&nbsp;global&nbsp;exposure&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;fields&nbsp;of&nbsp;interest.</span></p> <p class="font_8" style="text-align: left;"><span class="color_23">On&nbsp;the&nbsp;one&nbsp;hand,&nbsp;there&nbsp;are&nbsp;various&nbsp;enlightened&nbsp;organisations&nbsp;which&nbsp;provide&nbsp;good&nbsp;quality&nbsp;internships&nbsp;&nbsp;to&nbsp;interns.&nbsp;&nbsp;On&nbsp;the&nbsp;other&nbsp;hand,&nbsp;most&nbsp;&nbsp;tr ditional&nbsp;internships&nbsp;do&nbsp;not&nbsp;provide&nbsp;significant&nbsp;value&nbsp;to&nbsp;interns&nbsp;leading&nbsp;to&nbsp;opportunities&nbsp;lost&nbsp;by&nbsp;high&nbsp;caliber&nbsp;interns.</span></p> <p class="font_8" style="text-align: left;"><span class="color_23">PEPP offers a hybrid trainee -cum- internship program. The need for this program has arisen because interns are unable to acquire the desired benefits from traditional internship programs. This is due to a range of weaknesses in regular internship programs at most organisations, such as:</span></p> <p class="font_8" style="text-align: left;"><span class="wixGuard">​</span><span class="color_23">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;- Often regular internship programs do not provide adequate training in specific skills.</span><span class="color_23"><span class="wixGuard">​</span></span></p> <p class="font_8" style="text-align: left;"><span class="color_23">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;- Interns are assigned to junior staff who themselves have limited skills.</span></p> <p class="font_8" style="text-align: left;"><span class="color_23">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;- Interns are unable to obtain high quality mentorship from a senior professional.</span></p> <p class="font_8" style="text-align: left;"><span class="color_23">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;- For such internships, usually a small payment is made to interns by the interning organisation which does not provide any significant </span></p> <p class="font_8" style="text-align: left;"><span class="color_23">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;financial benefit, or difference to the interns in their prospects or professional advancement.</span></p>