Career Advice for Personal Banker Looking to Get Into Corporate Finance

Currently I am a Personal Banker for Bank of America and I run my own online investment website. I also am finishing up my economics degree at San Francisco State. I want to get into wealth management or hedge funds. Any career advice on what I should do?

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