Worries w/ Lateraling
I had the opportunity to join a regional boutique out of school and am fast approaching the one-year mark. As I consider lateraling to a larger MM firm, I am worried that my undergraduate GPA (3.1) will impact my consideration from a large group of financial institutions. Additionally, my firm is strictly M&A and thus hasn’t bothered to register with FINRA. Are my worries about my GPA or my firm's accreditation warranted, and if so, how large of an impact would it have in the application process?