Fixed Income Guy Lateral to Long-only Equity Investment? Possible?

I am currently a portfolio construction/ asset allocation analyst at a top/elite fixed income firm (AUM: ~300bn). After working for 2 years, I want to switch my asset coverage from fixed income to long-only equity.

As an asset allocation guy, I do not have much professional experience with single assets, besides my school work and personal investment experience in financial modeling/analysis (which I've done a lot).

Internal transfer is not an option for me, given that our firm does not cover equity.

Am I messed up? Is an MBA my only option to make the career switch?

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