Investment Risk exit opportunity

Hi monkeys,

I've got an offer for inv risk at a large asset manager. Like everyone else, my goal is front office, however, I want your opinion on the role itself; exit opportunity, leveraging opportunity and transferable skills.

I can only find articles related to sell side in this forum, however any buy side experience would be incredibly helpful.

How long should you stay in the role until you start feeling being pigeonholed?

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Oh wow, this is an old thread. Haha. I ended up pursuing elsewhere and now work in a different field. In hindsight, Risk is actually an integral part within asset management. It is much more quantitative and you will be talking with the fund managers. I think within the company, you can make the jump and it is easier to make the jump given that you network hard. I have seen this happen. I am probably not the best person to answer this as I dont work in Finance at all. Good luck! 

 
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