New to External Fund Wholesaling, New to WSO!

Hello All,

I'm a new fund wholesaler here that wanted to find a community of other externals to bounce ideas off of. I have read through some of the posts on the forum and can also answer questions regarding going from internal to external if anyone wanted to get some insight.

I look forward to some great conversations!

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"TripwyreX"Hello All,I'm a new fund wholesaler here that wanted to find a community of other externals to bounce ideas off of. I have read through some of the posts on the forum and can also answer questions regarding going from internal to external if anyone wanted to get some insight.I look forward to some great conversations!

If you don't mind me asking, where are you at? (big firm, small firm, what sort of products, etc?) I'm a Product manager at a small Equity ETF shop that was bought by a big active place recently.

The only difference between Asset Management and Investment Research is assets. I generally see somebody I know on TV on Bloomberg/CNBC etc. once or twice a week. This sounds cool, until I remind myself that I see somebody I know on ESPN five days a week.
 

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