Any FINRA exam requirements for quant pm?

Is there a requirement to pass any of the FINRA exams (e.g. series 7 or 63) before you can be a PM at an MM? My coworker wants to jump from an analyst to statarb pm position and he's asking me to join him as analyst but I don't know if he passed any exams so I'm just doing my homework. Thanks for any help

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Not needed for any buy side position If I'm not mistaken. I know my PM doesn't have them.

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