I always wanted to break into activism. Understand its probably the most difficult HF class to break in, and that most people there do IB + PE (MF / UMM) and even MBA before. What about joining from an event driven fund? You´re betting on hard catalysts like breakups, M&A, spin-offs instead of pushing for them like an activist, but wouldn't the experience be relevant? You have to understand these situations after all Am really referring to an event driven fund with a special sits / distressed focus vs just pure merger arb What do you guys think?

activism is a form of event-driven so yes, you're probably good unless you're doing hard catalyst / risk arb at a MM. otherwise, you're doing similar work re: understanding businesses goign through inflection points and positioning yourself to benefit from that change. activists are more proactive with ID'ing candidates for change and driving that change, either operationally or on capital allocation. activists are not typically operators though, so more of your input will tend to be on capital allocation . would add that activism is a tool, not an outright strategy.

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