How to best prepare to land HF

For context I’m an Incoming analyst at a lower tier BB within one of their ‘top’ groups after graduating from oxbridge. I’ve always loved public markets investing and would love to go down the HF route but don’t know what recruiting is like compared to PE. Would I need to lateral to an upper tier BB first?

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  1. No, HF recruiting doesn’t really function on bank brand and group brand like PE does. If you’re at a reputable shop you’ll get looks. Hiring funds in london are the MMHFs and they’re constantly churning.
  2. There’s a lot of threads on how to prepare, having a series of good stock pitches and discussions around the market/businesses will be the core stuff. Modelling too for the modelling tests.
 

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