Moving from CLO at HF to L/S Equity

Spent 2 years in BB Lev Fin and coming up to 2 years at a CLO role at a HF. Loved my time in CLO but want to learn something different and was hoping to go into L/S Equity.

Do I have a decent chance of making this move? If anyone has done so, please let me know how to approach it!

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Doable, though will depend on the brand of the CLO your HF is attached to / how siloed off the teams are.

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