IG DCM lateral to LevFin - Tips/Strategies

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Is a move from investment grade DCM & syndicate possible to LevFin at the analyst 1-2 level? What is the best way to go about this and how should one best position themselves?

I appreciate LevFin needs modelling that IG DCM does not have but would doing a FMVA certification on CFI help? Besides the modelling aspect, does the skills and knowledge learnt in DCM such a credit terms, bond markets, and instrument variations help towards this move?

Any advice would be appreciated.

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