Ended Up in Client Group - Still Want Infrastructure Investing. Need Honest Advice.
Second-year student at a target UK uni. Honestly, this recruiting cycle humbled me a bit.
I pushed hard for good roles this year, got through to final rounds at a few firms (including private credit, rede, etc) but got rejected and ended up landing a summer internship in the Client Group at Aberdeen instead.
The role itself seems solid - client relationships, sales, understanding investor needs, etc. And truthfully, I do enjoy speaking to people and building relationships.
But the thing is, what I am genuinely obsessed with is infrastructure investing, especially energy infrastructure/nuclear. I spend a stupid amount of time reading about geopolitics, energy security, macro trends, etc.
So now I’m wondering if I’ve drifted too far from where I actually want to end up.
Can someone realistically move from a client-facing AM role into the investment side later on? Or does Client Group tend to lock you into distribution/sales paths?
If you were in my position, how would you play this internship to eventually move toward infrastructure/energy investing?
Would genuinely appreciate honest advice from people in AM/infrastructure/private markets.
What do you read/follow in the space?
As for any advice — try to find roles in pensions/FoFs/allocator roles focused on their infrastructure teams. Sometimes these are direct investing roles too, and you can make it from where you are at the moment.
Do your internship, try to re recruit next year. Start networking for it now - basically no one is serious about infra at undergrad, so if you are talking truth you will walk in
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