Infra / Cleantech Funds
Hey all, This is sort of a follow up to a previous post of mine, I currently work in PWM with an upcoming internship in AM. I recently posted about whether it would be worth it to try to recruit off cycle to ER and was met with some great insight to stay in PWM. Thinking long term career wise, I really enjoy renewables and clean tech, and I’d love for the opportunity to work in an infra fund, but given my non-target background and lack of IB experience, is this a lost cause? Is there a pathway? As much as all careers in finance are about money, if I was to pick what I’m actually interested in, I would want to work in that industry, but I’m no Elon musk; No 200IQ and no rocket science degrees, and am thinking infra funds would be a great way to become involved in the field? Thoughts?
Worked at an Infra fund and almost everyone either had previous IB or PE Infra experience. Going to be extremely difficult to get into this space unless you have those backgrounds.
Only other caveat is if you join a niche renewables developer, where you might be able to get in as an Analyst, and work up from there
Thanks for the reply! When you say extremely difficult, do you mean difficult or truly impossible? I’m willing to do whatever I can
Pretty much impossible. My best advice would be either to work in IB (preferably P&U, Energy, or Renewables), or get experience at a Renewables developer.
For developers, there are tons of shops out there, always looking for jr talent, and its good to get direct project level experience
Much appreciated, I’ll look into it
Will also add that Big 4 Infra Advisory is also a valid stepping stone, at least for LMM/MM infra funds.
Infra funds are very easy to break into and consequently pay less than buyout shops. Infra is the only sector where bankers make more than their PE clients.
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