London - Aiming for MF from UBS / CS

Hi guys,

Currently AN1 at a good team at UBS / CS, curious to hear everyone's opinion on my chances of lateralling to MFs.

I am currently based in London.

Thanks a lot! 

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Need to flesh out your profile a bit more (languages, gender, etc.) to chance you

Overall just know that it will be difficult to land interview at such funds, there is a clear difference for them between GS/MS/JPM and the rest (assuming corporate PE)

You really need to be proactive building relationships with headhunters early on and prove you are very competent once you get opportunities so they trust you in front of their better clients

Source is I recently recruited for UMM/MF and came across very few / if any CS/UBS people. Note that this may be different for other private markets asset classes

 

How many current MF PE associates came from UBS / CS? Very, very few. The way to do it is lateral into GS/JPM/MS, and leave after your first year / year and a half there.

There is a big difference between GS/JPM/MS and other banks in MF recruiting in London. 
 

I’m at an MF. Most of the candidates we interview outside of GS / JPM / MS are potential diversity hires.

 

Agree with the above, but would argue to move after 6months. Do it as quickly as possible, and benefit from recruiting benefits as well as superior training.
It will also look better for HH. Tell them you moved to a tier 1 bank as you wanted to aim specifically for MFs

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Don't mind me; just curious.

Why shouldn't an analyst stay in GS/MS/JPM for 1-2 years and then move to MF?

Don't you think 6 months is too less and maybe not enough to learn everything yet? Why do you recommend moving as quickly as possible?

Also, what do you mean by recruiting benefits? and what does HH stand for?

 

Don't you think that lateraling will impact my buy-side recruiting as I will have to prove myself again, will be bottom of food chain, will have to build new relationships at whichever bank I lateral?

+ Don't you think that HHs will badly see my move of 1 year at UBS / CS + 1 year at top-3 BB and prefer someone who did 2 years at top-3 BB?

 

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