Want to move from Real Estate PE to Quant roles... Advice please!

I've just graduated from a UK target (for finance) university in a maths/econ/stats type BSc. I've about 12 months of internship experience  across IB and REPE at quite well regarded shops. In school I was always very interested in Maths and now feel like I maybe should have gone into a more quantitative career route. 

Can anyone please advise on what I can do to have a good shot at landing an entry role in a quant firm (HF/market maker etc). I don't have any coding skills atm. Has anyone done this type of career pivot?

Note: I really don't want to do a Masters at this stage. 

Many thanks in advance!


 

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