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I mean it never hurts, but don’t know how far a cold email will get you. There are tons of GIC equivalent firms out there, go where you have a warm lead.

Places like GIC generally have enough highly qualified candidates interested in working there. So sending a cold email isn’t really going to move you up the ladder.

I tried cold emailing people at places like Oaktree and they would just ignore me, but the recruiter would still reach out. The recruiter exists to save investment professionals from having to do networking calls, have tons of first round interviews, etc. Recruiters typically have prior finance experience and can tell if you’re the real deal or not

 

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