Breaking into World Bank/IFC coming from trading?
I’m coming from a fixed income trading background - 2 years at Goldman + 2 years at a $5bn hedge fund, currently an associate PM trading G3 only. I have an MSc in Economics, and I really want to get more involved in EM (I’m from Latam) and development preferably. I understand it’s competitive, but they also seem to only take in consulting/IB people. Is trading experience of any value in these orgs? Is there an area I should focus on?
Tricky thing is WB/IFC are very micro/corporate focused orgs vs IMF- yes I know there are some WB country risk/deal Econ slots but basically why they’d be less interested in trading.
Assuming you don’t want to do a PhD what I’d do is pivot into EM FX/rates…should be doable with your background (from latam couldn’t get an EM seat so started in G3 great background for EM background blah blah). Then after 5-10 years doing that you can move over to the IFIs as a “financial sector specialist” which I have see many from the street do.
as I’m sure you know normally you see the desk economists trying to move from imf to wall street
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