Structured Products or M&A

Strong interest in M&A and Structured Products. Which one has a better pay off? What do current structured product desks look like today / what’s the trajectory there. It seems to position you well for certain hedge funds but at a higher level but turns more quantitative if you want to go to the buyside.

What do you guys recommend? And how hard is it to go into structured products from M&A

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