MBB to HF/AM
How hard would it be to lter all from a consulting role after undergrad to the buy side (public equities)? I have heard it’s doable for private equity, but what about HF and AM?
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Slim chances. Too many qualified CFA's from both Big 4, AM, BB ER, Buyside ER and BB & EB IBD Analysts, PE Associates & MBA's gunning for those roles. If you want HF/AM role, move to PE for a bit then try your hand at moving public.
Good luck
I had interviews at 3-4 hedge funds. I totally blew it each time, but I got in front of a few HFs offered by the standard PE headhunters.
Had I not totally blown it, it would have been fine, and I would have gotten the job.
I had a buddy at McKinsey go to Coatue, for example.
Fewer swings of the bat but if you bang your head against the wall for a few months to a year, you'll be fine.
Don't monkey shit me, I'm right, just go look at LinkedIn for an hour
can confirm. seen it for myself
Do you think you were at a disadvantage to those with IBD/ER/S&T research, or do you think the funds looked positively upon your consulting experience?
It depends on what the fund is looking for. An example of a fund that favors consultants is Advent's hedge fund, which takes a private equity approach to public markets investing. Your consultant toolkit will be on full display, but you will still have to show relevant financial aptitude. Another example would be a fund like Abdiel, which emphasizes deep research and long term market share gain, something a consultant would likely know how to forecast. Other funds will prefer different skill sets based on their investment strategy.
Don't mean to revive an older thread, but can you speak to what type of HFs? Obviously the Mck to Coatue shows a good exit but were your interviews also for L/S equities and how would you describe the reputation of these funds?
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