Undergrad HF internship possible for me at all? Hit me with reality so I can focus
First of all, I will appreciate any kind of advice.
I feel like I am kind of late in the game starting this question thread now, but better late than never.
The crux of this thread is this: I need to figure out the best way to spend my junior year summer and need your help to get me focused.
I will just list my specs you need to know.
**I am coming back from a long leave of absence as a junior, lower Ivy. **
Math/econ major 3.8~~
Non-US national
**Previous experiences include (all of these were in Asia): **
1. My last job at a family investment office (~$200 mil) as an equity analyst, where I worked with one superior (yes, only one) making a few stock pitches that made all the way to sizable investments.
2. Ex-military for 2 years (you can figure out my nationality here)
3. Equity Research (Healthcare) at low-high tier IB.
4. Unrelated Finance Internships, etc.
CFA Level three candidate (Level three result pending in Early August). I assume I passed but not sure how much, if at all, difference it makes.
Currently managing ~$200,000 personal investments (I know it's a joke, but it's not about the AUM, but the educational experiences I afforded with it) for about 2 years earning decent returns (CAGR 30~%) -- I usually include this in my Cover Letters and interviews to show my interests in buy sides as well as many investment strategies I have tried. Stock pitches have never been a bother for me.
That's pretty much all the important information I need to list.
I am looking to break it into the hedge fund scene (preferably value-based long onlys or long shorts like Greenlight, Baupost, Omega)
It would be ideal if I could do an internship at a HF summer 2018, but if not, other buy sides like PE, AM would be wonderful too.
But I know these internships at top notch HF, PE, AM (or even boutiques) don't go around much.
The problem is, coming back from a long slumber of gap years, I am completely lost on how things work in NY.
If i have no chance at all with the buy sides (even if I network, beg, and run into PMs for months), I need to focus on getting the best possible ER or Fixed Income Research internship.
If there is even a slightest possibility depending on how hard I work for it, then I will just do enough with bulge bracket internship applications and focus more on networking for buy side opportunities (yet again, I may already be too late).
I don't mind cold calling, cold mailing, talking about my boring investment strategies I have tried, and being on a totally desperate ex-boy friend mode.
I just want y'all to help me realistically examine the possibilities.
Thank you so much for your help.
