Hi everyone, I’m a level III candidate and I graduated from a target school (didn’t participate in the banking program) with a finance degree about 5 years ago. I worked at a financial technology firm out of school with a fixed income focus for a few years before transitioning to corporate finance. I thought it would be helpful to get some corporate experience, so I did a year in FP&A and then transitioned to treasury.
My long term goal is to work in institutional asset management as a portfolio manager and I’ve read on this forum and elsewhere that I should be looking for research roles to get into the industry. The problem is, most roles that I’ve seen are looking for candidates who already have multiple years of research experience. I’m beginning to think that I need to start from the beginning and grind through a few years of banking. Or is there a type of non-entry-level role that will fit with my corporate finance, fixed income, and CFA experience?