Thanks. I worked as a PM in a public pension fund (equivalent to CalPERS in the US) with deep linkage to a central financing authority. Exploring options of a MBA or MPA.

There is a big difference between the very top MBA programs and the “great but not top” ones. Pension fund investment management is a fine background for a top 10 or 20 school but would be more difficult to use for admission into a top 3 school. I don’t see how an MPA is relevant here since it’s not really for finance-related fields but more for governments and non-profits (???).

What do yo u mean? What about MPA?

We don’t have anything like that at the moment because very few IB Associates actually move to pension funds. I’ll see if we can cover it in the future.

Hi Brian,

Are there any articles that you would recommend to read regarding lateral hiring from IB associate to pension funds?

Wanted to learn more about ppl motivation

There aren’t that many options. Maybe impact investing and certain types of infrastructure / project finance? But finance as an industry is mostly about shifting money around and making rich people richer (well, at least until the entire system comes crashing down). “ESG” is so broad/vague a term that it’s basically meaningless.

Campus leadership doesn’t matter that much if you already have the other things. And you can always speak to your high school experience if it comes up (which it probably will, since recruiting keeps moving up earlier).

I was wondering how important it is, for IB summer analyst recruiting, to have campus leadership?

You say the three “ingredients” are GPA, relevant experience, and interesting activity/sociable.

What if I have all three of these, but lack campus leadership positions? I’m still in the top clubs on campus – just not in a leadership position?

How much will this hurt/what can I do to make up for it? Btw – I had leadership in high school as a business owner and captain of a sports team, if that helps.