• Where are the damn jobs? And why is it that way?

    • Why most funds do not hire straight out of undergraduates?

    • Which funds hire on-cycle?

    • Can I just take my answers for one fund and use it on another?

  • • A two-pronged approach: product and distribution

    • My 10 pieces of advice for you

  • • How to use 13-Fs to ascertain a fund’s investment style

    Case study: 13-F analysis on three differently styled funds

    • How to “scale out” from a fund you know to build a list of similarly styled funds

  • • How to Google

    Case study: Google analysis of a multi-billion fund

    • Must use all public sources: Twitter, Whalewisdom, finance forum, podcast / publications

    • Understanding lineage: Tiger Cubs, etc.

    Case study: How to uncover valuable intel from a fund’s public filings

    • Stock idea-driven networking using Whalewisdom

  • • Whom should I reach out?

    • Ways to find buy-siders contact information

    • My tips on etiquette before, during, and after the networking

  • • 10 ways to stay top of mind

    • Building your “lifetime CRM (customer relationship management)”

  • • Internet: building a brand on Twitter/X, Substack, VIC/SumZero, podcast

    • In-person events: investment conferences

  • • Product issue (stock idea-related)

    • Distribution issues and how to resolve them: overly high expectations, content-audience mismatch, and personality issue

    • The 2 paths: portfolio analyst vs. centralized research

    • How to gather fund intel from Morningstar, annual report and prospectus

    • Case Study: Analysis on two 5-star Morningstar mutual fund products using Morningstar, Annual Report and Prospectus

    • Understanding your information advantages

    • How to fly under your MD’s “radar”

    • How to stay compliant when you source buy-side jobs

    • How to optimize your exposure to aligned buy-siders at client events

    • How to maximize value-add to buy-siders

    • Why are they the way they are?

    • My experience with recruiters

  • Answers to enrollees' questions

Equity Buy-side Networking Course Syllabus