Exit options into Finance? Is MBA really the only way in? I recently passed L1 CFA...

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No, unless you are fairly far into your career and don’t want to start at bottom. However you could still find a way in at a smaller shop.

Passing L1 equates to analyst/pre-mba. The easiest thing to do is search using CFA as the keyword when job hunting. Many listings will say progress towards CFA which you got!

What kind of finance do you want to do? CFA is more for asset management/investment decision making rather than investment banking.

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