I'm looking to go for a distressed investing role at some point, and I wanted to hear opinions on what would be more likely to exit to that type of role. Sell-side credit research vs credit risk (workout/RX group)

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My opinion: RX Advisory > Distressed Desk (non publishing) Research > Distressed / HY Publishing Research > Workout > IG Credit Research

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