Vasant

"My career path wasn't a direct line. There was a lot of exploration and alternate careers before I ended up doing what I am doing currently."

"Our focus is really to come up with investment ideas to figure out where do we park the capital that the investors have entrusted us with to generate a return for them."

"was it just a market move which was moving all instruments or was there something company specific?"

"In the investment world, nothing is boilerplate, nothing is following a template exactly as it was before."

"Nothing is an exact replica of what was before. So you're constantly learning and you're constantly trying to figure out, make sense of the world."

"you're never gonna have perfect information when you're making an investment decision. It just does not happen."

"You're always trying to make sense of the world and trying to make, try to make an assessment as to what's taking place."

"You need to have intellectual curiosity, you need to have critical thinking, and you need to have numeracy skills."

"I think what really matters more if you're looking for entry into this industry is hunger. So you need to show the ambition and the drive that you really wanna be in this sector."

"most of the investment banks and also the large asset managers run very structured programs for recruitment at colleges."

"every job that I've had in col since college, every single one without fail has been a product of networking"

"There's the drive, the aptitude, and the work ethic. If you're at university, you are already demonstrating those attributes to future employers."

"I use an investment management, but I think the same can be used across other jobs and other industries as well."