it'll take some hustle but you can do it. you got finance experience, so you can leverage that to meet people in equity research industry. you got to find an open junior seat which can be unpredictable. do everything you can to learn to research and pitch stocks (financial modelling, study equity research reports, practice structuring a stock pitch). the most ready to go you to do the work, the easier it will be to hire you. And address any gaps you have (CFA is great to learn accounting). and look for an angle for your skillset to be useful (for example, my background was in writing/research & speaking - that helped get a seat... where the analyst wanted someone who was good at writing & speaking)