Talking with … OppenheimerFunds' Heidi Heikenfeld

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OppenheimerFunds emerging markets portfolio manager Heidi Heikenfeld talks responsibility and resilience, understanding the size of the investment opportunity, and chips on shoulders, with Richard Romer-Lee

How did you get into financial services? I interned all over - in a factory, in marketing, retail investing, on a currency trading desk - trying out lots of stuff. I was lucky that I graduated in 2000 and companies wanted new recruits. I was offered two jobs, one as a junior economist at the Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank - which looked like it was still in the 1970s - and the other as a junior bond analyst at OppenheimerFunds in New York. I ultimately chose a career in investing. How did you get your break into equities? After a couple of years as a bond analyst, I wanted to try ...

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