This is an interesting topic - Can someone secure a role as an investment banker without FCH from a local university or graduate from a top tier overseas university?

I don't know any of these people listed, but it's good to see some quality discussion instead of the usual senseless boasting or hearsay sort of thing. But one thing did strike me going through these pofiles that can help us to answer the question a little better.

Let's give the benefit of the doubt and assume all 5 of these individuals were not FCH or had no honours to begin with and manged to become an investment banker. However if you look through their CVs, you will realise they aren't exactly your typical run of the mill local university graduate either.

These people appear to be very talented in a wide variety of fields besides just studying for honours. From their CVs you can see they have many achievements in areas like business competition, debate, volunteer, trading challenge, prominence in certain interest groups, dean's list etc

Maybe the answer to the question is really a Yes & No. Yes in the sense that it is possible to be an investment banker without a very strong degree if your other areas of strength way exceed what your degree shows, but also No in the sense for most of the people in this forum who are thinking of becoming an investment banker with just a typical bachelor's degree and 1 or 2 standard CCAs and part time jobs or internships.