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Equity Research vs. Investment Banking: Careers, Compensation, Exits, and AI/Automation Risk

Mergers and Inquisitions

At the junior levels , entry-level professionals in both fields spend a lot of time in Excel working on models, valuations, and documents such as equity research reports and investment banking pitch books. public markets roles ( hedge funds , asset management , etc.), bulge bracket research team to startup PE firm).

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A new chapter for RBC BlueBay Asset Management’s London-based fixed income trading desk

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UK-based boutique fixed income trading desk BlueBay Asset Management is beginning a new chapter in its life. The move has opened up swathes of synergy opportunities for the pure fixed income asset manager, with its traders now working directly alongside RBC BlueBay Asset Management’s equities desk.

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LiquidityBook acquires Messer to boost multi-asset capabilities

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LiquidityBook is set to acquire boutique capital markets fintech provider, Messer Financial Software, in a bid to accelerate its multi-asset capabilities. With regard to our buy-side clients, and especially newer or smaller funds, time and again we hear their need to shadow their fund admins or manage their own books and records.

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Distressed Debt Hedge Funds: How to Become a Vulture Capitalist

Mergers and Inquisitions

However, various books and textbooks have defined “distressed” as follows: Debt Discounts – If Secured Debt is trading in the low 90% range or below, or Unsecured Debt is trading in the 60-70% range or less, it’s typically distressed. A sharply declining stock price does not necessarily mean a company is “distressed.”

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The Full Guide to Pre-MBA Internships: Are They Worth It?

Mergers and Inquisitions

We’ll return to this point later, but in finance, it’s more common to do a pre-MBA internship at a small VC/PE firm or boutique bank rather than a bulge bracket bank. Pre-MBA programs at large companies tend to be more common and important in tech and consulting; internships at boutique firms (via networking) are more common in finance.

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Wealth Management vs. Investment Banking: Career Deathmatch

Mergers and Inquisitions

However, the “sales shift” starts much earlier in wealth management , as it’s pretty much a sales job from Day 1 (with some analytical work mixed in). The first few years are very tough because you start from nothing – but if you build a decent book, the job gets easier since you’ll have consistent revenue from long-term clients.

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SSGA’s Sharon Ruffles on fixed income trading: It’s a different job every day

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Beginning her career on the buy-side at boutique asset manager Credit Suisse First Boston as an investment portfolio analyst in London in 1986, Ruffles has seen the markets through several highs and lows. A novel concept to greener traders.

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