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Finding opportunities in alternative asset managers and a bearish call on the U.S. dollar

CNBC: Investing

Investors are looking for opportunities in alternative asset managers and in cybersecurity. Investors are looking for opportunities in alternative asset managers and in cybersecurity. Alternative asset managers Ben Snider of Goldman Sachs sees opportunity in alternative asset managers.

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Goldman's top trades for this upcoming earnings season

CNBC: Investing

"We expect investors to reward fundamental beats this quarter as positioning appears neither crowded nor fearful," Goldman analysts led by John Marshall wrote in a report on Thursday. that was priced in last quarter, suggesting investors are "much less fearful" in July than they were in April, the Goldman analysts said.

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MetLife IM set to acquire investment teams managing $6 billion from Mesirow

The TRADE

MetLife Investment Management (MIM) has reached a definitive agreement to acquire three investment teams and assets managed by Mesirow, an independent financial services firm. Nearly $6 billion of assets managed by the acquired team will transfer to MIM, under the terms of the transaction.

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Kepler Unigestion asset management company goes live

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Kepler Cheuvreux and Unigestion have launched joint public equities asset management company, Kepler Unigestion, following the close of transaction and regulatory approvals. Specifically, the partnership is set to focus on quantitative strategies for listed equities.

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Clearwater Analytics picks up SaaS business Enfusion in $1.5 billion deal

The TRADE

According to Clearwater, around 66% of its core Total Addressable Market (TAM) stems from the asset management industry, yet this accounts for just a third of its overall revenue. Specifically, the strategic plan is to introduce front-to-back platform leadership. The post Clearwater Analytics picks up SaaS business Enfusion in $1.5

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The rebundling conundrum

The TRADE

At the time, a significant concern for asset managers was the possibility that access to, and quality of, research would be diminished. Allocating a budget down to individual teams is common practice, but for some asset managers who consume and repackage research insights centrally this would not have been an option.”

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Buy-side trading heads unpack what it really means to do more with less

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We’ve seen a few causes in the last two years – we’ve seen record flows out of European equities, so assets are going down, less fees coming in, and then we’ve seen a lot of fee pressure from compliance. “So So how do we do that?