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Where Do The Flying Rumors Leave You?

H. Friedman Search

As you likely know, last week a major bank came out and said they are seriously looking at their current stand on their role in the field of public finance. This comes on the heels of another major investment bank announcing they are out of negotiated public finance but will remain a strong buyer of bonds in the competitive field.

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Can I Still Make A Move This Year?

H. Friedman Search

The larger bulge bracket firms and banks definitely take the longest time to get one started. You can find our listing in the “supplier and services” section of the Red Book under the title of “executive recruiting.” Also, if you have any sort of garden leave, that has to be factored in as well. Friedman Search LLC.

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Investment Banking in Singapore: The Best Gateway to Asia for the Non-Chinese?

Mergers and Inquisitions

I’ve found that two main groups care about investment banking in Singapore : Students who are from Southeast Asia and are considering whether they want to work in Singapore, NY, London, or other places. It’s just that it’s smaller than you might expect, which means a lower investment banking headcount than true financial centers.

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Investment Banking in India: Please Avoid It and Try Again in Another Country

Mergers and Inquisitions

If you have the option to work in finance in different parts of the world, investment banking in India should be at the bottom of your list. But the main problem is that winning a “true” front-office investment banking role in India is virtually impossible, even if you have outstanding academic credentials and work experience.

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Wealth Management vs. Investment Banking: Career Deathmatch

Mergers and Inquisitions

If you want to read angry comments and long threads with plenty of insults, you can’t go wrong with the wealth management vs. investment banking debate. And wealth managers at large banks may advise people with as little as a few hundred thousand to invest. The truth is that both claims are correct but incomplete.

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Infrastructure Investment Banking: Definitions, Deals, and a Dizzying Diversity of Verticals

Mergers and Inquisitions

The most difficult part of infrastructure investment banking is defining the exact verticals and deal types it covers. Like renewable energy IB , different banks classify their groups differently, so you could find yourself working on everything from a data center REIT M&A deal to an airport financing to an IPO for a solar developer.

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Portfolio trading is on the up but only some can make it pay

The TRADE

It’s one book and that makes it easy. That’s versus a bank that has an equity department and a fixed income department. It [fixed income ETFs] is such an integral part of how we view volumes and overall hedge the book because the balance sheet takes on a lot of different risk profiles,” said one sell-side individual.

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