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Capital Markets vs. Investment Banking: Deals, Careers, Recruiting, Exits, and Offer Decisions

Mergers and Inquisitions

Even though we’ve covered industry groups vs. product groups and teams such as M&A , ECM , DCM , and Leveraged Finance , we continue to get questions about capital markets vs. investment banking. The questions usually go like this: Are capital markets teams (ECM, DCM, and LevFin) “real” investment banking?

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Past Event: Behind the Scenes of the 2021 IPO & SPAC Boom

Cooley M&A

Cooley, DFIN, PwC, Nasdaq and The Blueshirt Group took part in a two-part webinar series Behind the Scenes of the 2021 IPO & SPAC Boom on May 4 & 11, 2021. Capital markets update with Morgan Stanley Planning and executing a successful SPAC merger. Planning and executing a successful IPO The investor perspective.

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Virtu partners with InvestorLink to connect retail investors to the primary markets

The TRADE

Virtu has entered into a strategic alliance with InvestorLink to offer retail investors better access to the primary markets. Read more – The relentless rise of retail trading: How can the institutional market join the dots to encourage investor access?

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The TRADE predictions series 2024: Market Structure – industry unification

The TRADE

A key part of these innovations will be how retail orders are executed in Europe, as a consolidated tape becomes a benchmark for retail investors for best execution. They will need to take the Capital Markets Union more seriously and remove the frictional cost of trading between countries.

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Private Equity Fundamentals: A Comprehensive Course for Beginners

OfficeHours

It has become a preferred choice for investors seeking attractive returns and diversification from traditional investment options such as stocks and bonds. Venture capital focuses on early-stage companies with high growth potential. VC investors provide capital to startups and small businesses in exchange for equity ownership.

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Redburn and Atlantic Equities complete merger to form London-headquartered transatlantic broker Redburn Atlantic

The TRADE

Redburn Atlantic will offer research and execution services for 700 institutional investors with distribution teams based in London, New York, Boston, Paris, Frankfurt, Geneva and Madrid. With more names under coverage and more access to companies, we anticipate our market share will continue to grow in Europe and especially the US.

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Joint trade associations highlight equity, fixed income and market data concerns ahead of upcoming Mifir review

The TRADE

The Mifid/r review forms a key base for the completion of a Capital Markets Union (CMU) that works for investors and issuers, a necessary element to ensure that EU capital markets across asset classes are more integrated and competitive globally.

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