OfficeHours

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

This could involve pursuing certifications relevant to your field, like CFA or Series exams, or expanding your knowledge in related areas, such as data analysis or programming. investment banking, private equity , VC, etc.) You can also check our various course curriculums for different careers (i.e. and how our process works.

Economics 130

Economics Finance Finance CFA 130

Global Newswire by Notified: M&A

JUNE 25, 2025

In our asset management business, we seek to provide our clients excess return at every point along the risk-reward spectrum from investment grade credit to private equity. Landsea Homes shareholders are receiving $11.30 Landsea Homes Corporation New Home Co.

Corporation 40

Corporation Acquisitions Investors Asset Management 40

Peak Frameworks

MAY 17, 2023

Additionally, if you’re interested in refining your Excel skills and recruiting for private equity, you should check out our , Private Equity Course. For instance, a private equity analyst can use VBA to build a custom function for calculating internal rates of return, ensuring consistent results across multiple analyses.

Financial Modeling 52

Financial Modeling Financial Models Finance Finance 52

Mergers and Inquisitions

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Pair Trades: To achieve this market neutrality, trades are usually paired so that if you long one company in your universe, you’ll short another company, and the gains come from the spread (more on long/short equity ). Maximum Drawdown Limits: Because the multi-manager hedge funds are highly leveraged , they do not tolerate drawdowns.

Funds 104

Funds Management Recruitment Portfolio 104

FineMark

JANUARY 20, 2023

After three consecutive quarters of simultaneous losses in both equity and fixed income markets, investors received a reprieve during the fourth quarter. The two-front assault faced by traditional 60% equity and 40% fixed income (60/40) portfolios in 2022 was one of the most severe on record, and the worst seen in many years.

Economics 52

Economics Portfolio Equities Investors 52

FineMark

OCTOBER 17, 2023

billion, and ranked #6 on Forbes’ Real-Time Billionaires List (as of 10/11/23), Buffett is widely regarded as the most successful equity market investor of the past century. Equities and the S&P 500 At the onset of each new year, like clockwork, we’re asked for our near-term view. benchmark equity index, the S&P 500.

S&P 52

S&P Investment Portfolio Corporation 52

FineMark

APRIL 13, 2023

The first quarter of 2023’s equity market performance (shown in Figure 1, below) exemplifies why such scenarios — and their accompanying dire reports — don’t necessarily beget lower market prices nor should they cause an overreaction. These two factors paint a valuation picture that is less attractive than it had been.

Bank 52

Bank Banking Investment Economics 52

Mergers and Inquisitions

JANUARY 31, 2024

Tiger Global is another example of this issue: It started as a hedge fund but later expanded into private equity and venture capital , with different teams for each one. If you have the right background – IB/PE at top firms or possibly equity research or CFA / asset management experience – the interviews and case studies are fairly standard.

Funds 59

Funds Management S&P Recruitment 59

Mergers and Inquisitions

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

I’ve now been writing about finance careers for almost 20 years, and the topic of the CFA for investment banking never seems to die. I first criticized the CFA in a 2009 article , which generated a lot of angry comments. But earlier in 2023, the CFA Institute announced the biggest changes to the program since it started.

CFA 59

CFA Investment Banking Bank Banking 59

FineMark

JANUARY 17, 2024

The equity market also noted the Fed’s comments as investors piled back into equities and the S&P 500 finished the year up more than 26%. What’s intriguing about the chart in Figure 2 is how differently equities, as measured by the S&P 500, performed under each period, returning a modest 5.7%

S&P 52

S&P Equities Valuation Investment 52

FineMark

JULY 13, 2023

Equity markets are justifiably high risk investments, given the historically high returns they afford investors over long investment horizons. Walking a Narrow Path Toward Victory This quarter, equity markets continued their positive ascent, maintaining the trend established during the first quarter.

S&P 52

S&P Bank Banking Investment 52