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

Mergers and Inquisitions

People are convinced that financial modeling in equity research is vastly different from investment banking and that research requires different or more specialized skills. Traditionally, banks gave away equity research reports for free to incentivize large clients to trade with the bank.

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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. These individuals are usually “high net worth” (HNW), meaning an average of $5 – $10 in assets, but it could be as low as $1 million.

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LMAX Group goes live with FX NDF trading in Singapore and London

The TRADE

This will improve market access to local pricing for Asian emerging market currencies, building liquidity and supporting volume growth of NDFs.” The post LMAX Group goes live with FX NDF trading in Singapore and London appeared first on The TRADE.

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

The TRADE

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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LMAX Group to acquire Cürex’s FX business in institutional push

The TRADE

The partnership is set to include execution venues, precise market data and trade analytics, with Cürex’s bank and buy-side relationships complementing the existing institutional client base of LMAX Group’s FX business. The move is part of LMAX Group’s international growth strategy as it aims to build a leading institutional FX exchange.

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Commodity Hedge Funds: The Most Lucrative “Hidden Gem” in Finance?

Mergers and Inquisitions

But a few related areas, such as commodity desks at banks, commodity trading advisors (CTAs), and physical commodity trading shops could put up a good fight for that “most cyclical” title. Commodity trading desks within sales & trading at the large banks.

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Liquidnet to imminently roll out derivatives predicted volume curve and suite price analytics

The TRADE

“The pre trade analytics are a very useful means by which clients can assess the quality of a block price,” the global head of listed derivatives at Liquidnet, Mike du Plessis, tells The TRADE. “They can choose not to trade on block and actually aggress the order book directly if that seems to be a better option at the point of trade.

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