The TRADE

OCTOBER 26, 2023

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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The TRADE

OCTOBER 4, 2023

LiquidityBook is set to acquire boutique capital markets fintech provider, Messer Financial Software, in a bid to accelerate its multi-asset capabilities. With regard to our buy-side clients, and especially newer or smaller funds, time and again we hear their need to shadow their fund admins or manage their own books and records.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

APRIL 24, 2024

We’ll return to this point later, but in finance, it’s more common to do a pre-MBA internship at a small VC/PE firm or boutique bank rather than a bulge bracket bank. Pre-MBA programs at large companies tend to be more common and important in tech and consulting; internships at boutique firms (via networking) are more common in finance.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

JANUARY 10, 2024

.” Interviews are broader than IB interviews and require knowledge of asset allocation, economics, and and financial markets, but far less specific technical knowledge. However, the “sales shift” starts much earlier in wealth management , as it’s pretty much a sales job from Day 1 (with some analytical work mixed in).

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Beginning her career on the buy-side at boutique asset manager Credit Suisse First Boston as an investment portfolio analyst in London in 1986, Ruffles has seen the markets through several highs and lows. A novel concept to greener traders. It gives you a sense of what the systems enable us to scale.”

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Mergers and Inquisitions

JANUARY 22, 2025

At the junior levels , entry-level professionals in both fields spend a lot of time in Excel working on models, valuations, and documents such as equity research reports and investment banking pitch books. public markets roles ( hedge funds , asset management , etc.), bulge bracket research team to startup PE firm).

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