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Asset managers not prioritising research budgets as prospect of rebundling looms, study finds

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Asset managers are focusing on costs and value, and in turn are not prioritising investment research budgets as the prospect of rebundling looms, a new buy-side study by Substantive Research has found. The post Asset managers not prioritising research budgets as prospect of rebundling looms, study finds appeared first on The TRADE.

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

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Equity research recruiting tends to be less structured, though the bulge bracket banks and elite boutiques still run traditional processes that start over a year before summer internships. public markets roles ( hedge funds , asset management , etc.), bulge bracket research team to startup PE firm).

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Challenges for the buy-side and research providers become a reality as SEC allows ‘no-action’ research letter to lapse

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Following the implementation of Mifid II in 2018, Europe unbundled trading and research, resulting in all asset managers having to pay for research in cash only. A solution that some bulge bracket firms have opted for. Solutions will depend on who you are, where your offices are and where your clients are located. “If

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Trader of the Year Hedge Fund: Conversant Capital’s David Alfred

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I spent the first 20 years of my career at the global bulge bracket banks, first in investment banking and then on the institutional equity desks, in a cross-asset and special situations role. What has your journey to the trading desk been like?

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Trading at the frontier

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She joined Ninety One in 2021 from Royal London Asset Management where she had been head of dealing for three years. Given the liquidity landscape can often be more sparse or difficult to navigate, the use of local brokers alongside the bulge brackets is something Willis thinks is essential to minimise market footprint.

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Fireside Friday with… Stifel’s Raymond Powell

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We have seen a stabilisation of money flows in recent months, global funds are returning to the UK, while we continue to see outflows (mostly to US) of domestic asset managers. I do not see the larger asset managers moving away from that model at all. Within the next five to 10 years, Europe will be at that level.

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Fixed Income Research: The Overlooked Younger Brother of Equity Research?

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For the right person, though, fixed income research can be even better than equity research, whether you’re at a bank, an asset management firm, a hedge fund, or a credit rating agency: Table of Contents: What is Fixed Income Research? Also, it can be quantitative or fundamental – or both! –