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

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But you would not build models for M&A deals, leveraged buyouts, or debt/equity issuances in research or at least, they would be far simpler than the IB versions. public markets roles ( hedge funds , asset management , etc.), bulge bracket research team to startup PE firm).

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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? We do some listed options more on the index side as hedging instruments.

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Fireside Friday with… Stifel’s Raymond Powell

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Longer term, the new Government will face a number of aggressive assumptions regarding UK growth and tax revenue, with implication for absolute debt service levels. 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.

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

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Partially, it’s an issue of accessibility: Everyone understands what happens to the stock price if a company beats earnings… …but few people understand what it means if a company is set to violate a debt covenant on page 214 of its credit agreement. the appropriate debt vs. equity mix, and additional capital needs over the next few quarters.

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Wealth Management vs. Investment Banking: Career Deathmatch

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Some of these client differences relate to the distinction between private wealth management and private banking; for more on that, you should review the the private banking article. By contrast, investment banking is more about advising companies on transactions such as M&A deals , equity and debt deals , and restructuring.