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

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People are convinced that financial modeling in equity research is vastly different from investment banking and that research requires different or more specialized skills. Investment banking requires more process and project management skills , while equity research requires stronger creativity and communication skills.

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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. since 2022 – now at 54.6%. decrease under the same parameters.

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Investment Banking Spring Weeks: The Full Guide

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If you go by most online discussions, investment banking spring weeks in the U.K. If you want to work in investment banking in London , these “spring weeks” (1-2-week mini-internships in your first or second year of university) are helpful but not necessarily required. All the bulge bracket banks in the U.K.

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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. Mike was building an investment team and process focused on idea generation and creative structuring.

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Wealth Management vs. Investment Banking: Career Deathmatch

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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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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. Everybody is going to be slightly different, using different tools, different amounts of investment and different structures to figure this problem out.”

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No Return Offer from an Investment Banking Internship: What to Do

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Almost nothing is worse than recruiting for investment banking internships , winning an offer, preparing , completing the internship, and then not getting a return offer. All the large investment banks – bulge brackets , elite boutiques , and middle-market firms – use internships as a recruiting tool for Analysts and Associates.