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Italian asset management company Anima Alternative SGR adopts Kepler Cheuvreux’s new analytics suite

The TRADE

Anima Alternative SGR has gone live with KCx’s new suite of intra-day stock-specific dynamic forecasts and analytics, via FlexTRADER EMS. Insight includes stock-specific forecasts and analytics, including: volume, volatility, and spread forecasts.

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Corporate Finance Jobs: Cozy Careers, But Bad “Plan B” Options

Mergers and Inquisitions

Treasury is more important in an industry like commercial banking ( FIG ) than in industrials or consumer/retail because banks constantly issue Debt and Equity and change their Dividend and Stock Repurchase policies to comply with regulatory capital requirements. The key questions that corporate finance teams answer also vary.

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Multi-Manager Hedge Funds: A Meritocratic Paradise or a Revolving Door of Burnout?

Mergers and Inquisitions

They do this by setting up entire teams (“pods”) for specific sectors, having each team learn their stocks or other securities in-depth, and then trading frequently based on catalysts and changes in investor sentiment. If Company Z announces a new product at this upcoming conference, how much could its stock price increase?

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2023 First Quarter Review & Commentary

FineMark

“The stock market is a device for transferring money from the impatient to the patient.” ” Warren Buffett, Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Corporation Warren Buffett is one of the world’s foremost investors. We appreciate the opportunity to assist you and thank you for your continued trust and confidence.

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2023 Third Quarter Review & Commentary

FineMark

“ We have long felt that the only value of stock forecasters is to make fortune-tellers look good.” Both bonds and stocks reversed course for the remainder of the quarter, posting losses for the period. With a current net worth of $115.7 Consequently, by the end of July 2023, the S&P was up more than 20% for the year.

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Single-Manager Hedge Funds: The Best Way to Get a Recurring Guest Spot on CNBC?

Mergers and Inquisitions

If you have the right background – IB/PE at top firms or possibly equity research or CFA / asset management experience – the interviews and case studies are fairly standard. Expect 3-statement modeling or valuation tests, stock pitches , and combined exercises where you do both (e.g.,

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The CFA for Investment Banking: Do the New Changes Make It Worthwhile?

Mergers and Inquisitions

I’ve now been writing about finance careers for almost 20 years, and the topic of the CFA for investment banking never seems to die. I first criticized the CFA in a 2009 article , which generated a lot of angry comments. But earlier in 2023, the CFA Institute announced the biggest changes to the program since it started.

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