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Clearwater agrees to buy investment management platform Enfusion for $1.5B

TechCrunch: M&A

Clearwater Analytics, a company developing accounting, compliance, and risk reporting tools for asset managers, said on Monday it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire investment management platform Enfusion for $1.5

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What is Value at Risk (VaR)? Definition and Basics

Peak Frameworks

Value at Risk , commonly referred to as VaR, seeks to quantify the maximum potential loss an investment portfolio could face over a specified period for a given confidence interval. Understanding the Basics Definition VaR determines the potential loss an investment might encounter over a specific timeframe at a given confidence level.

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Fireside Friday with… Comgest’s Joe Collery

The TRADE

How do the traders and portfolio managers interact at Comgest? Every time we execute it’s stored in a database where the portfolio managers (PM) have access as well so they can see themselves how trades have gone. There is a certain overlap where traditionally traders and PMs have been quite segregated.

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How to Land a Private Equity Internship: Tips and Strategies

OfficeHours

Through a private equity internship, you will be exposed to high-stakes, complex financial transactions and gain valuable experience in investment analysis, deal structuring, and portfolio management.

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

Mergers and Inquisitions

By contrast, at a single-manager fund, you’d probably get a more open-ended task, such as one week to find, research, and pitch your own idea. Multi-Manager Hedge Fund Careers If you do well, you’ll move up to Senior Analyst, then Junior PM or Sector Head, and then a full Portfolio Manager.

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Buy-side trading head recommends cautious approach to emerging markets despite strong investor interest

The TRADE

Specifically, Collery highlighted the important role of portfolio managers and a proactive approach to forging those key relationships.

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Chasing innovation on Robeco’s global equity trading desk: ‘In order to stay good, we need to become better’

The TRADE

“In the end, the efficiency that we hoped to reach with having one desk was not realised and therefore we said we want to focus on one specific asset class with dedicated equity traders, fixed income traders and FX traders,” says head of equity trading and operational portfolio management at Robeco, Robbert Wijgerse. “We

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