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Commodity Hedge Funds: The Most Lucrative “Hidden Gem” in Finance?

Mergers and Inquisitions

If you want to work in the most cyclical role in the finance industry, it’s hard to beat commodity hedge funds. But a few related areas, such as commodity desks at banks, commodity trading advisors (CTAs), and physical commodity trading shops could put up a good fight for that “most cyclical” title. You earn $2.00

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The tough task facing the Australian securities regulator

Bronte Capital

Bluntly - this is the biggest pool of disengaged money on the planet - with large amounts of financial assets held by people of middling to no financial sophistication. Financial institutions in Australia have been fattened on fees from these collected savings. He got some of it diverted to a Lichtenstein bank account.

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Private Equity Value Creation: Equally Viable Alternative to PE Deal Teams?

Mergers and Inquisitions

The team structure varies widely, but upper-middle-market firms and mega-funds tend to have dedicated operations teams, while smaller firms combine their operations and deal teams. These teams do not seem to recruit many people with a traditional investment banking background, presumably because bankers are clueless operationally.

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Collateralized Debt Obligation (CDO)

Wall Street Mojo

Article Link to be Hyperlinked For eg: Source: Collateralized Debt Obligation (CDO) (wallstreetmojo.com) The rise and demise Collateralized Debt Obligation assets turned out to be a cyclical process, initially reaching the top because of its inherent benefits, but ultimately collapsing and leading to one of the largest financial crises.

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