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Navigating Immigration Challenges in Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions

JD Supra: Mergers

In the intricate processes of mergers and acquisitions, the focus often lands squarely on financials, asset management, and strategic alignments.

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FalconX goes live with foreign exchange desk

The TRADE

Start-up crypto prime brokerage FalconX has launched a dedicated foreign exchange desk, leveraging the firm’s existing crypto connectivity, which it gained a Virtual Financial Assets (VFA) license for in 2021. Selbey will operate as general manager of FX, while Usher and Thiagarajah both join the FalconX team from BCB Group.

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What is an Investment Portfolio?

Peak Frameworks

An investment portfolio is a basket of various types of financial assets owned by an investor. These assets can be in the form of equities (stocks), fixed income (bonds), mutual funds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), real estate, commodities , and more. It's a tool to manage and diversify risk while seeking returns.

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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. I personally have been a beneficiary.

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

Mergers and Inquisitions

Commodity trading and investing are appealing for many of the same reasons global macro strategies are appealing: inflation protection, diversification, and potentially higher returns when financial assets perform poorly. Around 10% had wealth management experience. Start in trading and pivot into commodities.

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

Mergers and Inquisitions

These value creation teams tend to hire two types of candidates: Seasoned executives for Partner-level roles and management consultants for junior-level positions (typically from the top firms of McKinsey, Bain, and BCG, known as “MBB”). People: Hire more experienced managers; improve the recruiting and onboarding processes.

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Digital assets and traditional finance: Can two parallel lanes converge?

The TRADE

Therefore, governance is key to ensure that the trust our investors have in us as an asset manager can be fulfilled.” Impacts on infrastructure Market infrastructure is being reshaped by digital assets through the introduction of new methodologies for ownership, transferability and transparency.

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