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The Rise of Hedge Funds: Exploring Their Impact on Financial Markets

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Hedge funds are significant players in financial markets given the size of their capital bases and the frequency of their trading. It’s important to note that hedge fund activity in financial markets can have a significant impact on stock prices and market volatility, even if hedge funds do not control the majority of the volume.

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05-21-2023 Newsletter: Thinking if Private Equity is for you?

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This initial analysis usually involves reading through the target’s investor presentation (Confidential Information Memorandum – CIM) and making an initial decision on whether it is worth it for the firm to continue to spend time and effort analyzing the company. Learn the essential strategies for financial modeling.

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People Moves Monday: Union Investment, LCH Group, Instinet and more…

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Prior to joining Union, Hock spent three years at Barclays as head of equity execution sales, four years at Tungsten Capital Management as head of portfolio trading and management, and two and a half years at Ferox Capital Management in a similar role. Poilvet-Clédière brings over 15 years’ experience in financial markets to the role.

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Bloomberg and HKEX enhance Swap Connect solutions to facilitate global investments for IRS market

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Bloomberg’s enhancements to its Swap Connect solution include new features that support IRS contracts with International Monetary Market (IMM) dates and the ability to offset existing contracts in global investorsportfolios.

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State Street Global Advisors and Galaxy Asset Management collaborate on new digital asset-based strategies

The TRADE

State Street Global Advisors and Galaxy Asset Management have unveiled a new collaboration aimed at bringing investors digital asset-based strategies, offering key exposure to companies involved in the digital asset space. trillion digital asset landscape through manager-directed strategies. “We

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The TRADE predictions series 2024: Fixed income, a look at central bank policy

The TRADE

Investors will need to think far more about the risk profiles of their portfolios. Jack Seibald, global co-head of prime brokerage services and outsourced trading, Marex One of the more notable developments in financial markets over the past year is the shift into fixed income instruments.

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“Dumb Money” Review: A Worthy Addition to the Classic Finance Movie Roster?

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The Fed and other central banks cut interest rates to 0% and printed massive amounts of money to support the “fiscal stimulus” that was allegedly required to counteract the pandemic; this created a bubble in the financial markets. SPACs , cryptocurrency, and other junk went “to the moon” as people piled into risk assets.

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