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Decentralized Finance, Crypto Funds, and Value Creation in Tokenized Firms

Reynolds Holding

For policymakers, our findings suggest that the token market may to some extent become more efficient on its own because intermediaries reduce costly frictions and have an incentive to do so because they benefit from above-market risk-adjusted returns.

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Data Update 4 for 2024: Danger and Opportunity - Bringing Risk into the Equation!

Musings on Markets

In particular, there are wide variations in how risk is measured, and once measured, across companies and countries, and those variations can lead to differences in expected returns and hurdle rates, central to both corporate finance and investing judgments.

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The Front Office, Middle Office, and Back Office: How Banks Organize Their Dungeons

Brian DeChesare

Middle Office: In these roles, you “support” the front office with tasks such as managing the market risk on trades, managing liquidity for the bank’s operations (treasury), and determining the credit risk of counterparties in trades.

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Appraiser Newsroom - Untitled Article

Appraiser Newsroom

Dr. Henry has over 20 years of diverse experience in the fields of business economics, consulting/advisory services, interest rate and market risk modeling, and government affairs. Callanan specializes in financial reporting, ESOP advisory, corporate/shareholder transactions and non-transaction succession planning strategies.

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Convertible Arbitrage Hedge Funds: The Perfect Combination of Investment Banking and Sales & Trading?

Brian DeChesare

Convertible Arbitrage Definition: Convertible arbitrage is a relative value strategy in which a hedge fund profits based on the pricing discrepancy between a company’s convertible bonds and its underlying stock; the fund exploits changes in volatility, credit quality, and interest rates to make money while minimizing overall market risk.

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Long/Short Equity: Full Guide to the Most Accessible Hedge Fund Strategy

Brian DeChesare

Corporate Finance/Strategy or Investor Relations – If you’ve specialized in a certain sector or know a lot about one specific company, you could potentially move to the corporate side for even less stress, shorter hours, and lower pay. Probably 90% of hedge fund stock pitches use long/short equity or related strategies.

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