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Weekly Roundup: June 10-16, 2022

Harvard Corporate Governance

Taskforce on Nature-Related Financial Disclosures Framework: Overview of First Beta Release. Tags: Banks , CFTC , Discovery , Financial institutions , Financial regulation , Financial technology , SEC , Securities enforcement , Securities regulation , Social media. The SEC and Messaging Apps. Posted by William J.

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

Brian DeChesare

Traditionally, if someone asked the “ sales & trading vs. investment banking ” question, the response was easy: “Do banking unless you really, really like trading and could not imagine doing anything else.”. Investment Banking: 13%. It’s common to see gross exposure over 100% (e.g., Mixed IB / S&T Background: 6%.

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Data Update 6 for 2025: From Macro to Micro - The Hurdle Rate Question!

Musings on Markets

While much of the discussion of this measure gets mired in the capital asset pricing model, and the supposed adequacies and inadequacies of beta, I think that too much is made of it, and that the model is adaptable enough to allow for other measures of relative risk. Data Update 4 for 2025: Interest Rates, Inflation and Central Banks!

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Data Update 1 for 2025: The Draw (and Danger) of Data

Musings on Markets

For the segment of my data that is macroeconomic, my primary source is FRED, the data set maintained by the Federal Reserve Bank , but I supplement with other data that I found online, including NAIC for bond spread data and Political Risk Services (PRS) for country risk scores. Beta & Risk 1. Return on Equity 1. Debt Details 1.

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Discount Rate—Explanation, Definition and Examples

Valutico

For central banks like the Federal Reserve, it helps control the economy. They set this rate to affect how much money moves through banks and influences short-term interest rates. We are going to focus on how discount rates are used in the context of investment, rather than in the context of central banks.

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Indian Exchanges Move To T+0: Up Next Is Real-Time Settlement

Global Finance

In keeping with its intense focus on introducing cutting-edge digital infrastructure to its finance and banking systems, India in March became the first among major global financial market to implement T+0 settlement on its stock exchanges. Equity trades will now be settled on the same day they are made.

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Distressed Debt Hedge Funds: How to Become a Vulture Capitalist

Brian DeChesare

How to Recruit for Distressed Debt Hedge Funds The best background is restructuring investment banking because the skill set is directly relevant. If you have a non-IB background, such as at a turnaround consulting firm , you might want to aim for operational roles in distressed PE or move to banking first to improve your chances.

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