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SEC Risk Factors Disclosure Analysis

Harvard Corporate Governance

Opportunities remain to better align external risk reporting with internal risk management and reporting processes, improve the readability and categorization of risks, and make disclosures less generic.

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Cleary Gottlieb Discusses Proposed Capital-Requirement Increases for Banks

Reynolds Holding

On July 27, 2023, the federal banking agencies released a lengthy proposal to revise the capital rules applicable to large banks and bank holding companies. banking industry. Operational Risk: Firms would be required to use a standardized approach, rather than internal models, to measure operational risk.

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

Brian DeChesare

Yes, if you’re working at a large bank, it’s generally best to be in a “front office” (client-facing) role. First, note that these terms apply only to investment banks and related finance firms (private equity firms, hedge funds, etc.).

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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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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.”. but it’s still valuable for its hedging properties and low correlation with the rest of the market.

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Wachtell Lipton Discusses Addressing Market Volatility and Risk in M&A Agreements

Reynolds Holding

Significant volatility continues to disrupt the equity markets, with the major stock indexes swinging multiple percentage points often on a daily basis. This additional regulatory delay means that transactions, and in particular deals involving stock consideration, are increasingly vulnerable to market risk over a longer time horizon.

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Growth Equity: The Child Prodigy of Private Equity and Venture Capital, or an Artifact of Easy Money?

Brian DeChesare

From a career perspective , growth equity appealed to many bankers and consultants who didn’t want to be “pigeonholed” in venture capital (limited exit opportunities) or suffer through “banking hours” once again in private equity. Scaling a company’s sales & marketing by hiring more sales reps. based firms.

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