Career in Asset Management (Mutual Funds)
Tuesday, 06 October 2020
What is Asset Management? Asset management is investing a pool of investments into different assets like securities, stocks, bonds, real estate managed by a manager who is compensated by fees or certain percentage of assets of investors or commissions as they do market analysis and create a portfolio of investment for their clients. Link to
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Career in Investment Banking
Saturday, 06 June 2020
Investment banking is the process of raising capital for businesses through public floatation and private placement of securities. The investment banking industry plays an important intermediation function in all market economies. Investment banking in India is a relatively new phenomenon exhibiting low level of competition. Most of the capabilities of an ideal investment banker are
Career in Venture Capital
Friday, 05 June 2020
What is venture capital? “Venture capital is a kind of private equity financing that is provided by venture capital firms or funds to start-ups, early-stage, and emerging companies that have been deemed to have high growth potential or which have demonstrated high growth.” This is a “getting slowly rich” kind of a job wherein advancing
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Career in Equity Research
Friday, 05 June 2020
What is equity research? Sell-side equity research ranges from analyzing company’s fundamentals, gathering data from sources like; financial reports, industry events, earnings calls, interpreting data from market news etc., to making financial models and valuations. All this leads to a research report wherein a recommendation is given by the analyst about the stock of the
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Career in Private Wealth
Friday, 05 June 2020
What is private wealth management? Private wealth management is an investment advisory practice that incorporates financial planning, portfolio management, and other aggregated financial services for individuals, as opposed to corporations, trusts, funds, or other institutional investors. From the client’s perspective, private wealth management is the practice of solving or enhancing their financial situation and achieving
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Career in Credit Research
Friday, 05 June 2020
There are two divisions of financial analysis. The main difference between them lies in the securities being valued. Equity research deals with analyzing publicly listed stocks on the stock exchange. On the other hand, credit research refers to evaluating the debt portion of a firm. The main objective of both the types of research is to value a
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Career in Private Equity
Friday, 05 June 2020
What is private equity? 1 Private equity refers to the investment made in unlisted securities by a fund, formed by pooling money from accredited investors. Private equity fund can also invest in publicly listed company in order to get it delisted. Private equity consists of various kinds of deals namely – leverage buyouts (LBO), venture
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