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Buy-side M&A refers to advisory services provided to buyers—typically private companies, public corporations, or investment groups—looking to acquire another business.

Tokenization aims to create liquid secondary markets for private assets, enable DeFi integration, and broaden investment access. While platforms offer tokenization services, limitations exist in dynamically bringing legacy assets on-chain. Tokenizing a loan portfolio could allow its use as collateral within DeFi applications like Moonwell or Aave. An efficient workflow for real-world asset…

Here are the latest Wall Street price targets for Apple

Sixty-six analysts say the stock has nowhere to go but up.

One of the tasks of the so-called sell-side analysts who follow Apple is to tell their buy-side clients where they think the stock will be in a year.

Those 12-month price targets got trimmed two weeks ago when Apple delivered earnings and guidance below Wall Street’s consensus. But more than half of the analysts whose targets I’ve…

The Future of Investment Research

Investment Research is an important function of investment decision making. However, over the last few years this function has come under increasing pressure. First, in the early 2000s banks were forced to put up a wall between research and investment banking in order to prevent corruption. Next, the digitization of trading and creation of multiple exchanges for equity trading led to brokerage…

UBS: King of Asset Management

Last year, UBS maintained its top position as the best institution in wealth management after experiencing a 15.4 percent asset growth. The Swiss owned bank gained a whopping $ 1.96 trillion during this year ranking it the world’s best wealth management firm. Research carried out by Scorpio Partnership, indicated that favorable market conditions in the industry led to increased growth across the…

London Hedge Funds Expand in the US

While the European Union had visions of becoming the United States of Europe, serious obstacles remain to fully incorporating the different languages, cultures and laws into one cohesive economic force. As the PIIGS have struggled, the national personalities re-emerged with border and monetary restrictions re-established. As a result of European government restrictions on hedge funds, more UK…

The Secret to be a great Sell-Side Equity Research Analyst

AlphaBanker recently interviewed a sell-side analyst. There is still a Chinese wall between people working in the same trading floor. So if you wonder what a sell-side analyst really does, here are the answers:

Q: Can you share with us your insider perspective on how equity research works?

A: That’s a really important question. For the past seven months now I have been working for a highly ranked…

Bull Market: Asset manager €46.9bn profits overtake pre-crisis peak

Since the global financial crisis of 2008, the asset management industry has made a marked rebound. In the wake of uncertainty, global asset management has recovered. With operating profits exceeding 24% at €46.9bn in the past cycle, asset management firm earnings have been outperforming their 2007 record of €40.8bn. With market performancereturning to pre-crisis levels, the outlook is far more…