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

Reynolds Holding

Decentralized Finance (DeFi) employs blockchain technology and smart contracts with the goal of enabling perfectly disintermediated financial markets. In a new article, we address the question of why CFs find it profitable to intermediate DeFi markets and whether CFs contribute to the overall efficiency of those markets.

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Corporate Treasurers Proceeding With Caution

Global Finance

HSF partner Gabrielle Wong echoes Lang’s view on the need for greater collaboration, noting a growing willingness by treasurers to invest time and money to access the market. Corporates are conducting much closer relationships with their banking partners,” she says. “In How they access the market has also changed.

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

Brian DeChesare

First, note that these terms apply only to investment banks and related finance firms (private equity firms, hedge funds, etc.). Saying that you work in “the front office” of a technology company or a marketing firm makes little sense – or, at least, it means something different from the definitions in this article.

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

Brian DeChesare

We recommended a long position because: The market overreacted to a bad earnings report with a 25% decrease in sales for the company’s key product (Xyrem), ignoring how most patients were being migrated to a similar but newer-and-better drug. Asset Management or Other Buy-Side Markets Roles: 5 (~16%). Investment Banking: 8 (~25%).

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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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Best Financial Innovations 2024

Global Finance

Its new generative AI tool analyzes and summarizes the minutes and announcements from the Monetary Policy Committee of Brazil’s central bank and the Federal Open Market Committee of the US Federal Reserve. Not only can market risk be better monitored, but market costs can be saved for participants: about $30 million so far, estimates CCDC.

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Appraiser Newsroom - Untitled Article

Appraiser Newsroom

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.