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Does Fintech Disruption Break The Investment Banking Model?

YoungUpstarts

At least for investment banks the answer is not so clear cut. The combination of services and infrastructure traditionally housed under one roof – underwriting, research, sales & trading, supported by large back office operations, and monitored by compliance systems – will remain at the sector’s core.

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73.6% of all Statistics are Made Up

Both Sides of the Table

One of our core tasks was “market analysis,&# which consistent of: market sizing, market forecasts, competitive analysis and then instructing customers on which direction to take. They had interviewed telecom operators, handset manufacturers and corporate buyers. It was originally COBOL and DB2 – so what? I encourage it.

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The Big VC Thaw – Why The Market is Moving Again (part 2 of 3)

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IPOs and M&A have returned – and with them the investment bankers have staged a rebound. VC’s are working hand-in-glove with the investment bankers to prepare for IPOs or create auction-style trade sales. Notice that I didn’t say “social networking.” but I’ll save that for post 3/3).

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