Careers in Finance: See The Disclosure Appendix For The Analyst Certification and Other Disclosures
Careers in Finance: See The Disclosure Appendix For The Analyst Certification and Other Disclosures
Careers in Finance: See The Disclosure Appendix For The Analyst Certification and Other Disclosures
Careers in Finance
January 5, 2005
Scott Peng
What next?
What is finance?
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What is Finance?
– Credit analysis
– Risk management
– Financial engineering
– Psychology
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What is Finance?
– Goldman Sachs
– Lehman Brothers
– Etc, etc
– Buy side
– Sell side
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Financial Institutions: The Old Days (Mid 90s)
Sell side
– Investment Banks
Buy side
– Commercial banks
– Insurance companies
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Financial Institutions: Now
Sell side
– Investment banks
– Commercial banks
Buy side
– Finance entities
– Commercial banks
– Insurance companies
– Hedge funds
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Buy Side
Finance Entities
– REITs
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Buy Side
Invest client assets
Key roles
– Credit analyst
– Risk manager
– GECC, GMAC
– REITs
Risks
– Asset-Liability Mismatch
– Credit risk
– Structural
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Buy Side: Commercial Banks
Invest cash from
– Checking accounts
Regulation
Risks
– Asset-Liability Mismatch
– Credit risk
– Structural
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Buy Side: Mutual Funds and Money Managers
Mutual fund managers and money managers (institutional) are not necessarily
one and the same
Major funds and money managers include (but is not limited to)
– Credit risk
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Buy Side: Insurance Companies
Invest cash from
Goal: maximize returns while managing risk subject to regulatory and accounting issues
– Capital standards and adequacy subject to state insurance commissions and NAIC
Risks
– Credit risk
– Structural
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Buy Side: Hedge Funds
Been around since 1950s, exploded in popularity in last five years
Hedge funds are grouped by their investment strategy types such as:
– Equity long/short
– Global macro
– Managed futures
– Event driven
– Emerging market
– Private equity, venture capital and buyout (not strictly hedge fund, per se)
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Buy Side: Hedge Funds
Goal: Manage return versus risk (Sharpe Ratio) and minimize correlation to
other asset classes
Advantages
Disadvantages
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Sell Side: Investment & Commercial Banks
Commercial banks with securities subsidiaries now perform virtually the same function
as investment banks
Sell side firms are generally considered as either large “bulge-bracket” or smaller niche
firms
– Mortgage-backed securities
– Equity IPO
– Financial futures
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Sell Side Functions
Investment banking
– Investment banking
– Trading
– Sales
– Strategy / Analyst
– Research
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Sell Side Functions: I-Banking
Investment banking
M&A
Trading
– Make markets on securities – generally a small segment of market
Sales
– Understand client goals
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Sell Side Functions: Strategy & Research
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Sell Side: Strategy & Research at Citigroup
– 40% PhDs
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What Makes You A Good Wall Street Candidate?
Knowledge
– No, not about solving nonlinear fifth order coupled pde’s
– Read and understand the product and role for which you’re interviewing
– Intramural sports
– Volunteer
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It Is Not Easy for PhD’s (Non-Econ) to Break In
Added burden of proof
– Why do you want to do this?
• Risk Magazine
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