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Wall Street 101 UMBS Investment Association September 2002
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The Marketplace Exchanges Portfolio Managers Institutional Sales Investment Bankers Corporations Investors Traders “Chinese Wall” Brokers / Advisors Analysts
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Examples Mutual Funds: Fidelity, Vanguard –Institutional Investors: CalPERs, University of Michigan Broker/Dealers: Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley –Private Clients: ML, Salomon Smith Barney –Discount / Online: Charles Schwab, E*Trade Trading: Bear Stearns Investment Banks: Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers –Niche players: Robert Baird, Greenhill Conglomerates: Citigroup, JPMorgan
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Investors Invest in securities of corporations via: –Buy stocks/bonds through brokers –Buy mutual fund shares, essentially hiring a professional money manager –Invest directly in company via “DRiPs” Increasingly knowledgeable (Internet), more trading volume Research increasingly available
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The Marketplace Exchanges Portfolio Managers Institutional Sales Investment Bankers Corporations Investors Traders “Chinese Wall” Brokers / Advisors Analysts
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Brokers Execute trades for clients, earn commissions Bring individual investors’ assets into fee- based accounts (“asset gatherers”) Evolving job function: –Online brokers = cheaper commissions –Internet offers research, less need for advice Essentially sales function
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The Marketplace Exchanges Portfolio Managers Institutional Sales Investment Bankers Corporations Investors Traders “Chinese Wall” Brokers / Advisors Analysts
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Portfolio Managers Manage investment portfolios for: –Institutions: pension funds, university endowments, corporations –Individuals: private clients, retail mutual funds In-house research or from sellside (Analysts and/or Institutional Sales reps) Hedge funds: growing, increased scrutiny Start as Analyst, move up to Portfolio Manager
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The Marketplace Exchanges Portfolio Managers Institutional Sales Investment Bankers Corporations Investors Traders “Chinese Wall” Brokers / Advisors Analysts
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Institutional Sales Provide research/insight for Portfolio Managers to bring in trading commissions –The link between sellside and buyside Primarily relationship management Start in supporting role, then pick up smaller relationships
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The Marketplace Exchanges Portfolio Managers Institutional Sales Investment Bankers Corporations Investors Traders “Chinese Wall” Brokers / Advisors Analysts
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Sell-side: sell research to buyside in order to: –Earn commissions –Close investment banking deals Buyside: report to Portfolio Managers within own firm Associates manage models, client calls, eventually cover their own space
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The Marketplace Exchanges Portfolio Managers Institutional Sales Investment Bankers Corporations Investors Traders “Chinese Wall” Brokers / Advisors Analysts
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Investment Bankers Underwrite corporations’ equity and debt offerings, advise on mergers & acquisitions, take a % of deal as fee revenue Regulated interaction with Analysts Analysts: modeling, presentations Associates: jack of all trades VPs / MDs: deal sourcing, relationship management
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The Marketplace Exchanges Portfolio Managers Institutional Sales Investment Bankers Corporations Investors Traders “Chinese Wall” Brokers / Advisors Analysts
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The Marketplace Exchanges Portfolio Managers Institutional Sales Investment Bankers Corporations Investors Traders “Chinese Wall” Brokers / Advisors Analysts
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Current Trends Re-regulation –Conflicts of interest between investment banking and commercial banking Analyst scrutiny –Conflicts between research and investment banking Accounting –Quality of reported financial results
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Further reading Wall Street Journal – daily Barron’s – Saturdays Bloomberg –www.bloomberg.comwww.bloomberg.com –Bloomberg terminals in the library (coming soon in the Tozzi Financial Research & Trading Room) Limitless internet resources
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