What is a hedge fund?

A hedge fund is an investment fund that can undertake a wide variety of both investment classes (eg - equities, bonds, currencies, commodities, swaps, options, interest rate derivatives) and investment strategies (long-short equities only, multi-stra...More

What is private equity?

Private equity is an asset class consisting of equity ownership in private companies (ie - companies that do not publicly trade on a stock exchange). A private equity investment is generally made by a private equity firm, pension fund, venture capit...More

What is investment banking?

Investment banking is the act of assisting corporations and governments in raising capital by underwriting or acting as the client's agent in the issuance of securities. Investment banking also involves assisting companies with mergers & acquisitions...More