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Here's How Billionaires Buy Stocks

The Motley Fool

A prime brokerage A prime brokerage is a group of services offered to ultra-high-net-worth individuals (UHNWI) or hedge funds. These are called private placements, and most of the time, the shares are sold to investment banks or hedge funds. There's usually no minimum amount of money needed to open a self-directed brokerage account.

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How to value illiquid investments

Private Equity Wire

PARTNER CONTENT By Muhammad Akram, CPA Founder, Akram | Assurance, Advisory & Tax Firm Why fair value is so important Fair value impacts net assets/partners’ capital, potentially overstating performance and overcharging management and performance fees.

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BlackRock (BLK) Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

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In the first quarter, BlackRock generated long-term net inflows of $76 billion, partially offset by seasonal outflows from institutional money market funds. Total annualized organic base fee growth of 1% reflected seasonally softer flows earlier in the quarter before coming back to target in March. First quarter revenue of $4.7

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BlackRock (BLK) Q4 2023 Earnings Call Transcript

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Growing public deficits, a modernizing digital world, advancing energy independence, and the energy transition are driving the mobilization of private capital to fund critical infrastructure. In a higher rate environment, the ability to drive operational enhancements will be critical to investment performance. Operating income of 6.6

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BlackRock (BLK) Q2 2023 Earnings Call Transcript

The Motley Fool

On an equivalent day count basis, our annualized effective fee rate was 0.2 Performance fees of 118 million increased from a year ago, primarily reflecting higher revenue from illiquid alternatives. Lower incentive compensation and distribution and servicing costs were partially offset by higher direct fund expense.

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Transcript: Dominique Mielle

The Big Picture

She is an author and former hedge fund trader, specializing in distressed assets. Her book, “Damsel in Distressed: My Life in the Golden Age of Hedge Funds”, is really a fascinating read. It’s very witty and charming, and revealing about an industry in a way that most books on hedge funds simply are not.