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Prime brokerage: Easy explanation [Video]

Prime brokerage: Easy explanation

In this video, you will learn about prime brokerage services provided by certain financial institutions.

Chapters:
00:00 – Introduction
00:42 – What is prime brokerage?
01:29 – Services offered by prime brokerage
04:17 – Limitations
05:14 – Conclusion

What is prime brokerage?
Prime brokerage generally refers to certain services provided by financial institutions to clients with complex financial needs.

The institutions providing such services usually are investment banks like Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan Chase, UBS, Barclays, HSBC, etc.

These institutions provide these prime brokerage services to hedge funds, pension funds, institutional traders and investors, and other big market participants.

Services offered by prime brokerage
Securities lending
Rebate income
Custodian service
Trading services
Analytical services
Ability to create products
Authorization to securitize

(Explained in detail in the video)

Limitations
A limitation with the prime brokerage services concerning the products they create.

Investment banks may misuse or missell such risky products that it does more harm than good in the long run.

(Explained in detail in the video)

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