Smart
money refers to investments or transactions made by expert investors who have
an understanding of the financial markets and can often spot trends before
others. Whereas financial services refer to the services provided by the
finance market; it is used to describe organizations that deal with the
management of money, e.g. banks, insurance companies, credit card companies,
investments banks and stock brokerages. Smart money investing in financial
service defined as a team, which consists of highly qualified analysts who are
skilled and impeccable in their analysis. These analysts are able to predict
the movements in share market on time and with high accuracy and using their
experience and latest software tools.
According
to study, “Smart Money Investing In The
Financial Services Industry: Tracking M&A, Venture Capital, And Private
Equity Investments Globally - Q2 2018” some of the major key players that are currently working
in the smart money investing in the financial services are Barclays Bank Plc,
Lloyds Banking Group Plc, Fifth Third Bancorp, Emirates NBD
Bank, Fitch Group Inc., MB Financial Inc, Worldline SA, SIX Payment Services
AG, PayPal Holdings Inc., VeriFone Systems Inc,
iZettle AB, Ant Financial Services Group, Revolut Limited, Denizbank
A.S., Anbang Insurance Group Co Ltd, Financial Engines Inc, Hearst
Communications Inc., Baidu Financial
Services Group, PaymentSense Ltd.
There
are many investment activities are involved in smart money financial service
such as mergers, asset transaction, acquisitions, private equity and venture
financing. A merger is an agreement that unites two existing companies into one
new company.
There
are many investment trends are involved in smart money financial service, in
2018 such as banking, payments and wealth management. The investment banking
industry involves many trends such as digitization, new accent of reducing
cost, boosting trading commissions, customer centricity and workforce of the
future. Payment investment involves internet of payments, context based
payments, peer to peer payments, real time payments, partnership between banks
and fin-techs, decentralization through blockchain technologies and
commercialization of mobile network operator wallets. Wealth management
investment trends are tax reform, cost containment, artificial intelligence
& digital labor and people strategy.
There
are many developments are involved for financial services. In June 2018,
private equity investments reached US$ 304 million with a volume of 8 deals. In
august 2018, a maiden fund was launched by Franklin Temple ton alternative
investments Pvt. Ltd, which aims to diversify investor’s investment portfolio.
Financial
sector of India is undergoing rapid expansion, both in terms of strong growth
of existing financial services firms and new entities entering the market. In
June 2018, the number of Mutual fund equity portfolios reached a high of 74.6
million. Another crucial component of India’s financial industry is the
insurance industry.
In
Q2 2018, growth of financial services industry is 205.5%, which is declined by
4.5% from deals in Q1 2018. Venture finance deal activity registered a decline
in terms of deal count, accounting for 160 deals. Additionally private equity
deal count rose by 15.9% and private equity deals registered growth of 138.3%
during the same period. In second quarter, payments for restructuring amounted
to EUR 2.1 million. The Investment Bank’s total revenues grew 59% annually to
record 113.5 million due to an expansion in each of the business lines.
The
globalization of financial market is rapidly increasing by international
financial centers due to electronic trading systems. The future of financial
market is depend on many keys such as technological wonders, meeting regulatory
requirements, electrification of the trading and market transparency are
expected to impact during the forecast period.
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