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Besides, Biden doesn’t hold any shares, why should he care about Wall Street? The U.S. economy is set to have a strong recovery, and markets will surely continue their growth trajectory once the dust settles around Biden’s Tax Plan.

Investment Banking Technology

The Tech Investor making waves on Wall Street

April 14, 2021

Cathie Wood herself has become controversial for this reason, a ‘love her or hate her’ figure for many in the industry. But the huge returns generated by Ark’s ETFs – all five gained over 100% last year – mean that, either way, she is now impossible to ignore.

Digital Assets Investment Banking

Hey Citi, your bitcoin report is NOT embarrassingly bad

April 7, 2021

It is a matter of ‘when’, and no longer ‘if’, banks completely adopt crypto trading, and are accepted into the wider crypto eco-system. You can be pretty sure that when the time comes, Citi will work with companies like BlockFi and exchanges like Uniswap.

COVID-19 Investment Banking

The Seven Most Influential Disruptors of Investment Banking in 2021 so Far

April 3, 2021

This March, Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan, said in an interview with Bloomberg that “There’s a very good chance you’re going to have a gangbusters economy for the rest of this year and easily into 2022.”

COVID-19 Investment Banking

‘Work from Home’ or not – the Question that Banks and Big Tech face in the Post-Covid Era

March 31, 2021

Many in Goldman Sachs think that the pressure to return to the office will be huge by mid-April, now only a few weeks away.

Asia Investment Banking

How much disruption will Bill Hwang’s Archegos cause Nomura and Credit Suisse?

March 29, 2021

Baidu, Tencent and Vipshop were some of the Chinese stocks hardest hit, dropping 18%, 33% and 31% respectively last week according to CNN. How much of those drops was down to the Archegos disruption is hard to quantify, but it certainly didn’t help.

Asia Insight Investment Banking

The Puzzle of the Japanese Yen’s Safe-Haven status

February 10, 2021

In response to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, last April the Bank of Japan (BOJ) pledged to purchase an ‘unlimited’ quantity of Japanese government bonds.

Investment Banking Technology

Innovation in Illiquid Credit Portfolio Management solutions

January 29, 2021

Accepting illiquidity risk can give very high returns, so many investment banks are also involved in this area. And, just like any other area that Investment banks operate in, there is scope for improvement. Much of the work is still manual and telephone based and there is need for both automation and better analytics.

COVID-19 Investment Banking

Will Inflation be the Big Disruptor for Fixed Income in 2021?

January 11, 2021

“Europe remains at a disadvantage to the US and China, thanks to its lack of successful technology giants, such as Microsoft and Google on one side of the Pacific and Alibaba on the other.

Why was 2020 Great for Investment Banking?

January 7, 2021

For all its challenges, 2020 was a great year for Investment Banking. JP Morgan kept top spot, while Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse both continued to do exceptionally in equities markets, according to a report in the Financial Times last week.

COVID-19 Investment Banking

The bonuses on every banker’s Christmas wish list

December 7, 2020

Artificial Intelligence Europe Fintech Investment Banking

Your Reliable Portfolio Management and Research as a Service Partner, going Global with Scorable

December 2, 2020

We tried many things on our journey and we eventually came up with the solution we have today. We had a plan, but we were open to new ideas and tried not to limit ourselves to any technology or methodology. It was the freedom and agility from day One that allowed us to act as an independent company, build the startup culture and make sure we can come up with the best possible solution.

Capital Markets Investment Banking

“Responsible” alternative investing with AIMA

October 15, 2020

People usually think of green-washing as managers themselves wanting to present a product as “green” when it’s not, but regulation can also play a role if it’s too broad in its reach. So the proper labelling of investment products is important.

Artificial Intelligence Capital Markets Investment Banking

Algorithmic Trading with 8topuz Wealth Management

October 13, 2020

Our technology is based in the Python and MQL4 languages. We’ve also recently closed a partnership with Quantgate in the USA for additional technology that will make our product even more competitive.

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Talking about Regulations & Technology with NICE Actimize

October 5, 2020

"The answers are very rarely inside the building," Lee shares, going on to explain that the team at NICE Actimize: "Meet with customers to understand the problems that they are facing, the challenges that they have, and then from that determine comprehensive interesting solutions that can add value in the market."

Investment Banking Regulator

Can RegTech solve the Technology needs of the post-Covid Trading Floor?

September 10, 2020

An equity trader throws client documents into a home office wastepaper basket, making a mental note to deal with its proper disposal later; a front-office salesperson unknowingly discusses confidential information in earshot of a roommate, who happens to work at a competing dealer; a bond trader working remotely leaves their computer unlocked and steps out to run an errand, and another house member quickly uses the computer to access the Internet, unaware that “hotkeys” are enabled, resulting in unintentional buying and selling of various securities; and a financial adviser, frustrated at being unable to dial into a recorded phone line, gives up and calls the client using his personal mobile phone.

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