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Category Archives: Corporate Life
Credit Risk Management
Risk management is a critical function of Middle Office. Here is a look at Credit Risk Management. Continue reading
Posted in Books, Corporate Life, Quantitative Finance
Tagged computing, Corporate Life, money, quantitative finance, wilmott
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Art of Corporate War
Exploring the rules and nature of the corporate game that a vast majority of us play on a daily basis. Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Life, Humor, Philosophy, Work and Life
Tagged chess, games that people play, life
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Middle Office
Moving from the risk taking side (Front Office) to the risk control side (Middle Office), this post gives you a general outline of what this second office does. Continue reading
Posted in Books, Corporate Life, Quantitative Finance
Tagged computing, Corporate Life, money, quantitative finance, wilmott
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Quantitative Developers
On the vital role of quantitative developers in an investment bank. Continue reading
Posted in Books, Corporate Life, Quantitative Finance
Tagged computing, Corporate Life, money, quantitative finance, wilmott
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Trading Desks
The profit centers of an investment bank, trading desks command enormous prestige. And bonuses, which can easy range up to a few times their annual salary. Continue reading
Posted in Books, Corporate Life, Quantitative Finance
Tagged computing, Corporate Life, money, quantitative finance, wilmott
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Sales and Structuring
Sales – another crucial team in the Front Office of any bank. Continue reading
Posted in Books, Corporate Life, Quantitative Finance
Tagged computing, Corporate Life, money, quantitative finance, wilmott
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Economists
Economists (with too many hands) find their place in Front Office of investment banks. Continue reading
Posted in Books, Corporate Life, Quantitative Finance
Tagged computing, Corporate Life, money, quantitative finance, wilmott
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Front Office
Front Office, the world and customer facing side of an investment bank, houses both the rainmakers and rogue-traders, along with their support teams. Continue reading
Posted in Books, Corporate Life, Quantitative Finance
Tagged computing, Corporate Life, money, quantitative finance, wilmott
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Structure of a Bank
A short introduction to the static structure of an investment bank. We will have much more to say about it later on. Continue reading
Posted in Books, Corporate Life, Quantitative Finance
Tagged computing, Corporate Life, money, quantitative finance, wilmott
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Trading Platform
What is a trading platform? Why does everybody want it? And how do we get one? Third post in this series on quantitative development. Continue reading
Posted in Books, Corporate Life, Quantitative Finance
Tagged computing, Corporate Life, money, quantitative finance, wilmott
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Agendas
Here is the agenda of these posts. And more than you wanted to know about all sorts of agendas. Continue reading
Posted in Books, Corporate Life, Quantitative Finance
Tagged computing, Corporate Life, money, quantitative finance, wilmott
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Off the Beaten Track
First post in a long series on Principles of Quantitative Development , on how an investment bank works. Continue reading
Posted in Books, Corporate Life, Quantitative Finance
Tagged computing, Corporate Life, money, quantitative finance, wilmott
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Quiet Me
On why I like to be quiet and keep listening to a world that can’t stop talking. It is prelude to an upcoming review of the book Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain. Continue reading
Was Yours, Now Mine
This article is a follow-up to my last post on what was troubling my conscience. This is also a rant on the modern capitalism of the corporate era, where we have all become tiny cogs in a giant wheel inexorably rolling on to nowhere in particular, but obliterating much in the process. Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Life, Philosophy, Work and Life
Tagged capitalism, Corporate Life, money, work life balance
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Troubled Conscience
Do you feel troubled and responsible for things over which you have no control? If you do, this post may help you get by. Then again, it may make it worse… Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Life, Environment, Work and Life
Tagged Mohamed El-Erian, money, pimco, troubled conscience
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Speak Your Language
A small anecdote to illustrate why one should stick to one’s language when arguing. Continue reading
The Student Debt Crisis
This is a guest post by Sofia Rasmussen exploring the ramifications of student loan burdens. Continue reading
Ethics In Business and Leadership
Prof. Surya Sethi gave this speech at the World Forum for Ethics in Business – International Leadership Symposium
Monday, April 2, 2012 in Singapore. Passionate and eloquent, this speech details some of the shocking truths about the world we live in. A learned expose on the many topics I have tried to bring to my readers, this speech is reproduced on the Unreal Blog with the kind permission of the speaker. Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Life, Environment, Work and Life
Tagged Corporate Life, environment, ethics
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Subprime: When Good Intentions Turned Sour
Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Share on Google+ Share on Linkedin share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Print for later Bookmark in Browser Tell a friend As the world … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Life, Quantitative Finance, Work and Life
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In Our Defense
Here is an article defending (to some extent) the insane salary expectations of the elite bankers and traders. And quants. This piece will appear in my regular column in Wilmott Magazine. Continue reading

















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