Tag 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

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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

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Quantitative Developers

On the vital role of quantitative developers in an investment bank. Continue reading

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Average Beauty

If you consider yourself average, you are probably more attractive than you think you are. Here is why. Continue reading

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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

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Sales and Structuring

Sales – another crucial team in the Front Office of any bank. Continue reading

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Economists

Economists (with too many hands) find their place in Front Office of investment banks. Continue reading

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Money — Love it or Hate it

This concluding part of the philosophy of money (to appear as a column in the May issue of the Wilmott Magazine) shares my private disappointment that whatever I wrote up may not have been as original as I expected it to be. But the concept of money has been around for a long time now, so I should not dwell on it too much. Continue reading

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Money — Why do We Crave it?

Having looked at the how of money in the last post, here is the why of money in this third post in the my mini-series. Why do we want it so bad? Continue reading

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The Ultra Rich

This second post of the mini series based on my upcoming column in the Wilmott Magazine looks at how people make money in a scalable fashion. It was posted earlier in this blog. Continue reading

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Philosophy of Money

Here is another mini series of posts based on an upcoming column of mine in the Wilmott Magazine to appear in their May issue. I have posted similar ideas here before, but this series will put them together, hopefully as a cohesive whole. This first post of the series looks at the unphysical nature of money. Continue reading

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Happy New Year!

Here’s wishing you a Happy 2010… May your resolutions hold up longer than those of the years past. And may you find peace, happiness, good health and prosperity. Continue reading

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Midlife Crisis

On what is important in life. And what is not. Continue reading

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