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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
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
Quantitative Developers
On the vital role of quantitative developers in an investment bank. Continue reading
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Tagged computing, Corporate Life, money, quantitative finance, wilmott
Average Beauty
If you consider yourself average, you are probably more attractive than you think you are. Here is why. Continue reading
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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Tagged computing, Corporate Life, money, quantitative finance, wilmott
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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Tagged computing, Corporate Life, money, quantitative finance, wilmott
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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Tagged computing, Corporate Life, money, quantitative finance, wilmott
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
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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Tagged computing, Corporate Life, money, quantitative finance, wilmott
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
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
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
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
Posted in Columns, Corporate Life, Humor, Philosophy, Quantitative Finance, The Wilmott Magazine
Tagged Columns, Corporate Life, humor, Philosophy, quantitative finance, wilmott
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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Tagged Columns, Corporate Life, humor, Philosophy, quantitative finance, wilmott
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
Posted in Columns, Corporate Life, Humor, Philosophy, Quantitative Finance, The Wilmott Magazine
Tagged Columns, Corporate Life, humor, Philosophy, quantitative finance, wilmott
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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Tagged Columns, Corporate Life, humor, Philosophy, quantitative finance, wilmott
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
Midlife Crisis
On what is important in life. And what is not. Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Life, Life and Death, Philosophy
Tagged Albert Camus, Corporate Life, Philosophy, The Myth of Sisyphus, work life balance
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