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.
At times I get a little more creating and translate a story, review a book, share my thoughts on a quote, or write something on the fictional side. Here they are…
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.
Sales – another crucial team in the Front Office of any bank.
Economists (with too many hands) find their place in Front Office of investment banks.
Front Office, the world and customer facing side of an investment bank, houses both the rainmakers and rogue-traders, along with their support teams.
A short introduction to the static structure of an investment bank. We will have much more to say about it later on.
What is a trading platform? Why does everybody want it? And how do we get one? Third post in this series on quantitative development.
Here is the agenda of these posts. And more than you wanted to know about all sorts of agendas.
First post in a long series on Principles of Quantitative Development , on how an investment bank works.
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.
A small anecdote to illustrate why one should stick to one’s language when arguing.
This last post in the series explains why I believe it is time to say goodbye to Einstein, and why I look forward to how our worldview develops in the light of this CERN discovery of material superluminality.