In this last section of this post series on how a bank works, we will see how the quants, quantitative developers and the middle office professionals (and the rest) see trades and trading activity.
Quick summary of the section on the trade lifecycle, before we move on to the final section on the perspectives held dear by various business units in a bank.
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On the termination phase of the life of a trade.
Work and life, retirement and eulogy — through allegories.
Once a trade is booked into the trading platform, it is monitored and processed on a daily basis. Here is a short summary of such activities.
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On the curious distinction between corporatism and capitalism. Why is one good and the other bad?
How do you bend a spoon? You can, if you realize that there is no spoon. That there is no space and time.
Why did Roger Federer have to go and lose in the second round? Well, may be we know why…
On the activities around product conceptualization and trade inception.