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Is Republican deregulation of the financial services industry mostly responsible for this mini-Depression?

financial editor — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 10:49:40 +0000

Now we see what happens when we let the ‘invisible hand’ run things. It runs them into the ground. I guess that doesn’t matter if you and your friends have golden parachutes!

Your thoughts?

Sybase CEP Powers Real-time Analytics for the Financial Services Industry

financial editor — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 02:48:48 +0000

www.sybase.com For the financial services industry the need for information at the point of decision making is greater than ever before. If you look at what’s been happening over the last few years, there has been increasing volumes of trading, high volatility so the key areas for our customers is actually processing this volume of transactions in real time and also risk management. How short is the time from when the data change somewhere in the database until the end user decides I need to react to that data? You want to do everything you can to maximize and improve that head strategy. Consulting firm headstrong integrates value based IT solutions for a wide range of global customers. We said ok; let’s tackle this solution by combining our capabilities, tools, frameworks along with the Sybase CEP platform and provide a customer with a holistic solution and I think the customer is very receptive. Using this as a platform can actually can give customers time to market and an advantage. Interactive data is a leading provider of data, analytics and related solutions to financial institutions. Working with Sybase, it probably means that we are one of the few technology providers that can actually cross the trade cycle from initiating a trade through to settling it and clearing it at the end of the day while monitoring risk in parallel and in real time. It’s developing very quickly into a very rich canvass that we are combining not just our reference data assets but our real …

What is the easiest job in the financial services industry to get?

financial editor — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 22:57:08 +0000

Entry-level, (no experience) trainable. When it comes to doing basic math such as adding, subtracting multiplying, and dividing.
My strengths are in math.

Anybody in the financial services industry know how to break in as a roadshow coordinator?

financial editor — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 14:57:47 +0000

I do reservations at a high-end limo company and was wondering what qualifications, besides administrative work experience, would be required or desired to be a coordinator for Roadshows at large investment banks. They do the same thing I do, except are actually planning all of the meetings and doing the entire schedules and transportation. I would be good at that because I know a lot about flights and ground transportation.

Has the outsourcing of financial technology systems contributed to the Financial Services industry crisis?

financial editor — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 00:50:39 +0000

Some experts are saying that flexible and robust financial business intelligence systems would have been able to alert upper level management of impending problems. Wall Street’s infatuation with outsourcing led it to save a lot of IT dollars and lose its ability to build new IT systems for new financial environments. Dumb move.

5 things wrong with the Financial Services Industry

financial editor — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 16:49:51 +0000

June 13, 2007 5 things wrong with the Financial Services Industry (And what I’d do to fix them.) Adam Bold 320×240 resolution

Industry Essentials: Brokerage and Wealth Management: May

financial editor — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 14:52:21 +0000

Product Description
Data Insight: As Compliance Obstacles Dissolve, Online Brokerages Will Shift to Responsive Trading The release last month of NASD Notice to Members 01-23, coupled with the ongoing improvements in secure e-mail and wireless technologies, will cause online trading to enter a new phase. The field is now open for reputable brokers and dealers to use secure wireless and e-mail technologies to encourage their customers to make responsive trades. … More >>

Industry Essentials: Brokerage and Wealth Management: May

Software Career in Financial Services Industry?

financial editor — Mon, 16 May 2011 20:58:04 +0000

I recently finished a Certificate of finance (U C Berkeley) and Quantitative Finance (or Computational Finance) from a different University. I am a software developer with very little finance experience.What are the prospects of landing a job in a trading/brokerage/hedge fund/risk mgt/mutual fund firm working with traders/brokers/financial svc pros in a software job?

What are some tips for obtaining clients in the financial planning industry?

financial editor — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 05:59:52 +0000

I am very efficient about serving the clients that I have and do not have trouble maintaining the relationship once it is established, however I have a lot of difficulty in obtaining new clients, does anyone have any sales or marketing advice that could help with this problem?

Wealth Management Industry Market in Brazil 2007-2010

financial editor — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 14:54:07 +0000

Wealth Management Industry Market in Brazil 2007-2010