Technology
There are so many jobs that go into making a trade possible. If you are interested in the technology behind it watch these.
Financial Technology: An Innovative Career Choice – John Avery
John Avery, SunGard The cost to comply with all of that [post-2008] regulation has actually forced firms to reduce what they spend on revenue generating opportunities… That’s created a situation where revenue growth hasn’t been as dramatic or as aggressive as it has...
Financial Markets 2.0 – Mark Spanbroek
Mark Spanbroek, European Principal Traders Association What trading is really about is finding an algorithmic, or systematic way, to analyze the market. And this is done with data. Mark Spanbroek's trading career spanned the transition from the old world of trading...
The Technology Roadmap, 2015 Edition – Alun Green
Alun Green, SunGard We as human beings have not evolved to be very good at reading and writing. Alun Green asks, "is the written word dying?" Perhaps dying is too strong a word, but Green makes an excellent point in that humans have walked the planet for millions of...
A Flash Course on Market Structure – Haim Bodek
Haim Bodek, Decimus Capital Markets In the market there are edges that are permissible, and edges that are impermissible. It is the impermissible ones that you should care about. If it doesn't smell right, leave. The 2014 publication of Michael Lewis' Flash Boys...
Selling Change to Giants – Christian Nentwich
Christian Nentwich, Duco Many technology companies never make it over the first hurdle. They get so fixated on their technological achievement that they never find a business problem to solve. The financial marketplace is in the midst of a technology-led...
Your Heart vs. Your Talents: Success Mindset for the Financial Industry – Lanre Sarumi
Lanre Sarumi, RiskBone It turned out that what I was good at became what I was doing. Lanre Sarumi entered the financial markets for one reason alone - he wanted to be a trader - yet he struggled to find a bank or trading group willing to hire him as one. He...
Finding your First/Next Financial Job – Paul McCormick
Paul McCormick, Opening City Doors There is a mismatch between the way companies like to hire people and the way graduates and young professionals like to get hired. Paul McCormick has represented a half dozen of the biggest names in the banking world in his 30 years...
How a Small Group of Traders Improved Markets for All – Bill Harts
The 2014 release of Michael Lewis’ book “Flash Boys” unleashed widespread criticism of the automated trading community amid Lewis’ assertion that markets are “rigged” against small investors. According to Bill Harts, CEO of the Modern Markets Initiative, nothing could be further from the truth.
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