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The lay offs have already begun as banks look to bring their costs down and protect their profitability. UBS were the latest to cut 2000 jobs and they will not be the last as the crisis begins to bite...
Surely not! How could anyone possibly suggest that P2P lending markets could even sit at the same table as the wholesale lending or repo markets. No prizes for who can guess which one is currently co
In 1927, Heisenberg putforth uncertainty principle to the world of quantum physics. It stated that, more precisely the position is determined, less precisely momentum could be determined. The unc...
Recent privacy issues are still in the spotlight with the admission by Ebay-owned Skype that they were searching text messages for keywords for the Chinese government, storing user chat sessions and t...
I can see the reasoning in very large hedge funds being seen as contrary to those who would like to see more orderly markets. In our endless quest for 'reasonably' orderly markets traders need some
One man band blog site, Bankaholic, has scooped $15m from financial portal Bankrate. The story is covered here at Mashable and here at PaidContent. Bankaholic was set up by Johns Wu who, if these ...
Ever envied the criminal computer whizzes you see in films? Well, this may be the course for you. The University of Abertay in Dundee is offering an MSc in Ethical Hacking, to develop a new generation...
One thing is for sure the banks are going to be very careful not to create financial products that look like those that have helped create the crisis. We can anticipate that many financial firms will ...
Well not the most obvious question I know. Boris Johnson – London’s headline grabbing mayor – and Wikipedia – an on-line encyclopaedia with definitions generated and maintained by its users – don’t se...
It's a certainty that the ban on short selling will decrease the transaction volume in derivatives. The strategic use of derivatives creating short positions and escalating volatility in the markets w...
I think that it's actually a return to sensibility. 'Venture capital' is a term which has been loosely used for any half-pot idea with a funny sounding name and no revenue model. More like fantasy adv...
What processes and decisions lead a company to create an offshoot of their main brand? I get the direct bank concept and the attraction; however it appears that the common theme is to basically make ...