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The most significant private equity investment in the financial technology sector these past few months was definitely Advent International's (a TA Associates competitor and spin-off) acquisition of a...
Hello All, I work as an investment professional for TA Associates, one of the world's largest global private equity firms with over $10 billion under management and the leading investor in the financ...
World Bank president Robert Zoellick has told the Financial Times that the bank plans to solicit private sector contributions to the International Development Association. This is the tip of the str...
You're lovely, fancy a date? According to price comparison service uSwitch, a poll of 2000 adults reveals that the Brits send 235 million flirty text messages a month. We're a romantic lot. That equat...
A few days ago, The Register reported that a California court had allowed a class action case to proceed against retail giant Target. This set me thinking - how long before the websites (&, othe...
Back in June I mentioned the Great ukelele shortage - well it seems the growth in popularity of the instrument continues apace according to this in the Guardian. It's now taking over from the humble ...
China's policy of extending loans to impoverished nations in Africa as a means to secure natural resources contracts has drawn considerable scrutiny. In November, 2006, Beijing pledged $5 billion in p...
The Apple store disappeared earlier today with a "back soon" notice on it. When it reappeared, I spied you can now order Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard for shipping by October 26th. Various Mac rum...
Swearing at work can benefit staff and their employers according to researchers at UEA in Norwich. There's no fintech angle here - I just have a soft spot for the University of East Anglia (or the Un...
Inhibitors to buying online #2 – Financial Services A colleague at Conchango has recently pointed out a revealing survey from Forrester as to why consumers do not buy products and services online. ...
Over here in Shanghai, at the annual conference of the World Federation of Exchanges, technology may not be one of the agenda items, but market structure and competition definitely is. MiFID is often...
In today's Financial Times Yale professor Jeffrey Garten provides an interesting perspective on the implications of a falling dollar as well as a mix of policy recommendations to prevent the current ...