First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff The FIA issued a statement on their website about the Novel Coronavirus: FIA is monitoring closely the latest developments concerning the Coronavirus including recommendations regarding events and...
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Mathematical Statistics and Data Science at KTH: What Are We Working On and Why? – Pierre Nyquist, KTH
"If we think about the quantitative side, I probably don't have to convince you that probability theory and mathematical statistics are both fundamental in this area. You cannot really do quantitative finance without basing it in some way in probability and...
Regulation as a Main Driver of Change in the Sell Side Industry – Karl Hagerman, SEB
"Technology is really becoming an enabler to stay compliant because you can understand the huge amount of data in these complex networks that you have to store, structure and provide to the authorities if requested. That is lot of big data management." Karl Hagerman...
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Blockchain But Were Afraid to Ask – Johan Toll, Nasdaq
"Instead of having the financial economy we see today with a lot of intermediaries, local custodians and global banks, this could all be replaced by a peer-to-peer community. It's a massive revolution that probably will happen to our financial industry." Nasdaq's...
Is FinTech a Threat to Banks? – Evelin Kaup, Nordnet
"Yes, fintech is a threat to banks. It's disturbing the industry - but for the better. It's speeding up the banks so they need to adapt faster, and we need to run faster to stay around." Evelin Kaup of Nordnet said the question of whether fintech is a threat to banks...
Stockholm: The Origin and Global Leader of Transaction Technology – Peter Fredriksson, Baymarkets
PeterFredricksson from John Lothian News on Vimeo. "The market has moved from transaction to a lot of other parts of the transaction chain - to pre-trade, post-trade, clearing and post-clearing." Peter Fredriksson, CEO of Baymarkets, says OM, the company that...
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