Investment banker, one of the most prestigious jobs in the field of finance. If you are working towards a degree in finance, you have probably heard a lot about investment banking, and maybe even saw a few top-tier students doing an internship at one of the local investment banks. Thereby, a lot of rumors go
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An upcoming feature in financial markets is algorithmic trading. Even though there are only a few big players in this market, the impact is huge. During 2009-2010, around 60% to 70% of U.S. trading was attributed to high-frequency-trading and algorithmic trading. This is an astonishing amount if you remember that there are only a few
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The heaven for deal making: that is what the yearly meeting is called at the Tulane University in New Orleans. Due to political movements in Washington, the mood among investment bankers and top-tier lawyers is at its best. The cocktails in the stately Roosevelt Waldorf Astoria Hotel and Bourdon Street did the rest. The takeover
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How Close Can You Go #4 – Jelle Ritzerveld, Chief Risk Officer Delta Lloyd Asset Management “Find out who you are and do not be afraid to show and express yourself even though you are not perfect!” Long time no see, but we are back with a new article of the ‘How Close Can You Go’
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Welcome back to investing for students. Last time, we talked about the principles of investing for students. We talked about the problems with transaction fees, and the level of risk aversion that you must determine for yourself before you start investing. In this second part, we are going to talk about how to analyze equities
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It is 1 PM on the second Wednesday of the month. I step out of the elevator continuing my day after a well-deserved lunch break. It is time for the Fixed Income Meeting. Together with my colleague, I am walking through the dealing room to the fixed income desk. While routing to the fixed income
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Algorithmic trading firm Flow Traders has racked up 31 months without a single day of losses, making the Dutch company one of the big winners from the spread of exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Flow Traders is listed the leading global technology-enabled liquidity provider, specializing in exchange traded products (ETPs). Flow Traders provides liquidity in ETP markets 24
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How Close Can You Go #3 – Lukas Daalder, Chief Investment Officer Robeco Investment Solutions A new month means a new interview. As you may have read on my personal editor profile, my interests lie within anything with respect to investments, especially investment banking. By interviewing Lukas Daalder, Chief Investment Officer of Robeco Investment Solutions,
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How Close Can You Go #2 – Mark Schilstra, Managing Director and Executive Committee member of KAS Bank “Back in the days when I was fifteen years old, I worked my socks off to buy a new stereo system. Every Thursday, every weekend, every holiday I worked at the local supermarket for three-and-a-half years to
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“The most important thing in life is the feeling that you have worked fucking hard to achieve something” – Dennis Dijkstra, Co-CEO of Flow Traders Rostra Economica is starting a new series named “How Close Can You go”. This will be a series of interviews with top executives, partners, recruitment professionals and other interesting people.
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