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Accounting, C-Suite, Financial Regulation, Technology, Wall Street
Charles Tomlinson

Thought Leadership: Aug. 14, 2012

By on August 13th, 2012 | Comment on this post

The U.S. is on the right track with the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s expected-loss model, Tim Bush of Pensions and Investment Research Consultants writes in Financial News: “It is time for the [International Accounting Standards Board] to match the lead taken by the US and deliver accounting rules which help, not hinder, the accurate reflection of the recoverable amount of loans.[…] Continue Reading »

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C-Suite, Financial Regulation, Technology, Wall Street
Sean McMahon

Weekend Reading: Aug. 10, 2012

By on August 10th, 2012 | Comment on this post

News and analyses worth a read this weekend …

A former software engineer wrote in The New York Times about how algorithmic-trading firms could learn a thing or two from credit card companies about merging human intelligence with artificial intelligence to avoid the next Knight Capital Group debacle.

Gillian Tett wrote in the Financial Times about the ebb and flow of financiers demanding this thing silly thing called “collateral” to conduct transactions.[…] Continue Reading »

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