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SEC’s Stein touches all the bases in discussion on data, technology
SEC Commissioner Kara Stein has no qualms dissecting the role data plays in today’s financial markets. If anything, she seems to be making it...
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Sneak Peek: OPS 2015 kicks off Monday in San Diego
SmartBrief will be traveling to San Diego next week to cover SIFMA OPS 2015. In advance of the event, we asked Tom Price, Managing...
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Taming the Tweets of Corporate Execs: A look at Elon Musk and Tesla
Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk took to Twitter last week to share the following news: That tweet sent Tesla’s share price up, ultimately...
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Innovations in Data Management
Hubert Holmes This post is sponsored by Interactive Data. Hubert Holmes, Managing Director, Reference Data for Interactive Data, is responsible for global strategy and...
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SunGard rolls out new OTC derivatives utility
Brian Traquair, SunGard SunGard has announced the introduction of a new utility to help global market participants meet regulatory pressures related to cleared OTC...
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Financial innovation: Very necessary, but very dangerous
We all have heard that one of the big culprits in the credit crisis was the collateralized debt obligation (CDO). CDOs are notes backed...
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Obama, financial execs detail new vision for cybersecurity
President Barack Obama traveled to the heart of Silicon Valley on Friday to lay out his vision for improved cybersecurity in a digital age...
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IACPM Chairman Jeffery Weaver examines the credit landscape for 2015
IACPM Chairman Jeffery Weaver With an eye on what lies ahead for the industry in 2015, SmartBrief conducted an e-mail interview with Jeffery Weaver,...
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How Companies Can Raise Funds From Individual Retirement Account Investors
Kelly Rodriques This post is sponsored by PENSCO. As more investors look to diversify, many are beginning to use retirement funds to invest in...
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Why 2015 is the time for distributors to spend
Beaulieu (via ITREconomics.com) Many people and companies remain pessimistic about the economy and how they’re doing, particularly those who look to the bubble of...
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CME Group launches Futures Institute education and training platform
Mark Omens, senior director and head of retail sales at CME Group CME Group recently unveiled the Futures Institute, an online platform for education,...
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Day 2 at Davos
Welcome to Day 2 of SmartBrief’s roundup of financial news coming out of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland. Scroll to...
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Day 1 at Davos
Welcome to the first day of SmartBrief’s roundup of financial news coming out of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland. Scroll...
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Mindset is key to overcoming hesitation in sales prospecting, coach says
People who suffer from an emotional hesitation toward prospecting can overcome their “sales-call reluctance” with an awareness of the issue and strong coaching to help them change...