FIVE YEARS AGO, the coders at DeepMind, a London-based artificial intelligence company, watched excitedly as an AI taught itself to play a classic arcade game. They’d used the hot technique of the day, deep learning, on a seemingly whimsical task: […]
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Les banques françaises en quête de profils IT pour accélerer leur “stratégie cloud”
Les grandes banques françaises comme Société Générale et Crédit Agricole privilégient désormais des plates-formes de cloud « hybride » pour héberger leurs opérations. SocGen a ainsi récemment annoncé qu’elle voulait accélérer sa stratégie Cloud permettant aux systèmes d’information du Groupe de gagner […]
Témoignage : « Je suis un sales trader électronique. Mes collègues qui travaillent dans le cash me démoralisent… »
Quand vous êtes un enfant qui a souvent changé d’école, le plus grand défi est de prendre ses marques et de faire partie de la classe. – Il faut du temps pour se souvenir des noms, apprendre à connaître les […]
How to Handle a PR Crisis
This is not a drill. In fact, it actually happened. A company called—a nonprofit company—and said they had lost a crucial endorsement from a national agency that provides oversight in its industry, impacting the nonprofit’s ability to continue to operate. The agency’s decision not to […]
J.P. Morgan and Goldman Sachs are adding algo-trading VPs
Structurers aside, one type of finance professional is particularly popular this year: the systematic or algorithmic (algo) trader. Whether it’s to work on the central risk book or creating algos for customer trades, banks are busy looking for algo trading talent. Both Goldman […]
Leaders Focus Too Much on Changing Policies, and Not Enough on Changing Minds
Not long ago, I asked 100 CEOs attending a conference how many of them were currently involved in a significant business transformation. Nearly all of them raised their hands, which was no surprise. According to a study by BCG, 85% of companies […]
2 Reasons Why Asking About Salary in the First Interview is a Big Mistake
The job seeker shouldn’t be the one to bring up salary and benefits first. Here’s why… On Youtube, we recently shared several examples of things job seekers do in interviews that make them look desperate. I was surprised at the number […]
Elon Musk and the Unnerving Influence of Twitter’s Power Users
Elon Musk is tweeting up a storm, and he’s loving every minute of it. With 21 million followers, Musk has emerged as one of the defining Twitter voices of 2018, someone who will happily and democratically engage with anybody who […]
The Next Era of Factor Investing
For decades, investors have used certain stock attributes known as “factors” — such as size, value or momentum — to predict investment returns over long periods. Today, factor-based investing is getting a boost from big data and technology. Nicholas Chan, of the […]
Mindfulness as a Management Technique Goes Back to at Least the 1970s
Mindfulness is now seen as a crucial skill in business. Meditation practices have the capacity to calm the mind, relax the body, boost resilience, and even increase situational awareness. The study of mindfulness — often defined as paying attention, nonjudgmentally and on purpose […]