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Cambridge, GBCambridge Systems Associates (CSA) is an innovative financial consultancy and software developer. CSA's technology leverages more than 20 years of dedicated research in probability, optimization and quantitative finance.

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"Traders in financial markets know when to cut their losses, or to push aggressively for a deal. Now a new Gordon Gekko-like software trader can do the same. By becoming more or less aggressive as market conditions change, it can be 5% more profitable than existing trading programs." "...New strategies cannot be tested properly in a real market because it is impossible to know everyone else's...

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Location: Orlando, Florida, USA. Date:2008-07-02 00:00:00. Valery Kholodnyi and Craig Nolder are co-organising a Minisymposium on "Quantitative Methods in Financial Modeling" (QMFM) at the "Fifth World Congress of Nonlinear Analysts" (WCNA-2008) to be held at the Hyatt Grand Cypress Resort in Orlando, Florida, USA during July 2 - 9, 2008.The Global Organizing Committee of the WCNA-2008 are...

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Get the Complete MoneyScience RSS Feed or Subscribe by Mail. Banks and Banking | Market Miscellany | International Markets | UK News | Credit Markets Credit Markets Observations on Risk Management Practices during the Recent Market Turbulence (pdf) - and OTC Blog points up some comments on the report by Chris Finger at Risk Metrics. Peter Bernstein on Risk Management in the NYT: Sophisticated...

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A report from the Senior Supervisors Group (SSG) that assesses which risk management practices worked well, and which did not, at a sample of major global financial services organizations during the recent period of market turmoil.

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Events over the last year have challenged investors' preconceptions about cash as an asset class. Investors are focusing much more on where their cash is held and how diversified their credit risk is. This is particularly so in the case of hedge funds, which had been accustomed to leave their cash with their prime brokers. One of the major effects of the credit crunch has been a dramatic widening...

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Jersey City, GBEdgeTrade was founded in 1996, on the premise that traders should be in a position to exercise complete control over the trading and execution process. Innovative technology, EdgeTrade maintains, is a key leveling force and enabler to empowering traders.

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Barry Ritholtz over at The Big Picture points up this WSJ review of Richard Bitner's book, Confessions of a Subprime Lender which, according to the publisher, 'details the fascinating story of a sub-prime lending business in the 5 years leading to the current crisis.' From the Review: To his credit, Mr. Bitner owns up to a fact that many lenders still haven't admitted: Just because Wall Street...

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Location: New York Marriott Downtown, USA. Date:2008-07-01 00:00:00. The trading strategies and technology developments shaping the FX landscape FX has firmly established itself as an asset class in its own right, and this is driving demand for innovative technology and trading strategies. The current market conditions have led to an unusual amount of volatility in the FX market enabling new...

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Location: 7city Leaning, 4 Chiswell Street, London, UK. Date:2008-07-01 00:00:00. Dates: 1 - 2 July 2008 Location: 7city Learning, London       Background: Algorithmic trading continues to evolve at a rapid pace, with new developments coming from both industry and the academic community, where much ground-breaking research has taken place. This research is being translated into...

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