Brian DeChesare

JUNE 15, 2022

If you look online, you’ll find many threads, articles, and blog posts saying that back office (BO) and middle office (MO) jobs are “the worst” and that if you end up there, your career is over. Example Jobs at a Bank: Risk management, treasury, some legal/in-house counsel roles, counterparty credit, and some types of quant jobs.

Banking 98

Banking Treasury Start-ups Finance 98

Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

In business financing decisions , the cost of capital becomes an optimizing tool , where businesses look for a mix of debt and equity that reduces the cost of capital , and where matching up the debt (in terms of currency and maturity) to the assets r educes default risk and the cost of capital.

Risk Premium 73

Risk Premium Beta Start-ups Equity 73

Reynolds Holding

JANUARY 14, 2025

Thrift and Bank Crisis of the 1980s Let me start by going back to 1980, when the banking and thrift industries had experienced more than four decades of stability. Most of these deposits were uninsured and started running quickly when questions emerged about Continentals viability.

Banking 45

Banking Marketability Treasury Start-ups 45

Global Finance

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Breaking technologies, including artificial intelligence, are redefining offerings in the foreign exchange market by incorporating new participants, reducing information asymmetries, and increasing competitiveness, he says. The bank has started an internal digitalization project to simplify and accelerate the workflow for FX transactions.

Banking 87

Banking Marketability Technology Finance 87