I’ve got a car, despite the fact that I rarely drive it. There’s that nagging feeling, that I should keep my car, just in case I need it. On those rare occasions I do drive it into London, I end up moaning about all the traffic, and wish I’d taken the Tube. Not only that,…
Author: Saeed Amen
Foreign Exchange, General, TCA
Cutting the huge costs of eTrading desks with tcapy
by Saeed Amen •
If you read my column, you’ll probably know I like burgers and make any excuse to mention them. Today is no exception! Let’s say that today, I wanted to open a burger joint. Ok, I’m no chef, but I think I can probably make a burger. Rather than simply buying a ready made building to…
Data, General, TCA
Keep your trade data private for TCA
by Saeed Amen •
It’s been a while since I had my first job at Lehman Brothers. It’s all slightly a blur now. For the first few weeks, we rotated around various desks, in a sort of matchmaking exercise to see where we’d get a job. I remember being thoroughly disappointed at not making the cut for the CDO…
Data, General
Is your firm sitting on valuable exhaust data?
by Saeed Amen •
I’ve never tried to use a metal detector. The dream, I assume, of folks that use metal detectors is to find treasure! In an unassuming grass field, maybe they’ll stumble across Roman gold or perhaps a Tudor necklace? The chances are pretty low. Perhaps, a lot of metal objects you’d dig up would pretty worthless.…