Opinion Overview of Quantitative Finance in France
A short review of quantitative finance in France under the lens of the Next Finance website: Profile of quants, origins and outlook of the industry.
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Interview Arnaud Chrétien and Serge Darolles : «The objective of QuantValley is to become the calling card for French Quantitive management»
Challenges, positioning and quantative management outlook in France. Arnaud Chrétien and Serge Darolles, respectively Chairman and deputy chairman of QuantValley, answer our questions and introduce us to their project aimed at promoting Paris’ image as a city of (...)
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Regulation Extension of the ban on the taking of net short positions in ten French securities of the financial sector
The Board of the AMF considered that the market conditions were not satisfactory to lift the said ban.
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News BNP Paribas denies having trouble obtaining USD funding
BNP Paribas categorically denies the statements made by a certain anonymous BNP Paribas executive who states that the bank has a liquidity problem in dollars and is participating in the creation of a market in euros to solve the (...)
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Stories Capital Fund Management: Simply the best?
Discus Fund, one of CFM flagship funds, posted 23 percent year-to-date positive returns as of october end, the best performance amongst all the global systematic funds. This is the confirmation the know-how of the French manager which has shown exceptional trackrecords for (...)
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Profile Job market: Private Banking and Wealth Management
How to build, manage and retain staff? What are the evaluation criteria for good wealth managers ? What are the market’s compensation levels ? Specialised recruitment company, Norman Alex, shares with us their analysis and (...)
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Note Impact of collective influences on forecast and investment decisions
The valuation of financial assets, by financial analysts and the investment decisions of fund managers, depend on the paradigm of economic rationalisation. However, it is clear that there are uncertainties and instabilities which have characterised the financial market for (...)
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Note Real estate: Attempting to explain the increase in prices.
The situation appears to be a paradox. France is just coming out of a crisis but real estate prices have sharply increased during the previous months and have only slightly decreased at the height of the crisis. How can this phenomenon be (...)
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People Moves Layoffs at Société Générale: a hidden redundancy plan?
That’s the question unions have been facing after the sharp increase in layoffs made by the investment bank this summer...
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People Moves Redundancy plan: Société Générale to join the party
The announcements of job cuts in investment banking continues. After a year fueled by rumors, Société Générale has officially announced the implementation of a voluntary departure plan for approximately 880 investment bankers (...)
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Innovation Launch of EMERGENCE, 1st seed-capital fund for young management companies on the Paris Financial Markets
A key necessity for these young companies, either based in or seeking to be established in France, is seed capital to manage from day one. Such capital allows management companies to quickly reach critical mass.
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Innovation Sélection 1818: the new platform dedicated to independent financial advisors
Banque Privée 1818 and Rothschild & Cie Banque have signed the final agreement for the creation of their common platform dedicated to independent financial advisors, born out of the merger of Sélection R and 1818 (...)
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News USD funding, money market freeze, pheripheral sovereign debt...answers from BNP Paribas
Amongst the three French banks under pressure, only BNP Paribas has played the card of full transparency ...
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Salary & Bonus Determination of Salaries
How are salaries fixed? Are they controlled by companies? Or by the State? Perhaps they are controlled by syndicates? Or is it an obscure system controlled by hidden forces? Not at all. Long term, it?s a different (...)
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News Nexar Capital Group, a global alternative investment manager, acquires Ermitage
Nexar Capital Group SCA announced yesterday the acquisition of Ermitage Limited, one of Europe’s pioneering alternative asset management organizations, from Caledonia Investments plc
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