Opinions

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  Greg MacSweeney
  Back Office: Time to Pay the Piper
  With increasing complexity and the need for more highly automated operations, the back office will require increased innovation and continued investment.
• A New Theory on Market Structure
  What happens when economic market theory collides with the fractured, high-speed, low-latency, dark pool insanity that we call the U.S. equity market?
• Spending Increase on the Horizon as the End Nears
  Technology, research, and other expenses that were delayed during the worst of the crisis can only be put off so long, so as the economy makes gradual improvements, so should spending figures.
• CIOs’ Top Priority: Managing IT Costs in a Challenged World
  The industry needs to rethink its cost and processing structures -- and perhaps make some radical changes, says Special Contributing Editor Larry Tabb.
• The Dawn of a New Investment Banking Model
  Rising from the ashes of the bulge-bracket investment banking model, a new breed of partner-driven merchant-investment bank is on the horizon, predicts Larry Tabb, special contributing editor.

Blog

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  Melanie Rodier
  TGIF: Hey Bernie!! Why Did You Do Me So Bad? "Hey Bernie! Why Did You Do Me So Bad? With All Of Our Cash...Turned Me Into Trash..." He...
• Michael Lewis’ “The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine”
• Wall Street Firms Focus On Vendor Risk (video)
• TGIF: Make It Rain -- The Credit Card Act
• Cloud Vendors: Are You Listening?
• TGIF: Need A Motivational Speech? (video)

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