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The 20 greatest trading innovations

The TRADE

Usually hosted by bulge bracket banks, SIs are an internalising mechanism that allow banks to execute flow over the counter or off exchange. The process was first brought to the world’s attention in Michael Lewis’ 2014 novel ‘Flash Boys’ which unpacks the role of latency in trading in light of the shift to electronification.

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The Tragic Investment Banker Death: Should Senior Bankers Go to Jail for Killing Their Junior Staff?

Mergers and Inquisitions

It’s Not 2004, 2014, or 2021 Anymore: Banks Need to Change So, now to the punch line. As I wrote in a recent update of the bulge bracket banks article , though, these points are less true today. So, junior bankers can force changes if enough of them band together and protest.