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DigitalOcean acquires cloud computing startup Paperspace for $111M in cash

TechCrunch: M&A

“We’re excited to expand our portfolio tailored to the world’s small- and medium-sized (SMBs) businesses and startups with simplified AI and machine learning offerings,” Spruill said in a press release. ” Paperspace was co-founded in 2014 by Daniel Kobran and Dillon Erb, graduates of the University of Michigan. .

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Daiwa Capital Markets Europe selects former Jefferies MD for new head of equities

The TRADE

He joins the investment banking arm of Daiwa Securities Group as its new head of equities after nine and a half years with Jefferies, having joined in 2014 in his most recent role. He began his career as a junior portfolio manager at RSA covering US equities.

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Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Attacks: What Investors Need to Know

Beyond M&A

For a portfolio company, it could lead to significant financial losses, loss of trust, and potentially, legal consequences. TweetDeck (2014) : A teenager discovered an XSS vulnerability in TweetDeck, a popular Twitter application. For a user, this might mean unauthorized purchases or identity theft.

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Union Investment’s trading head Hock steps away from role to pursue digital asset aspirations

The TRADE

Hock originally joined Union in 2014 and has since been instrumental in the development of the firm’s trading strategy and structure. In 2015, the European asset manager unified its trading teams under one multi-asset trading desk as part of a strategic review, aimed at executing a greater percentage of orders sent by portfolio managers.

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People Moves Monday: Union Investment, LCH Group, Instinet and more…

The TRADE

Hock originally joined Union in 2014 and has since been instrumental in the development of the firm’s trading strategy and structure. Prior to that, he served as a portfolio manager for European small and mid-caps as well as a European equities research analyst. His new role is not yet public but will be communicated in due course.

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Thought Machine ponders IPO as VCs advise against listing  

Growth Business

The London-based start-up , which uses the cloud to help banks with their technology needs, was founded in 2014 and has raised £490m since its inception according to Pitchbook. In our portfolio we would advise: unless you really need to, hold back,” Mike Volpi, partner at Index Ventures told the Financial Times.

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Trader of the Year: Millennium’s Charlotte Nutting

The TRADE

After leaving university, she undertook several sell-side internships at RBC, Nomura and Fisher Investments, returning to RBC in 2014 to work on its cash management team for its foreign exchange traders. Nutting graduated from Loughborough University with a degree in Geography in 2013. You started on the sell-side, what made you move over?

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