A BlackRock executive highlights the new kinds of skills he's looking for in a $2 trillion business – and why old-school traders are still important

The firm's head of fixed income trading wants staff who understand markets and can do 'citizen development,' working on electronic projects in Python.

June 20, 2019   |   View Online »

A BlackRock executive highlights the new kinds of skills he's looking for in a $2 trillion business – and why old-school traders are still important Meghan Morris | The firm's head of fixed income trading wants staff who understand markets and can do 'citizen development,' working on electronic projects in Python. Read More »

Slack's $17 billion direct listing could be the IPO game-changer Silicon Valley has been waiting for. But others say it's a techie delusion. Troy Wolverton | Slack is following Spotify's footsteps and doing a direct listing. But there's a reason why other startups don't use the same process. Read More »

Trump is threatening to disrupt the $5 trillion currency market by inserting clauses into trade deals. Here's how that could change how the entire global economy functions. Marley Jay | HSBC warns that trade deals could make the economy itself more volatile if the currencies involved can no longer respond to changes in fundamentals. Read More »

JPMorgan-backed $1 billion payments company Bill.com is picking bankers for an IPO Becky Peterson | Bill.com is gearing up to go public following wave of enterprise tech IPOs just months after raising $88 million from Franklin Templeton. Read More »

A fund manager is dominating 96% of his peers by handpicking companies on the verge of explosive sales growth. Here are his top picks right now. Akin Oyedele | James Callinan explains why the stock market's biggest driver is not the economy, and shares his strategies for outperforming. Read More »

These 3 chart-based market signals can help investors remove emotion from their process and achieve supersize profits Christopher Competiello | Fundamentals tell only one side of the story. An evidence-based technical approach vastly stacks the deck in a trader's favor. Read More »

A CMO who has worked at Nike and Coca-Cola reveals why Amazon isn't going to kill off retail any time soon Charlie Wood | Joy Howard, a CMO who has worked at Nike and Coca-Cola, explained why old-fashioned retail stores remain important. Read More »

The new tech chief of the $24 billion health system in Amazon's backyard has big plans after a 26-year career at Microsoft. But first, he has to help his hospitals with the basics. Lydia Ramsey | When Microsoft veteran B.J. Moore went to work for a hospital system, he quickly saw how far behind the healthcare industry is. Read More »

Facebook's facing a bunch of questions about its new cryptocurrency. How it addresses them will make or break the service. Troy Wolverton | It's unclear if or how Libra will comply with the myriad financial regulations, or what kind of consumer protections it will offer. Read More »

The founder of a $1 billion startup reveals why he took SoftBank's Saudi cash after the murder of Jamal Khashoggi Shona Ghosh | Tech companies in the US, Europe, and Asia continue to take billions of dollars from SoftBank's Vision Fund. Gympass was one of them. Read More »

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