Binance and FTX’s C.E.O.s Talk Shop – The New York Times
In a series of video calls and email exchanges with The New York Times, Mr. Bankman-Fried and Mr. Zhao discussed the paths that led them to crypto and their views on risk, profit and operating in regulatory gray spaces. The interviews have been edited and condensed for clarity. Sam Bankman-Fried You ran a cryptocurrency trading […]
Following Matt Pressey’s retirement, Salinas hires a new finance director – The Californian
Mark Roberts was appointed by Salinas City Manager Steve Carrigan as the city’s new Finance Director. He will begin leading the Finance Department on July 28. “We conducted a national search for the city’s finance director and I believe that Mark Roberts has the knowledge and experience to lead and modernize the city’s financial activities,” Carrigan […]
ICR Capital Hires Anna Shearer to Enhance Convertible and Equity Derivatives Advisory Practice – Business Wire
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ICR, a leading strategic communications and advisory firm, announced today that its broker-dealer affiliate, ICR Capital, has hired Anna Shearer as Managing Director in its Convertible and Equity Derivatives Advisory team. Ms. Shearer will focus on capital markets advisory efforts related to convertible securities and equity derivatives and will report to Syed Raj […]
ICR Capital Hires Anna Shearer to Enhance Convertible and Equity Derivatives Advisory Practice – Yahoo Finance
NEW YORK, July 22, 2021–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ICR, a leading strategic communications and advisory firm, announced today that its broker-dealer affiliate, ICR Capital, has hired Anna Shearer as Managing Director in its Convertible and Equity Derivatives Advisory team. Ms. Shearer will focus on capital markets advisory efforts related to convertible securities and equity derivatives and will report […]
Stock market news live updates: Stocks listless after unexpected jump in jobless claims – Yahoo Finance
Stocks were hemmed in a narrow range on Thursday, with traders struggling to decipher the meaning behind a surprise rise in unemployment, which threatens a 2-day rally that wiped out losses sustained during the worst trading day of 2021. Sentiment took a hit after data Thursday showed an unexpected jump in jobless claims, which last […]
Bumper Finance Rockets into Top 10 Biggest DeFi Derivatives Protocols on Launch of Liquidity Provision Program; Over $9m TVL Achieved in First 24 Hours – Yahoo Finance
LONDON, UK / ACCESSWIRE / July 22, 2021 / Bumper Finance, the radically innovative decentralised finance (DeFi) protocol which protects the price of crypto assets against volatility, last week launched their liquidity provision program, which saw $9.8m deposited in the first 48 hours of going live, making it the tenth largest DeFi derivatives protocol by […]
Term SOFR gets cautious blessing for derivatives – Risk.net
A term version of the secured overnight financing rate, or SOFR, will be permitted for use in derivatives contracts according to best practices laid out by the group charged with weaning US markets off Libor, but its use will be limited to ‘one-and-done’ hedging of a narrow band of cash instruments – something market participants […]
‘Midnight in the Switchgrass’ Review: Sordid and Derivative – The New York Times
“Midnight in the Switchgrass” is the first feature directed by Randall Emmett, whose trademark as a producer — according to a sprawling career overview in New York magazine earlier this year — has been a rash of low-budget movies starring misleadingly top-billed actors like Bruce Willis. “Switchgrass” is superior to those Emmett productions (“Reprisal,” “Survive […]
