Posts Tagged ‘finance’

Will the Euro Crash?

This guest post is written by Dr. Marc Vlitos, Enterprise Architecture Product Management at FINCAD. As the EURO crisis drags on with no end in sight, it has become apparent that European central banks are beginning to contemplate the possibility of a partial return to the old national currencies. While a total collapse still appears unlikely, the return of the Drachma, Lira and Peseta is becoming a real possibility. Forward-looking

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Uncovering the JP Morgan Credit Exposure Situation

This guest post is written by Matt Streeter, Product Manager of F3 at FINCAD. It is surely a daunting task to be the key decision maker at any organization and I’d wager it’s a whole lot more complicated at JP Morgan Chase. I certainly wouldn’t be envying the backpedaling and reshuffling that the Executive has had to do as of late, following the disclosures around the multi-billion dollar trading losses.

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Is further education still worth the cost?

This guest post is written by Matt Streeter, Product Manager at FINCAD. Taking a look at the events influencing market performance from the past several weeks, we see that these are surely exciting times, depending on the seat you’re in and how you define ‘excitement’. Greece’s potential slide into the abyss, the longer term fate of the Euro and stagnation in the US teamed with the Buffett Tax have all

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Ok I’m Blogging

Ok, I’m Blogging. This decision wasn’t easy. Wikipedia says that, as of early this year, there were already 156 million blogs in the blogosphere. Does the world really need another? But my marketers have been asking me to “share my thoughts” and I’ve finally decided to give this a try – with some misgivings. However, given what is going on in the world of finance and economics right now, it

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Bob Park

I co-founded FINCAD in 1990 and am responsible for the overall management of the company. Prior to co-founding FINCAD I worked in the Canadian investment industry in the private client areas of two national firms, Richardson Greenshields and CIBC Wood Gundy, latterly as a vice president.