Sentences with phrase «use of financial engineering»

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While the article quotes a number of individuals — from a financial analyst to a software engineer — who claim to have had success using nootropics, the scientific research on its long - term effects is still thin.

This use of buybacks as an image booster has become one of the most divisive ideas about repurchases, with many analysts and market watchers calling it «financial engineering.»

The November 15th program will include cutting - edge discussions such as: how non-exchange traded alternatives are becoming the mutual funds of yesteryear; what is driving retail's demand for non-exchange traded alternatives; using micro-investing technology to diversify across and within online marketplaces; how legislation is being used to engineer a new breed of alternative products; how innovations in self - directed IRAs will create new retail distribution channels for the entire alternative product universe; how technology will ensure the scalability of online platforms and enable traditional financial services providers to increase AUM; how millennials will fuel the growth of FinTech and redefine financial services; how FinTech will replace the 401k and transform the way Americans save for retirement; and how modernizing the Self - directed IRA is the trillion dollar FinTech opportunity.

«I think it will be more of the digital gold that's programmable, and I think there will be currencies that survive more for P2P payments, more for financial engineering, [and other specific use cases].»

«The role of active investors is to find value, but when all asset classes are overvalued, the only way to survive is by using financial engineering to short volatility in some form... In world of ultra-low interest rates shorting volatility has become an alternative to fixed income... The global demand for yield is now unmatched in human history.

According to Vice president Dr. Bawumia, government has chosen a strategic shift and «we want to build a Ghana which looks to the use of its own resources and their proper management as the way to engineer social and economic growth in our country...» For him, a Ghana beyond aid means mobilizing and leveraging domestic savings and revenues transparently; expand financial inclusion with credit services and saving systems for all, especially women; and financing through local capital markets in local currencies.

He added: «While firms complain about a shortage of qualified physicists and engineers on the labour market, a very large number of graduates in these fields work in the financial sector, where they only use their STEM skills to a very limited degree.

One fear is that financial considerations will take precedence over sound fire safety thinking, particularly around the application of new building materials and techniques, the use of fire engineering theory and the omission of a suitable fire suppression system in new build schools.

Further, elements of financial engineering, most notably the excessive use of corporate stock buy - back programs during a period of declining earnings, have detached many stock prices from their historic fundamentals.

It was and is a world of consultants and financial engineers, reapplying the same case study or stratagem they had used many times before.

The company, US - based Dimensional Fund Advisors (DFA), manages US$ 338 billion for clients worldwide, and bills itself as a «pioneer in financial engineering», emphasising its use of the «science of capital markets» (1).

In a recent article describing the financial savings from associate layoffs, the chair of one large firm explained that his firm is using associate layoffs as a business strategy for replicating the high annual attrition that his law firm had grown used to over the last few years: «We have an entire machine built around 25 % attrition... We have to engineer that just to stand still.

«The group uses social engineering techniques, such as phishing emails with malicious attachments - for example Word documents with embedded exploits - to target employees in financial institutions of interest,» says Sergey Golovanov, a principal security researcher at Moscow - based cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab.

Our engineers are also working on a robust (open source) application layer that can utilize a public Blockchain such as Bitcoin (or Ethereum), to issue securities and enable tradability within a particular niche of the financial markets, but more importantly execute DVP (Delivery Versus Payment) settlement and coupon / dividend administration using fiat currency.

Dear Deb: I recently completed my MBA in finance and am trying to make a career transition from an engineering role to a quantitative position in financial services where I can use more of my analytical training.

Job Search Strategies career adviceDear Deb: I recently completed my MBA in finance and am trying to make a career transition from an engineering role to a quantitative position in financial services where I can use more of my analytical training.

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Responsible for leading an offshore team of QA engineers in validating releases of software used by large financial institutions for filing Federal auditing reports.

I'm an engineering management executive with 15 + years in Permitting, Design, Planning, and Construction of industrial, commercial, refinery mixed use project director, experienced leading a Renewal Energies Start up operations, and exceptional Profit and Loss (P / L) financial accountability.

IT Project Manager — Professional Highlights Serve multinational corporations in a variety of technology based strategic planning and administration roles Offer expertise as a consultant, programmer, engineer, business analyst, and database administrator Lead technology projects for NASA, U.S. Customs, American Express, and General Electric Design and implement reporting, customer service, marketing, sales, and financial management software Responsible for network and database design, administration, and security Oversee enterprise - wide hardware and software upgrades resulting in increased efficiency Minimize operational and manpower costs through effective technology solutions Serve as forecast budget analyst for Joint Project Management Operations at Kennedy Space Center Develop reporting application tool using crystal reports engine on CD throughout Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Station resulting in $ 500,000 savings on user licensing fees Create detailed project plan with well - defined tasks, milestones, client sign - offs, test cycles, and specifications which served to communicate project progress to management Develop visual basic application for financial banking Institution using crystal reports to reduce the company's response time resulting in initial reporting from 2 - 3 hours to just 45 seconds Oversee multimillion - dollar software implementation for Miami Air from a consultancy level Upgrade Great Plains software platform and administered security access for Miami internal databases Write over 200 SQL stored procedures from access databases for financial institutions Compose business correspondence and prepared statistical spreadsheet analysis for Kennedy Space Center Recognized by colleagues and superiors for outstanding job performance, reliability, and efficiency Conduct surveys of operations to assess needs and identify high priority improvements Complete major product releases meeting very aggressive schedules and budgets Serve as a member of the International Cyber Threat Task Force Utilize fluencies in English, Portuguese, Arabic, French, and German to communicate with a diverse clientele Continually study emerging technologies and industry best practices Perform all duties with positivity, professionalism, and integrity

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Strata document review services include reviewing strata council meeting minutes, general meeting minutes, bylaws, insurance certificates, the «Form B», operating budget, financial statements, strata plans, unit entitlement, parking, limited common property and exclusive use areas, leasing or renting of units, pets, engineering reports, restrictive covenants, etc., and then providing buyers with opinions based on these documents.

Specific sectors with high levels of home office deduction use include textile producers, electronics producers, non-store based retailers, publishers, video / audio producers, broadcasters, internet based workers, certain financial workers, real estate brokers, appliance and video rental services, CPAs, architects, engineers, drafters, building inspectors, designers, science and business consultants, advertisers, marketers, business administrators, educators, doctors, social workers, actors, and religious and professional organization workers.