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Introduction to Decentralized Finance

Introduction to Decentralized Finance

The termThe term DeFi, short for Decentralized Finance, was introduced in August 2018 in a Telegram chat between developers and entrepreneurs at Ethereum, including Inje Yeo from Set Protocol, Blake Henderson from 0x and Brendan Forster from Dharma. They discussed what to call the open finance application movement based on Ethereum. Other options considered were “Open Horizon”, “Lattice Network”,…

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Palantir- seeing too much or just enough?

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What is Palantir? Palantir Technologies is a public American software company that specializes in big data analytics. It performs a deep search of all criminal, financial, medical, communication, and clandestine agency records on the target.  Did you know? The company’s tech helped locate Osama bin Laden in 2011 and is being used to trace COVID-19 infections, track medical supply chains, and…

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A brief overview of the industrials sector

A brief overview of the industrials sector

The industrials sector covers a wide range of companies that produce goods for manufacturing, construction and resource extraction, such as equipment and machinery. The overall performance of the sector is correlated to the supply and demand for the manufacturing of specific products usually interwoven with general trends of growth or rescission in the markets. Some major stock names in fact…

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CDPQ completes Acquisition of Greater Changhua 1 Offshore Wind Farm 

CDPQ completes the acquisition of Greater Changhua 1 Offshore Wind Farm. #renewables #energy

DEAL OVERVIEW Acquirer: CDPQ  Target: 50% stake in Greater Changhua 1 Offshore Wind Farm (owned by Ørsted)  Value: $2.68 billion  Announced date: January 11th 2021  Closed date: Ongoing  Financial Advisors: Deutsche Bank for CDPQ  Legal Counsel: Clifford Chance for CDPQ, Allen & Overy for Ørsted  COMPANY DETAILS Acquiring company: CDPQ CDPQ is an institutional investor and asset manager…

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Do you know the identity of the whale behind the Dogecoin?

Do you know the identity of the whale behind the Dogecoin?

The Dogecoin bullish wave is over or a pullback after two months of unparalleled growth. In any case, the last fall of Dogecoin reminded us how fragile the crypto doge is. It took Elon Musk’s circus for her to lose 20 cents. There is not just that ! The fear that the major Dogecoin investor would sell these tokens also aided the bearish momentum.The Doge was believed to be the asset of small…

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Microsoft to acquire Nuance Communication for $20bn to advance cloud and AI services for its healthcare customers.

Microsoft to acquire Nuance Communication for $20bn to advance cloud and AI services for its healthcare customers. #healthcare #technology #gafam

DEAL OVERVIEW Acquirer: MicrosoftTarget: Nuance CommunicationEstimated value of merger: $19.7 billionDate of transaction: Q4 2021Financial advisor to Microsoft: Goldman Sachs & Co. LLCFinancial advisor to Nuance Communications: Evercore On April 12th 2021, Microsoft Corp and Nuance Communications announced theyhave entered into a definitive agreement under which Microsoft will acquire Nuancefor…

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Facebook Stock Analysis: Is it a Strong Buy Amongst Whistleblowers and Privacy Concerns?

Facebook Stock Analysis: Is it a Strong Buy Amongst Whistleblowers and Privacy Concerns? #facebook #bigtech #investing #stocks #stockanalysis #technology

Since the end of September Facebook Inc. has faced a new wave of reputational issues initiated by an ex-employee, called “the whistleblower” by the media, who leaked internal documents to the Wall Street Journal revealing the company’s misconduct towards its 2.8 billion users. Apparently, when it came to choosing between profit and users’ safety Zuckerberg’s company has always prioritized growth…

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The PROBLEMATIC Art of Deep Learning

The PROBLEMATIC Art of Deep Learning

Jobin Reji – King’s College London Introduction Artificial Intelligence has two sub-sectors, as we found out in the last article. General AI and Applied AI, machine learning came under the topic of General AI. General AI is the implementation of computational thinking by computers that a human would have programmed. This concept of human thinking is then further studied and applied to Deep…

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Robinhood to provide 24/7 support to users

Robinhood to provide 24/7 support to users

Who is Robinhood? Robinhood is a fintech brokerage company that offers commission-free trading, providing an online platform enabling customers to trade stocks, exchange-traded funds (ETFs – a type of security that tracks a particular index/commodity/sector which can be purchased and traded in the same way as a conventional stock) and options. The business also offers users the ability to invest…

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The blockchain ecosystem holds up in Switzerland

The blockchain ecosystem holds up in Switzerland

Blockchain chronicle. For more than four years, Switzerland has hosted a large number of projects. Overview of this high potential ecosystem. 840 companies active in blockchain and cryptocurrency is the surprising figure shared by the Swiss Blockchain Federation last year. That is more than 4,400 jobs in the Zug crypto-valley alone.   Finma’s responsiveness in 2017 and 2018 has a lot to do…

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Are We in the Emerge of Decentralised Social Media?

Are We in the Emerge of Decentralised Social Media?

Ilhan Yavuz Ataol, Queen Mary University of London Due to the massive developments in technology, digital platforms including media sharing platforms, knowledge platforms, and service-oriented platforms have become an essential part of our life. In addition to those platforms, social media is unarguably the foremost important digital platform for many people. Its addictive nature is what makes…

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Klrana: buy now, pay later

Klrana: buy now, pay later

Leave a Comment / FinTech Division / By Thomas Tang Overview – What is Klarna? Klarna Bank AB (Klarna) is a fintech company founded in 2005, based in Sweden. It aims to make a more effortless and safer online shopping experience for its customers. Klarna now has more than 250,000 businesses globally with over 90 million active customers, becoming the second-largest firm in the world in just 15…

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PANDEMIC BONDS: HOW DID IT MISS THE MARK?

PANDEMIC BONDS: HOW DID IT MISS THE MARK? #LSE #LondonSchoolOfEconomics #PandemicBonds #FinancialPills #DisruptiveOpportunities

Zane Morais, Futa Takahashi – London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) Introduction Pandemic bonds have been placed under a microscope ever since the idea was proposed in 2015 after a deadly wave of Ebola outbreak. It has been questioned numerous times over the years with regards to its complexity and its lack of necessity. Saving up money for the purposes of a future pandemic…

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Lululemon Athletica (NASDAQ: LULU), THE ATHLEISURE PIONEER IS MORE THAN JUST YOGA PANTS

Lululemon Athletica (NASDAQ: LULU), THE ATHLEISURE PIONEER IS MORE THAN JUST YOGA PANTS #finance #economy #money #lululem #yoga #yogapants

Overview Lululemon Athletica (NASDAQ: LULU) is a multinational athletic apparel company founded in 1998. In its early developmental years, Lululemon centred around yoga wear and yoga pants, but has since ventured into a versatile selection of activewear, lifestyle apparel and sports accessories for women and men alike. Lululemon itself is a pioneering and well-loved athleisure trend that…

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Hitachi completes Acquisition of GlobalLogic 

Hitachi completes Acquisition of GlobalLogic  #hitachi #economy #acquisitions #stockmarket #money #finance

Deal Overview  Acquirer: Hitachi  Target: GlobalLogic  Value: US$9.6 billion  Announced date: August 3rd, 2020  Closed date: March 31st , 2021  Financial Advisors: Credit Suisse for Hitachi, J.P. Morgan & Goldman Sachs for GlobalLogic  Legal Counsel: Shearman & Sterling for Hitachi, Kirkland & Ellis for GlobalLogic  Company Details   Hitachi is a global conglomerate offering products and…

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Can Salesforce Sustain its Superb Growth?

Can Salesforce Sustain its Superb Growth? #stocks #investing #salesforce #tech #stockanalysis

The Digital Services Sector The pandemic has, in the space of a few months, brought years of change to the way companies and businesses operate. Increasing the demand for next-generation collaboration and productivity tools. Clients now desire software that is easy to integrate, that streamline/automate operations, that track key business metrics and analyse data whilst also enhancing their…

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Goldman’s turn to Expand into FinTech consumer banking

Goldman’s turn to Expand into FinTech consumer banking #FinTech #Finpills #Investment #investmentbanking #Goldmansachs #consumers #NewYork #GreenSky

By Ismail Berbache, on 15/09/21 Goldman Sachs is acquiring FinTech GreenSky for $2.24 billion. The all-stock deal for GreenSky called the biggest FinTech platform for home improvement loans in a release announcing the transaction, is expected to close by the first quarter of 2022. Goldman Sachs will pay 0.03 share of its common stock for each share of GreenSky, which works out to about $12.11…

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