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A major shout out to DirectMarkets' Kevin Lupowitz, who agreed to be my first victim guest on the Daly Post Podcast. In this approximately 30-minute kick-off episode, we discuss how Kevin's firm looks to re-make the follow-on issuing businesses for corporate issuers by adopting an electronic crossing-network paradigm that directly links issuers to institutional investors.

Stopping the Spread of Greek Fire

One of the enduring mysteries of antiquity is the make up of Greek Fire.

According to records, the Greeks would use this nasty Napalm-like substance to set fire to enemy navies. For the unfortunate victims, no normal fire-fighting techniques could extinguish it. Once a ship caught fire, it burned until there was no more fuel left.

Sound familiar?

Two Tips to Drive Innovation

Innovation has been an industry buzzword for a number of years now, but what does it actually mean for organization? Or better yet, what do you do when you manager comes into your office and simply tells you to improve the innovation coming from your group?

A couple of good tips came from a panel discussion held during Innotribe regional Start-Up Challenge in midtown Manhattan last week.

Big Data Gets Up Close and Personal

If you ever wondered about the value of big data, just read this Wired article on what the data wizards over at Facebook are doing. They have identified the listening habits of members who have just started new relationships and those who have just ended relationships, so they can identify those likely to start or end relationships before they know. Sure, merchants would love this data for its targeted marketing value alone, but it also could be exploited easily for other financial uses. Imagine if you could incorporate this into algorithms that predict the performance of traders, athletes or anyone else. The opportunities are almost limitless.









 

Exchanges are Large Enough

It is curious how the financial markets can mirror nature. Nature has a way of capping the growth of a species so that it does not outstrip the available resources in its ecosystem.

After the European Union officials decided not to approve the proposed Deutsche Börse-NYSE Euronext merger last week, NYSE Euronext CEO Duncan Niederauer went on the record stating the era of exchange mega-mergers was at an end.  It appears that the global market has decided that the largest global exchange operators are large enough.