Business Knowledge for IT in Investment Banking: A Complete Handbook for IT Professionals

by Essvale Corporation

IT professionals need business knowledge in today's fast-paced financial landscape to deploy and maintain business-critical systems. This book gives the IT professional an insight into the business world of investment banking. It contains 12 chapters that * A description of business divisions for full-service and boutique investment banks * Trends in investment banking * Overview of the asset classes * The trading lifecycle and how it maps to the software development lifecycle * An overview of the systems from notable vendors that are used for trading, risk management and compliance * A description of the major players in the industry * Skills demanded by employers The authors have carefully selected topics for discussion that ensure a wide coverage of the business knowledge required to get readers up to speed with the exciting business of investment banking. Business Knowledge for IT in Investment Banking is an invaluable handbook for professionals working in investment banking and crossovers. It is targeted at IT professionals such * Project Managers * Application developers * Development Managers * Test Managers * Business Analysts * Data Analysts * Systems Analysts * Test Analysts * Support Analysts * Database Administrators * HR staff responsible for IT recruitment Post graduate and under graduate students in Information Technology -related degree courses will also find this book useful. This is the first publication in the Bizle Professional Series.

Paperback

First published April 1, 2006

Reviews

[Nitin Nagpure2000 · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good Book

[Stefan · Rating 2 out of 5]

Well, seems like someones idea to cash-in on a hot title.
There is(?) definitely a niche in the market, but this book isn't filling it.

A lot of oversimplifications (some misleading if you don't know the context), direct quotes striking close to Reuters' marketing materials, re-print(?) of FT credit ratings descriptions, hype and buzzy words...

So why 2 starts then?
For the link to FpML, I've missed this standard somehow focusing on FIX :-)

Will go through other 'products' out of the Essvale Corporation Ltd.
Hopefully, while focusing on sub-domain of Investment Banking activities their content would improve...

[Divya Thakur · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good overview of the business of IT in the business of finance.