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[Alberto de Almeida Cavalcanti, Brazilian film director and producer.] Typed Letter Signed ('Cavalcanti') to K. W. Luckhurst, Secretary, Royal Society of Arts, agreeing to his election as a member.
A. de A. Cavalcanti [Alberto de Almeida Cavalcanti] (1897-1982) Brazilian film director and producer who worked in England at GPO Film Unit and Ealing Studios [Royal Society of Arts, London]
On his letterhead: 'A. de A. Cavalcanti 13 Shooters Hill Road, Blackheath SE3 [London]'. 2 September 1947.
1p., 8vo. In fair condition, lightly aged, with pin holes to one corner. Date stamp. After thanking Luckhurst for his letter he writes: 'I am very flattered that your Council should wish to nominate me for election as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and shall consider it a great honour to be so elected. I am returning the form of application together with my cheque for three guineas.'
CAVALCANTI
[ Frank Pettingell, English film actor. ] Autograph Letter Signed ('Frank Pettingell') to 'Mr Capur', witha movie still of Pettingell in the Gainsborough Production 'Take My Tip' .
Frank Pettingell [ Frank Edmund George Pettingell ] (1891-1966), English film actor [ Gainsborough Productions ]
Letter on letterhead of Highfield Lodge, Wise Lane, Mill Hill, N.W.7. [ London ] 26 August 1945. Movie still: Renown Pictures Corporation Limited, Gainsborough Production [ 1937 ].
ONE: Letter. 2pp., 4to. In fair condition, lightly aged. He apologises for the delay in returning 'Purple Dust', explaining that he has only recently learnt 'definitely that the film will claim me until the end of October'. He asks Capur or his secretary 'to call in any time at the Theatrical bookshop in your court - I cannot remember the name of the shop - nor its proprietor except that his first name is Barry. [ i.e.
NINETEEN-THIRTIES
PETTINGELL
[ Bertram Park, photographer. ] Thirteen Typed Letters Signed to royal photographer Marcus Adams, his son Gilbert, and two others, written with rancour regarding their joint business arrangements, and expressing contempt for the photographer's art.
Bertram Park [ Bertram Charles Percival Park ] (1883-1972), British photographer, author and horticulturalist [ Marcus Adams (1875-1959), royal photographer; his son Gilbert Adams (1906-1996) ]
Either on letterheads of 43 Dover Street, Mayfair ('Studios: Bertram Park, Marcus Adams Ltd., Yvonne Gregory, James Vintner.'), or the Old Shooting Box, Eastcote High Road, Pinner, Middlesex. One dated 1950, the rest from between 1954 and 1962.
Thirteen Typed Letters Signed: seven to Marcus Adams, four to Gilbert Adams, and one apiece to 'Miss Farr' and 'Mr Murray'. Totalling 16pp., and with eight on Dover Street letterheads, and five on Park's personal Pinner letterheads. Five signed 'Bertram', one 'B.P.'', the other seven 'Bertram Park'. The thirteen items in good condition, with light signs of age and wear.
[ 'Carnival', 1946 British film. ] Autograph Signatures of director Stanley Haynes and actors Sally Gray, Michael Wilding, Stanley Holloway, Jean Kent, Catherine Lacey, Hazel Court, and two members of the crew.
Michael Wilding; Stanley Holloway; Sally Gray; Catherine Lacey; Stanley Haynes; Michael Clarke; Hazel Court, Jean Kent, Guy Green [ Twickenham Film Studios; 'Carnival', 1946 British film ]
No place [ Twickenham Film Studios ]. 1945.
On 18 x 16 cm leaf removed from an album. In good condition, lightly-aged. Headed '"Carnival" July 1945' and with the following signatures: 'Stanley Haynes (Director) | Guy Green . (Camera) | Sally Gray | Stanley Holloway (actor) | Catherine Lacey | Michael Clarke | Hazel Court. | Michael Wilding | Jean Kent | <?> (stills)'. The recipient was the daughter of a cameraman at Twickenham Film Studios.
[William Monk, engraver.] Proof on large paper of his own self-designed bookplate ('W. MONK | HOGARTH STVDIOS'), depicting a peacock looking out onto a country sunrise from a wooden balcony. With five-line quotation from Chaucer.
William Monk (1863-1937), engraver, based at Hogarth Studios, Charlotte Street, London, best-known for his 'Calendarium Londinense'
'W. MONK | HOGARTH STVDIOS' [Hogarth Studios, Charlotte Street, London.] Undated [1890s?].
Dimensions of etching 13 x 9 cm. Dimensions of plate 14.5 x 10.5 cm. Dimensions of page 32 x 25.5 cm. The image itself in excellent condition, the borders aged, with wear and closed tears to extremities.
BOOKPLATE
LONDINENSE
[Arthur Campbell, Victorian photographer.] Memorandum of Agreement in which he undertakes to teach Leonard Langsford 'how to prepare the photographic paper called "Gelatino-chloride glossy printing-out paper"'. With three associated signed documents.
Arthur Campbell of 6 Brooks Road, Gunnersbury, Victorian photographer [Leonard Langsford of the Lisle Press, 24 Whitcomb Street, London, printer; Campbell Studios?]
Memorandum: 17 June 1910. Receipt by Campbell: on letterhead of The Acacias, Brooks Road, Gunnersbury, W. [London]. 8 July 1910. Letter by Langford: on letterhead of The Lisle Press Ltd., 24 Whitcomb Street, Pall Mall. 17 June 1910.
The collection consists of four items. All four in good condition, on lightly-aged paper, with slight creasing. ONE: Typed Memorandum. 3pp., foolscap 8vo. Signed over a stamp by Campbell, and witnessed by Florence Campbell of Newcastle-on-Tyne. Campbell agrees to teach Langsford 'how to prepare the photographic paper called "Gelatino-chloride glossy printing-out paper" by the same formula and process as he uses and put him in the way to start and carry on a business for himself'.
Science, Medicine and Technology
LANGSFORD
The flamboyant Labour Member of Parliament Tom Driberg's own collection of photographic portraits of himself; nine large prints, by Maurice Beck (4, signed), Blechman (2, signed), Lenare (2) and Converse Studios (1); and a small one by Alex Dellow.
Tom Driberg [Thomas Edward Neil Driberg] (1905-1976), Baron Bradwell, Labour Member of Parliament and the Daily Express's 'William Hickey' ; Maurice Beck; Blechman; Lenare; Converse Studios, New York
[London and New York.] In stamped photographic album of Lenare, Portraiture, 28, George Street, Hanover Square, London, W.1. None of the ten prints is date [1930s to 1970s].
The nine large prints are in good condition, lightly-aged with slight wear to corners. The smaller print is lightly-creased. In worn blue faux-leather album, with large facsimile signature of 'Lenare' on cover in gilt, with the address 'Portraiture | 28, GEORGE STREET | HANOVER SQUARE | LONDON, W.1.' ONE to FOUR. A series of four head-and-shoulders portraits of Driberg, each signed in pencil by Maurice Beck, and with the stamp on the reverse: 'Photograph by | Maurice Beck | F.R.P.S.' Each on a piece of 37 x 29.5 cm.
BLECHMAN
DELLOW
DRIBERG
LENARE
Black and white portrait by Converse Studios Inc., New York, of the Labour Member of Parliament Tom Driberg [Thomas Edward Neil Driberg, later Baron Bradwell], the 'William Hickey' of the Daily Express.
Tom Driberg [Thomas Edward Neil Driberg] (1905-1976), Baron Bradwell, Labour Member of Parliament and the Daily Express's 'William Hickey' [Converse Studios Inc., New York, photographers]
Converse Studios Inc., New York. [1930s.]
Black and white portrait of Driberg from the waist up, by Converse Studios Inc., New York. In good condition, in lightly-worn printed card folder, 35 x 25.5 cm. The image is mounted behind a 23.5 x 18 cm windowpane. Driberg, in his early thirties, in a double-breasted pin-striped suit, white shirt, and tie, faces the camera with hands in pockets. From Driberg's own papers.
Typed Letter Signed "Cav" [Alberto Cavacanti, film director] to Edward Marsh, translator of Anouilh, Cocteau and others.
Alberto de Almeida Cavalcanti (1897-198, Brazilian-born film director and producer.
[Headed] A.de A. Cavalcanti 13 Shooters Hill Road Blackheath SE [London], 25 April 1949.
One page, obl. 12mo, good condition. He appreicates being told about the Georges Neveux play on the radio [French playwright], but "unluckily" he missed it. "I had a very pleasant surprise in Italy. As I was entering my room at the hotel a door next door to it opened and Neveux was staying there. I had a long talk with him and he said that some french p[roducers (friends of his) who are interested in the story, might like to have a talk about the possibilities of an English collaboration and they might come to London with Georges. Of course I haven't heard from him since [...]".
PLSAYWRIGHT
Signed black and white photograph by the Scottish silent movie star John Stuart, who starred in Alfred Hitchcock's first film (and another by the director), and in several Gainsborough Studios features.
John Stuart [John Alfred Louden Croall] (1898-1979), Scottish silent movie actor [Alfred Hitchcock; Gainsborough Studios]
'Photo by L. Protheroe.' Undated [1930s?].
Black and white studio photograph, postcard format (14 x 9 cm). Laid down on leaf removed from autograph album. Good, on shiny photographic paper, with margin making dimensions of image 12.5 x 8 cm, captioned at foot 'JOHN STUART' and, in smaller type, 'PHOTO BY | L. PROTHEROE'. Stuart's inscription, in bottom right-hand corner, reads 'Best wishes | Sincerely yours | John Stuart'. Stuart's two Hitchcock films were the director's debut 'The Pleasure Gardens' (1925), and 'Number Seventeen' (1932).
A large collection of assorted Christmas Cards (c.1200) addressed by all and sundry to Michael Balcon and his wife
[Michael Balcon, film producer, 1896-1977
1930s-1970s.
CINEMA EALING STUDIOS FILM CINEMATOGRAPHY AUTOGRAPH


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JP Morgan and SocGen invest in Wematch
September 18, 2019 /0 Comments/in Home, News, Wematch /by ChatsworthCommunications
JP Morgan and Societe Generale have invested in fintech firm, Wematch, as the company advances its plans to transform traditionally voice-traded financial markets.
Wematch provides technology which augments how traders at banks match, negotiate and manage trades. This brings the audit and control benefits of electronic tools to voice trading, delivered as web-based software-as-a-service technology.
There are now 40 banks and more than 750 traders on Wematch cross assets with more onboarding and billions of dollars in deal flows matched using its technology.
Despite the growth and benefits of e-trading, in some markets institutional investors still conduct most of their trading over the phone, or through interdealer brokers.
Wematch delivers the benefits of the newest web technologies to traders at banks, improving the matching and negotiation process, cutting costs for banks and increasing efficiency and reducing conduct risk for traders.
Wematch came through J.P. Morgan's In-Residence Programme and Societe Generale's Global Markets Incubator to foster the expansion of the fintech's offer across asset classes and instruments.
The funding takes J.P. Morgan's and Societe Generale's relationship with Wematch from users to investors, with the banks already active on Wematch across all existing platforms.
There is enormous potential for Wematch to help the capital market industry in further adopting digital solutions across multiple markets globally, and to adapt this awarded technology to internal and client-facing solutions.
Despite pressure from regulators for more trades to be conducted on electronic trading venues, it is estimated that over 80% of structured products and FX derivatives are still transacted by voice.
The interest rate swaps market is worth USD 2.1 trillion a day, according to the Bank for International Settlements, with over 70% of that business handled by phone negotiation.
Gregory Mimoun, co-CEO of Wematch, said: "Wematch is delivering the next generation in trading protocols, with intuitive GUIs and workflow tools to give voice trading professionals the edge. Everything we build is designed to support the trader's decision, giving them the tools to make the right call with confidence and certainty."
Joseph Seroussi, co-CEO of Wematch, said: "Wematch is leveraging on the latest available technologies and the traders' community permanent feedbacks and inputs to develop its capital market solutions. Our objective is to have a significant impact on the bottom line expenses of Financial Institutions by rolling out the Wematch technology on all markets, internal, or dealer-to-client activities."
Pasquale Cataldi, Head of Markets Lab, J.P. Morgan, said: "J.P. Morgan was an early supporter of WeMatch. As a member of our InResidence Programme, the platform showed real potential to transform the interbank interest rate dealing market through automation, resulting in audit and control benefits. The level of market adoption has already been encouraging and we're delighted to continue the journey with them."
Albert Loo, Deputy Head of Sales for Global Markets at Societe Generale, said: "Societe Generale is excited to contribute to the Wematch development after a successful collaboration within our Global Markets Incubator. Innovation in trading technology will drive efficiencies for market participants and we strongly believe that Wematch can sustainably improve dealing processes across asset classes."
Wematch launched its interest rates offering in June, with 10 banks matching and negotiating Euro IRS curves, butterflies, basis and gadgets structures, with single stock & Index options to follow in the coming months.
This was built on existing Wematch services for securities lending and equity derivatives and the firm now plans to build out services to more asset classes and instruments.
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FXCM Group Adds Ripple and Bitcoin Cash To Expand Crypto CFD Offering
May 17, 2019 /0 Comments/in FXCM /by ChatsworthCommunications
FXCM announced today that it has expanded its cryptocurrency offering with the addition of Bitcoin Cash and Ripple.
Since launching crypto CFDs in 2018, FXCM has seen rising demand from retail clients seeking to expand and add new cryptocurrencies to their portfolios.
Bitcoin Cash is borne from Bitcoin but has the capacity to process more transactions due to a larger block size. Ripple tokens, known as XRP, have also become increasingly popular with retail investors.
By trading these cryptocurrencies as CFDs, FXCM traders have the incentive potential opportunity to go both long and short. Micronized CFD contracts allow clients to place trades in fractions, which lowers the minimum margin required to enter a position. In addition, profits are credited to a trader's account instantly, rather than held in a crypto wallet or cold storage.
Brendan Callan, CEO of FXCM Group, comments: "Having successfully launched three different cryptocurrencies in the past 12 months, our clients are asking us to improve the range of crypto CFDs they can access. The addition of Bitcoin Cash and Ripple marks the latest stage of growth for FXCM's burgeoning cryptocurrency offering and is in direct response to increased demand from our clients."
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Banks and leading investors back Mosaic Smart Data
April 29, 2019 /0 Comments/in Mosaic Smart Data /by ChatsworthCommunications
Mosaic Smart Data has completed an USD 9 million investment round to support its rapid product development and global expansion. The round is co-led by CommerzVentures and Octopus Ventures and includes J.P. Morgan – an existing investor and client.
Daily trading activity in the capital markets generates vast quantities of raw transaction and pricing data. Institutions are increasingly looking to extract the value from this, largely untapped, data asset. Annual spending on data analytics and market data has now grown to over USD 30.5 billion a year.1 Being able to refine this raw data and distil it into meaningful 'Smart Data', where value can be extracted in the form of actionable insights, is a significant challenge that all market participants face, but success offers a proven and compelling competitive advantage for both buy-side and sell-side.
Mosaic Smart Data's solution cleanses, normalizes and enriches this raw data and provides a consolidated real-time view and analysis across the flows of market activity. Mosaic's advanced suite of machine learning models identify and alert the user to opportunities and threats, generating actionable insights specific to user job functions from sales and trading to management and compliance.
The firm provides analytics technology suitable for investment banks, buy-side firms, custodians, ECN's, exchanges and regulators.
Heiko Schwender, Principal at CommerzVentures, said: "Data analytics is becoming an integral part of every industry and the capital markets are no different. We will soon be at a position where it is a prerequisite for performance in the markets. This presents a huge opportunity for Mosaic Smart Data, which has built a platform which sets the gold standard for capital markets analytics. We are thrilled to be part of Mosaic Smart Data's journey."
Warren Rabin, Co-Head of Global Macro Sales and Marketing at J.P. Morgan, said: "Today's financial markets are awash in data at a scale never seen before, but what really drives performance is being able to extract truly actionable insights from that data in real-time. Tools like this that quickly make sense of vast data sets are changing the way our teams respond and operate and are going to become a differentiating factor for banks as they look to add value in their client discussions."
Zihao Xu, Future of Money lead & early stage investor at Octopus Ventures, said: "One of the most exciting applications of artificial intelligence is combining it with human intelligence to create something which is more than the sum of its parts. Mosaic Smart Data's machine learning models surface data insights that even the best human quant may not spot, delivering them to staff in a way which lets them act immediately. That is a powerful combination to drive productivity and performance across FICC markets globally."
Matthew Hodgson, CEO and Founder of Mosaic Smart Data, said: "Mosaic Smart Data's mission is to empower financial market professionals with usable, data-driven tools to ask the questions they need answered and to receive those results in a language they can understand. We want them to feel as though they have the firm's best quant sitting at their desk 24/7, able to answer any question they have almost instantly. That is the power of smart data analytics.
"This is a mission which is driving incredible interest among the world's leading financial institutions. With the support of these investors, we'll be able to take full advantage of the opportunity, accelerating deployment of the Mosaic Smart Data platform for clients and ensuring we keep the platform at the cutting edge of data analytics R&D and smart data technology."
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A new drive has launched to develop multi-trillion dollar trade as an asset class
April 4, 2019 /0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by ChatsworthCommunications
Fourteen leading global financial institutions have launched a drive to use technology and standardisation for the wider distribution of trade finance assets.
ANZ, Crédit Agricole CIB, Deutsche Bank, HSBC, ING, Lloyds Bank, Rabobank, Standard Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation are among the banks backing the Trade Finance Distribution Initiative (TFD Initiative).
TFD Initiative is powered by Tradeteq, the global trade finance distribution platform. Tradeteq's technology allows banks and institutional investors to efficiently connect, interact, and transact.
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) United Kingdom and the International Trade and Forfaiting Association (ITFA), the leading international association for banks and financial institutions involved in cross-border trade and forfaiting, have each joined TFD Initiative as an observer.
Trade finance is private financing that helps businesses cover mismatches between payment obligations and payment receipts resulting from the buying and selling of goods and services. It is a vital piece of the financial sector that supports importers and exporters as they conduct their trade activities.
Trade finance presents a compelling multi-trillion dollar investment opportunity for institutional investors seeking sources of attractive risk-adjusted returns with low correlation to stocks or bonds. TFD Initiative will initially focus on creating common data standards and definitions to enhance operational efficiency and improve risk management, creating a blueprint for global trade finance asset distribution.
Surath Sengupta, Global Head of Trade Portfolio Management at HSBC said: "As the world's number one trade finance bank1 , HSBC is at the forefront of the industry in harnessing the power of new technologies to make trade faster, safer and more competitive. While trade finance is currently an attractive asset class for banks, we believe technology will unlock investment from non-bank investors by removing complexity and making the underlying asset data both more structured and accessible."
Nicolas Langlois, Managing Director and Global Head of Trade Distribution & Liability and RWA Optimization CSDG & Transaction Banking at Standard Chartered Bank, commented: "Closing the financing gap in trade finance is about providing financing to small and medium sized enterprises. This requires developing new digital solutions to package those portfolios in a standardised format accepted by a broad range of investors and to achieve speed of execution."
ANZ's Damian Kwok, Head of Trade Portfolio Management and Head of Trade and Supply Chain, Australia, New Zealand, Pacific, observed: "Trade Finance is the lifeblood that is needed to support businesses and enable them to thrive in our communities. Therefore, it is imperative that the financing community continues to work together to support the growing requirements."
Anthony van Vliet, Global Head of Trade & Commodity Finance at ING, said: "In Trade & Commodity Finance, it's all about connecting global supply chains in food, energy and industrial activities. By bundling the expertise of global banks, the TFD Initiative bridges the gap between the US dollardominated commodity trade finance sector, and institutional investors who are not traditionally engaged in this part of the real economy."
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation's Kazuo Yoshimura, General Manager, Global Head of Supply Chain Finance, Global Trade Finance Department added; "Trade growth is vital for continued economic growth and global development. Bringing alternative investors into trade finance will provide additional funding to corporates globally. It is, therefore, that SMBC welcomes the Trade Finance Distribution Initiative as a playing a crucial role in establishing trade finance as an asset class."
Naeem Khan, Global Head of Trade Finance at Crédit Agricole CIB said: "We anticipate growing needs in terms of automation of the trade finance distribution market which will enhance investors' reach and bring distribution efficiency. This is a key step in the right direction to facilitate global trade finance market growth."
Shaahien Mottiar, Head of Trade: Southern & Central Africa and Head of Trade Asset Management at Standard Bank, said: "The application of technology is now enabling the involvement of non-traditional trade participants and investors. The TFD Initiative is a catalyst in driving the growing modernisation of trade and trade finance, and in developing an asset class directly connected to real economy transactions. For developing markets this means bridging the gap between perceived and real risks, and in-turn, creating opportunities for renewed sustainable growth and development."
"I believe the TFD Initiative offers the opportunity to create a global network for trade originators and liquidity providers to connect, interact and transact efficiently, thereby establishing trade finance as an easily accessible and attractive asset class for non-bank institutional investors," concluded André Casterman, Board Member at Tradeteq.
To learn more about TFD Initiative and to read the white paper or enquire about membership, please go to www.tradefinancedistribution.com.
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September 29, 2017 /0 Comments/in Finance, Home, News, SWIFT /by ChatsworthCommunications
The Chatsworth team is proud to be supporting SWIFT at SIBOS, the world's premier financial services conference, exhibition and networking event. What started out as a banking operations seminar in 1978, has grown into the premier business forum for the global financial community to debate and collaborate in the areas of payments, securities, cash management and trade.
Organised by SWIFT for the financial industry, Sibos has brought financial leaders together, over four decades, to network, collaborate and make sense of changes in the industry, helping to build an understanding of the forces affecting the financial community.
SWIFT is all about connectivity. The organisation remains the world's leading provider of secure financial messaging services, providing a platform for messaging, standards for communicating and products and services to facilitate access and integration; identification, analysis and regulatory compliance.
The organisation connects more than 11,000 banking and securities organisations, market infrastructures and corporate customers in more than 200 countries and territories. Headquartered in Belgium, SWIFT's international governance and oversight reinforces the neutral, global character of its cooperative structure.
The Chatsworth team will be in attendance throughout the event in Toronto, where the team will be working to support SWIFT in highlighting the challenges facing the financial eco-system and how their connectivity and experience can help. Chatsworth's CEO will also be moderating some of the panel debates.
Email: swift@chatsworthcommunications.com
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Compliance stream at Sibos will explore implications of rapidly changing geopolitical and financial crime environment
Experts and regulators to address the new normal in sanctions, counter-terrorist financing, anti-money laundering, fraud, and cyber security
Sibos introduces a stellar line-up throughout the Compliance stream at this four-day event in Toronto. Multiple sessions will address the profound impact of the shifting geopolitical, financial crime, and cybersecurity environment. Panel debates and deep-dive sessions will cover topics such as the future of financial intelligence sharing; counter terrorist financing in the 'lone wolf' era; the potential of artificial intelligence to improve sanctions and AML compliance; and the fraud and cyber-crime 'new normal'.
An 'in conversation' panel with Wolfsberg Group members will unveil the coming year's priorities and trends. A Latin America-focused panel will provide an overview of the region's banking compliance challenges.
Notable speakers participating in this year's Compliance Forum include:
Jennifer Calvery, Global Head of Financial Crime Threat Mitigation, HSBC
James Freis, Chief Compliance Officer, Clearstream Banking
William Fox, Managing Director Global Head of Financial Crime Compliance, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Neil Isford, General Manager, Watson Financial Services Solutions, IBM
David Lewis, Executive Secretary, FATF
Jerry Perrullo, Chief Information Officer, ICE
Denise Reilly, Wolfsberg member, Global Head of Anti-Money Laundering, Citi
Must-attend sessions include:
Counter-terrorist financing- are we really stopping the bad guys – 17 October at 9:30
Panelists will explore how can banks – and governments – adapt to stay one step ahead of the bad guys, what is working and what needs to work better, and whether stringent regulations are pushing legitimate actors outside of the financial system without actually preventing acts of violence.
Fraud and cyber high alert: The new normal? – 18 October at 9:30
As high-profile security breaches continue to reverberate, this panel discussion of experts from a range of industries will discuss the benefits gained from collaboration, the landscape of payment risks, and the skills that must be developed and recruited to protect institutions and the industry.
"In conversation" with Wolfsberg – Pressing priorities and trends 18 October at 15:30
A lively discussion with Wolfsberg representatives will discuss the industry's latest challenges, trends, and the coming year's priorities.
Read more about the Compliance stream on Sibos.com.
The Sibos streams enable attendees to build their Sibos agenda around the topics of interest to them.
Other Sibos Streams and Tracks include:
Standards Forum
About Sibos
Sibos is an annual conference, exhibition and networking event organised by SWIFT for the global financial industry. Next month, some 7,000 decision makers and topic experts from financial institutions, market infrastructures, multinational corporations, and technology partners gather in one place to do business and collectively shape the future of payments, securities, cash management and trade.
When: Monday 16 October – Thursday 19 October 2017
Where: Metro Toronto Convention Centre (MTCC)
Website: www.sibos.com
Contact: JoAnn Healy | Press@Sibos.com | +1 212 455 1802
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Accredited journalists are welcome to attend Sibos free of charge. To obtain your complimentary press pass for Sibos 2017 Toronto, contact: Registration@Sibos.com.
Don't miss your chance to be right in the middle of the news at the premier financial services event of the year.
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The rise and rise of artificial intelligence
August 9, 2017 /0 Comments/in Home, Mosaic Smart Data, News /by ChatsworthCommunications
Recent announcements from some of the largest banks show artificial intelligence (AI) working its way further into financial markets.
Credit Suisse has announced it is to deploy 150 new 'robots' over the course of the year, with an overall aim of cutting CHF 4.8 billion (GBP 3.7 billion).
UBS has unveiled a new AI system which uses machine learning to develop strategies for trading volatility on behalf of clients. The bank claims that this is the first 'adaptive strategy' product offered by an investment bank.
J.P. Morgan is developing a machine learning technology called LOXM which aims to improve execution quality in the bank's European equities business. As the buy-side increasingly focuses on execution quality, this is driving ever greater adoption of algorithmic trading across asset classes. LOXM is programmed to learn from historical trading patterns and tweak its algorithmic strategies accordingly, using a technique J.P. Morgan calls 'deep reinforcement learning'.
The ability to adapt and learn without human intervention allows LOXM to optimising the execution gains of algo trading.
Mosaic Smart Data is looking at how AI can improve trading across asset classes, taking on the challenge of providing machine learning capabilities to the FICC markets, which have far less standardised data and a greater portion of voice trading.
Mosaic provides both real time and predictive analytics insights for sell-side FICC traders, giving them a view of their market in a way that takes in far more data than a human being is able to comprehend. This augments the human trader's capabilities and could lead to significant performance gains for sell-side FICC departments.
While initial uses of AI focused on process improvements, it is significant that the technology has reached a level where its insights are now helping to influence trading itself.
Although we are still some way from a fully automated robo-trader, this represents a significant increase in confidence in AI technology.
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Previse secures backing to end late B2B payments with the help of AI
July 6, 2017 /0 Comments/in Home, News /by ChatsworthCommunications
Small businesses are the backbone of the UK economy, generating some 50% of private sector turnover and employing three out of five private sector workers.
However, these businesses are held back by late payments from their large corporate clients. With 60% of SMEs paid late by corporates, businesses are left strapped for cash to meet their own payment obligations, such as wages, stock and rent. This cash flow crisis forces 50,000 UK companies a year to go to the wall.
Banks play a role in easing the problem, offering larger suppliers short-term financing or buying the invoices directly from suppliers for a substantial discount, a practice known as factoring. Both these solutions are expensive for the supplier, however, which pushes up prices for the whole payments chain. In addition, given the fragmented and high-risk nature of the SME credit market, only the largest suppliers are able to secure credit.
This means that, according to the world bank, there is $2.4 trillion in unmet demand for financing from SMEs globally.
Enter Previse. The company, which this week announced the successful completion of a £2 million seed round, is harnessing the power of artificial intelligence (AI) technology to allow banks to meet the financing needs of SME suppliers in a scalable and low-risk way.
Previse uses advanced AI and hundreds of millions of data points to score the likelihood that a corporate buyer will be able to pay a supplier's invoice. This score is then provided to banks and other funders who use that information to instantly pay the SME on behalf of the large corporate. The supplier receives their money the day they issue their invoice, giving them complete cash flow confidence.
The effect is that "instant, frictionless and efficient payments become the new standard for B2B payments," according to Paul Christensen, co-founder and CEO of Previse.
The rest of the payments chain benefits as well. By offering such a service, buyers can negotiate a discount on their purchasing costs and banks can reach much deeper into the SME credit market without blowing their risk exposure. The net effect could be a several billion-pound boost to the UK economy every year.
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Cybersecurity: Is a flaw in human psychology to blame?
May 23, 2017 /0 Comments/in Finance, Home, News /by ChatsworthCommunications
A fascinating analysis of cybercrime and cybersecurity this week from Michael Daniel, the president of The Cyber Threat Alliance.
Writing in the Harvard Business Review, Mr Daniel postulates that we have only just begun to comprehend the scale of the issue and that it is our perception of the online world versus the physical which is to blame.
Cyberspace operates according to different rules than the physical world and is more than just a technical problem, but is as much about economics and human psychology.
"The borders in cyberspace don't follow the same lines we have imposed on the physical world – they are marked by routers, firewalls, and other gateways. Proximity is a matter of who's connected along what paths, not their physical location. The same principles of cyberspace that allow businesses to reach their customers directly also allow bad guys to reach businesses directly"
He poses six key framework questions which he argues need answering before we can effectively tackle the problem:
What is the right division of responsibility between governments and the private sector in terms of defence?
What standard of care should we expect companies to exercise in handling our data?
How should regulators approach cybersecurity in their industries?
What actions are acceptable for governments, companies, and individuals to take and which actions are not?
Who is responsible for software flaws?
How do we hold individuals and organisations accountable across international boundaries?
In our experience, financial firms which are typically hyper-competitive are highly adept at solving industry issues when they recognise the group threat and work together.
Co-operation and co-ordination across borders backed by resolve, human capital and investment is key to solve these issues is critical.
The financial systems, both systemically and at the individual firm level, remain at risk and it is clear that any system is only as strong as its weakness link.
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London's post-Brexit future as a financial hub
April 4, 2017 /0 Comments/in Finance, Home, News, ParFX, Pragma /by ChatsworthCommunications
UK Prime Minister Theresa May finally triggered the formal process for Britain leaving the European Union (EU) on March 29.
While the EU referendum and a post-Brexit scenario may have been something of a blow to confidence in the City, it still has plenty going for it as a financial hub. This year's Global Financial Centres Index, an international ranking of the world's leading financial centres, placed London top of the pile.
"London's rating has been influenced by not knowing what will happen after the UK's departure [from the EU]," Mark Yeandle, associate director of Z/Yen and author of the report, told The Financial Times. Despite this, London remains top of the list and, over the period which the report tracks, has even recovered some ranking points.
London also remains the world's biggest FX market by a huge margin, according to the latest BIS Triennial report. While Brexit may result in some jobs being relocated, the industry still believes London will remain front and centre and a key financial hub.
One of the key factors which will insulate London's FX market is its concentration of trading infrastructure and activity. "When trading becomes concentrated in a particular region and is supported by a comprehensive legal and regulatory environment it develops natural strengths that enable that particular market to function well." says Dan Marcus, CEO of ParFX, talking to Finance Magnates. "By leaving that pool of liquidity, a firm could disadvantage themselves and their clients."
This means that, far from vacating the city, many businesses are investing further in London's future.
Algorithmic trading technology provider Pragma is one such company, with the New York-based firm expanding its equities and FX business to London. "Our investment in the data center at Equinix's LD6 site offers Pragma360 clients access to state-of-the art technology and the largest ecosystem for foreign exchange trading globally," says Pragma's Chief Business Officer, Curtis Pfeiffer.
"Despite the uncertainty caused by Brexit, we are moving forward with this large capital expenditure because London, as the largest FX trading centre in the world, hosts the largest datacentre ecosystem for low-latency FX trading applications and we do not see that changing any time soon," he explains.
While nothing in the negotiations has been determined at this early stage, the City will also weigh up the potential challenges of Brexit.
Continued access to the European single market through financial passporting and the ability to attract skilled technology professionals from across the EU to work in London top the list for many institutions.
"77% of my staff in London were born outside the UK. We need those people. People are very mobile. I just worry that tough negotiations will send the wrong signal." Michael Kent, CEO of remittance service Azimo, told Financial News.
In addition, J.P. Morgan has reportedly spent the last nine months weighing up various EU cities as a potential new continental home for their operations, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Looking beyond the headlines, however, the picture is more nuanced. Most of the relocation plans announced over the past few months involve relatively small numbers of staff. For many banks and financial institutions this may be a hedging exercise rather than a wholesale exodus.
Going forward, the UK government is determined to ensure London remains a central part of the international financial landscape, and it's worth remembering London has a number of strategic advantages which mean it is likely to continue to be the city of choice. It uses the global language of business, English; it is situated in the perfect timezone between Asia and America; and has a legal system that is world-renowned for clarity and reliability.
None of this will change; in fact, it will continue to ensure London remains open and attractive to business.
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All FX Eyes on BIS Triennial Survey
September 1, 2016 /0 Comments/in Home, News /by ChatsworthCommunications
The whole FX industry is watching for the Bank for International Settlements' Triennial FX Survey results, due this afternoon at 2pm GMT.
Why does it matter? Chiefly because it is the single most comprehensive, trusted and aggregated account of what has been going on in currency trading across venues, jurisdictions and a whole range of macro and micro criteria.
It's a reality check for everyone with skin in the game. It tells us what currencies are trading the most, where and by what means.
It also gives us a sneak peek at the real market share of the FX market transacted on the electronic platforms and through voice trading.
When BIS last reported in 2013, London was the main FX trading centre by a comfortable margin, with more than 40% of all traded volumes.
USD and EUR remained unchallenged as the most traded currencies, but the renminbi gained strong ground by moving into 9th place on the list. It will inevitably be higher on this occasion.
Since then, the market has experienced the SNB revaluation, issues around conduct and interest rate divergence among the major central banks.
Some established currency trading venues also lost market share and were hampered by reduced trading volumes. This points to a number of themes. Firstly, internalisation of trades at banks; secondly, a drop in overall volatility and trading opportunities; and third, greater competition from upstart trading venues, who grabbed a piece of the FX pie.
The position of the banks as the main FX trading posts is also being challenged by a resurgent non-bank FX trading community, exemplified by the entry of XTX Markets in the top ten of Euromoney's survey.
This continues the trend evident in past Triennial Surveys. The counterparty segment that contributed the most to growth in global FX turnover between 2010 and 2013 included smaller banks that do not act as dealers, institutional investors, hedge funds and proprietary trading firms as well as official sector financial institutions, among others.
In the 2010 survey, this segment surpassed other reporting dealers (i.e. banks trading in the interdealer market) as the main counterparty category in the Triennial Survey for the first time.
What this shows is that the funds and HFTs are established as major players and are cleaning up their act to become genuine makers and takers in the market. This is an inevitable evolution and blurring of the buy and sell side.
This afternoon we expect the BIS to report relatively flat volumes, if not a dip on 2013. The gallery of top traded currencies will remain broadly the same but the devil will, however, be in the detail and the percentage movements showing direction.
There is will be many things to look out for. Which currencies were the most traded? Will London retain its FX crown? Which instruments were the most popular?
All will be revealed in the next few hours. The industry awaits…
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August 26, 2016 /0 Comments/in Home, News, R3 /by ChatsworthCommunications
R3 executives speak publically for the first time about Project Concord and their vision for the future of blockchain technology.
Distributed ledger and blockchain technology represents a once-in-a-generation opportunity to transform the economics of data management across the financial industry.
However, R3 believes the blockchain and distributed ledger platforms that led to this breakthrough moment were never designed to solve the problems of financial institutions and do not meet all their needs. These include tight linkage to the legal domain, an obligation to prevent client data being shared inappropriately and interoperability with existing financial infrastructure.
As reported in the Wall Street Journal, the R3 blockchain consortium filed a patent for its Corda shared ledger platform.
Corda is the outcome of the analysis R3 undertook on how to achieve as many of the benefits of distributed ledger and blockchain technology as possible but in a way that is sympathetic to, and addresses, the needs of regulated financial institutions.
The platform enables firms to record and process financial agreements using smart contracts, as explained in depth in R3 CTO Richard Gendal Brown's latest whitepaper.
Corda is part of Project Concord, R3's overall vision and roadmap for transforming financial services infrastructure. Concord will address challenges such as governance, internal record keeping and regulatory reporting across the financial services marketplace.
With a number of successful prototypes having already been completed on the Corda platform and an alpha launch of Concord scheduled for 2017, the next year looks set to be a turning point in the history of financial technology.
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Big data overdrive hurting bank profits
August 26, 2016 /0 Comments/in Home, Mosaic Smart Data, News /by ChatsworthCommunications
With more and more data available, making sense of vast amounts of content efficiently can boost profits by at least five percent a year.
Sell-side banks operating in the FICC markets are producing more and more data, and it is widely acknowledged that there is tremendous minefield of value often hidden within this data that can be of great use to an institution's trading, regulatory, audit and compliance functions.
But for many institutions, aggregating and gauging this data to make sense of key trends accurately remains a significant challenge. So far, it is proving to be timely, costly and hurting banks' profits.
The 2016 global study released by Qlik and Wall Street Journal (WSJ) surveying financial service companies about the usage of data and analytics revealed 57% found data information too complex to process, analyse and disseminate in a timely fashion. Yet nearly 80% of respondents believed that leveraging insights from data could boost revenues by at least five per cent annually.
As Duncan Ash, a Senior Director of Global Financial Services at Qlik, says: "Analytics is still the most prevalent in head-office functions, and the people in the field that need it the most are getting it the least." He added that "firms struggle with the volume and complexity of data, and with the basics of communications and data management."
This potential rewards on offer has led to a rise of specialist technology vendors that scrutinise and standardise data and do the hard work for their clients. One such as example is Mosaic's MSX platform, which aggregates multiple sources of transaction data into a singular resource. This enables banks to meet regulatory requirements by building a more comprehensive view of client's trading activity while creating better audit trails for regulators.
Steven Hatzakis, a financial services industry consultant and a registered Commodity Trading Advisor, said in a column on Finance Magnates that as analytic tools have evolved, so have visual dashboards. "These include not just numbers but adding colors or other variables that indicate changes as reporting and related gauges become dynamic. This is a common trait seen within trading platforms in capital markets and it is used in order to make it easier for technical data to be comprehended quickly."
As Diane Castelino of Mosaic Smart Data says, "The next and most advanced stage is breaking into the field of predictive analytics and machine learning, where the ability to predict future client trading behaviour based on historical patterns sets institutions streets ahead of their peers.
"In what has become a challenging trading environment for all, the real winners in the race to harness and utilise big data will be those institutions that partner with the technology specialists that deliver expertise and innovation on a cost effective, modular basis and educate staff to use the technology effectively.
Diane's whitepaper on big data and going beyond the hype can be read here.
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Business as usual for London's FX industry post-Brexit
August 26, 2016 /0 Comments/in Home /by ChatsworthCommunications
No signs of exodus to other financial centres as FX recruitment holds firm.
Following the UK's vote to leave the EU, European financial centres such as Paris and Frankfurt prepared to roll out the red carpet for London's financial institutions. But this may be more difficult than initially anticipated.
Red tape regulations, heavier personal tax regimes, governmental issues and different social norms means there is little appetite for London's foreign exchange (FX) trading institutions to move jobs to Europe en mass, according to recruiters keeping close tabs on London's financial district.
Despite the Brexit vote, and repeated reports about banks accelerating plans to move jobs from the UK, European cities are struggling to match the pull factors that London offers.
London has long been at the heart of the international currency markets, accounting for more than 40% of FX turnover, according to the Bank for International Settlements. With its advanced infrastructure, access to human capital, a strong legal and regulatory system and a time zone that allows London-based traders to service customers all over the world, it has not only maintained its dominance but also attracted a host of emerging fintech companies to form one of the largest technology and innovation hubs in the world – further strengthening the City's dominance.
All of this means the number of suitable alternatives to London is limited.
In an article for Euromoney, Andrew Kitchen, internal audit manager at recruitment consultancy Morgan McKinley, says there has been no increase in the number of people from the leading banks looking to leave the UK since the EU referendum vote.
This may be because transferring large numbers of FX staff to France in particular will not be a straightforward process, adds Raoul Ruparel, co-director of Open Europe. "Culturally and socially, France has taken a different approach to the UK in relation to this type of business in recent years," he says. "It remains to be seen whether they have the appetite to offer tax or regulatory incentives."
French employment and personal tax regimes are also likely to be a factor that counts against Paris, according to James Coiley, a partner at law firm Ashurst. "Making overtures to FX banks and traders to relocate to Paris may not play well with supporters of the socialist French government."
However, the uncertainty seems to have stopped some banks from transferring jobs from mainland Europe to London, according to Kitchen. "What we are seeing is that several candidates based in Europe who had hitherto been looking to relocate to London are now staying put. This is in part due to the level of uncertainty around future Brexit implications, but also the current weak value of the pound," he warns.
So while the outlook for 2017 remains unclear, London's FX industry continues to remain resilient in the face of uncertainty and there has yet to be any knee-jerk reactions that disrupt the status quo on either side. Although it is still early days, what is clear is that fears over London losing its FX crown remain largely unfounded for now.
The City now looks to politicians with bated breath.
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Justin Bieber's baby mama has dismissed her paternity lawsuit against the singer ... TMZ has learned.
The suit was quietly dismissed late last week. What's more, Mariah Yeater's lawyers, Lance Rogers and Matt Pare, have quit her ... withdrawn from the case.
As we first reported, Justin not only planned to take a DNA test when he returned to the U.S., he was going to sue Yeater and her lawyers for making a bogus claim. And, as we reported, Justin's lawyer, Howard Weitzman, called the attorneys and informed them a suit was looming.
Apparently, they got the message.
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This is a photo from Nice, France.
I was walking around the city on My last night in town, and came by this small square/park area, where they were putting up this amusement park, there were no customers around, but the ferris wheel was spinning anyway – they were properly testing, to see if it was working – I quickly lined up for a wide angled HDR.
Unfortunately I did have that much time to explore the area, cause My plane was leaving a few hours later.
Well, as mentioned it's a HDR made from 7 RAW exposures in Photomatrix, and afterwards cleaned up in Photoshop.
Before and after comparison, just before the final clean ups of the photo.
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Ask a Boss: My Employee Expects Way Too Much From This Job!
By Alison Green
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I have a relatively new staff member who is in his first professional job after grad school. He's a great employee and is always eager to take on more, but I'm starting to see a problem that I need some help with: He's getting dissatisfied because there isn't always more for him to take on.
I want to be a supportive supervisor and offer him opportunities and challenges when they arise, but I think I need to help him understand that a big part of work life is just doing your job every day, especially when you're new to the profession. There's not always going to be some big new project you're asked to take on, and when you're a lower-level staff member, you're not always going to be participating in the high-level work that involves decision-making. I think he's still in the mind-set of grad school and internships, where being a star is important, and everything is very project-oriented.
I've supervised staff before, but they were clerical workers in positions without opportunity for growth. This is my first time supervising someone who really wants to be challenged and whom I feel I have an obligation to cultivate as a new member of the profession. But as a middle manager I don't have the freedom to create opportunities for him. How can I help him adjust his expectations of what work life is like without being a total downer? (And conversely, how can I adjust my own mind-set so I don't feel guilty that the job is what it is?)
Yeah, the transition from being a star in school to being on the lowest rung of the ladder at work can be jarring. It's super weird to go from spending your days debating Kant and dissecting symbolism in Victorian literature to being asked to spend hours collating documents or making PowerPoints for someone else's work.
The reality, though, is that lots of jobs just aren't that glamorous or exciting. Not every job, especially the jobs people typically have at the start of their careers, is going to come with a steady flow of new challenges and high-profile projects.
That can go down a lot more easily, I think, when two things are clear to the person in that kind of role: First, that it's not a reflection on their talent or abilities, or the result of them not taking enough initiative, but rather just the nature of what the job requires; and second, that this isn't all they can expect from work for the remainder of their days, that doing this work well now is what will get them access to more interesting work later.
But it might be that you need to lay that out pretty explicitly for your staff member. People don't always understand this intuitively, and that can result in real frustration if someone on their side doesn't take the time to explain it.
So I'd sit down with him and have a straightforward conversation about all this. To lead into it, you might start by asking him how things are going generally and how the job is measuring up to the expectations he had when he came onboard. Make it clear that you're genuinely interested in knowing what his experience with the role has been like so far. If he doesn't raise the concerns that you're worried about, you could say something like this: "At times, I've gotten the sense that you'd like to be taking more on. I want to be transparent with you about the fact that the nature of this job is that sometimes there really isn't more to take on. The measure of success in this job is really about [fill in what it's about, for example, being responsive to client calls or supporting your research team], and it's not a role with a ton of opportunity to take on work outside of that. That said, I think you're quite talented and you're building a track record of doing X really well. That track record and the rest of the experience you're getting here is going to give you a good foundation for eventually moving on to roles like Y or Z, where you'll have an opportunity to do higher-level work."
Ideally, this will start a more open conversation with him about the nature of the role and what's reasonable to expect from it. It'll also probably give you more data about how much this is really bothering him (and you might find out that it's less of an issue on his end than you think).
That said, though, it's worth noting that for a lot of people, feeling like they're growing and being challenged is one of the biggest determinants of their happiness at work. If this guy is talented and you want to retain him for a while and keep him reasonably fulfilled by his job, it's worth thinking through whether there are additional things you could offer him. I hear you that there's not a lot of opportunity to give him new projects, but what about other things? For example, could he occasionally sit in on meetings that he wouldn't normally attend so that he can get a better feel for how decisions are made above him, or help coach an intern, or go to the sort of conferences that he'll probably find deathly boring in a few years but which might be interesting and novel to him now?
And if he's truly talented and you see a lot of potential in him, you also might find ways to mentor him. For instance, you might invite him to sit in while you run important meetings and then debrief with him afterward and point out why you did or said particular things. You might also look for opportunities to talk to him about challenges and decisions you're facing in your own job, the options you're considering, the factors you have to take into account, and what you're deciding and why. Doing that sort of thing will help him hone his own instincts, which will be hugely helpful for whatever he does next and likely make him feel that he's developing in ways that simply doing his own work wouldn't provide.
But at the same time, it's okay to recognize that this might be a transitory job for most people, one that they'll use to build up work experience and then move on from after, say, two years. And that's totally fine — your measure of success here shouldn't be "person feels fulfilled by the work forever," but "person stays a couple of years, does a good job, and then moves on." The key, really, is to be transparent with people during the hiring process about the nature of the work and what the job does and doesn't entail, so that people have a realistic picture of what they're signing on for. Think of it as truth in advertising, so that people who will chafe against the constraints of the role can self-select out before you bring them on.
All of this should help with your guilt, too. If you know that you're being upfront with people from the start and that you don't expect people to stay forever, I think you'll get more comfortable with the idea that this is just what the job is — and that you're not doing anyone a disservice by acknowledging that openly and helping them figure out how to get what they can from the job within those confines.
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The Film History Preservation Project is a multi part documentary series, that was inspired by the success of our multi-award winning documentary "Tough Ain't Enough: Conversations With Albert S. Ruddy". The series is designed to showcase Award-Winning Producers sharing their intimate oral histories of the trials, tribulations, heartbreak and joy in bringing some of the most iconic and memorable motion pictures to the screen.
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In addition to the insightful, educational and entertaining stories these producers will share, these documentaries will also contain clips of the producers' most beloved films plus dozens of rare and personal behind the scenes notes and photos.
" Sometimes Lucky Is More Important Than Smart: Conversations With Mace Neufeld" with special guests Alan Ladd, Jr.and Harrison Ford will had its World Premier as the opening night selection at the 2018 Fort Myers Beach Film Festival where it won the People's Choice Award.
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Our goal is to grow our regional footprint, by creating jobs and driving economic wealth. As a talent-driven organisation, our people and their skills are the best asset we can offer our community.
As a major employer we are always keen to support individuals and organisations within our local markets who share our key beliefs. You can find our dedicated 'Stretch Beyond' CSR site here.
We are enabling access to e-learning so that this and future generations have the skills they need to make a positive contribution to society. An example of this is our new Skillsanywhere MOOC, providing open access to knowledge for the future generation. Click here to find out more.


Our workshop is now open EVERY WEDNESDAY each month!
A bike kitchen is quite simply a place where you can come and use tools to fix your bike, or with some assistance from one of our volunteer mechanics. If you know what you're doing, that's great! If you're a total newbie then that's fine too, we'll guide you along the way.
CBK is staffed entirely by volunteers and funded by donations and small grants. All we ask in return for a whole evening of using our workshop is a minimum donation of £5 to help cover our running costs.


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A La Porte County Life in the Spotlight: Sacha Gee Burns
By: Curtis Hankins Last Updated: December 30, 2020
Sacha Gee Burns has nearly always made her living through the Earth in one way or another. She currently serves as an environmental educator for the Solid Waste District of LaPorte County after doing organic farming for over a decade.
"I get to go around and teach people how to recycle properly and how to compost. A lot of people don't realize you can compost your own food scraps, and even shredded paper," she said. "I also try to teach people about household hazardous waste."
Green jobs were in her blood as she followed in the footsteps of her parents and grandparents.
"Growing up, my mom and grandpa had a chrysanthemum farm," she said. "I had really bad hay fever, so I was convinced my mom was trying to kill me. I convinced her to switch over to perennials and we started doing farmers' markets. From there, I took some master gardener classes and fell in love with heirloom vegetables and we switched to that. At one point we had over 75 varieties of heirloom tomatoes."
Her vast array of tomatoes earned her the nickname "Tomato Lady" with some of the locals. She also worked side jobs, giving presentations and educating others about gardening, composting, and more topics that helped prepare her for her current position at Solid Waste District.
"Not everybody has the same experience growing up," she said. "If you'd never been introduced to playing out in the dirt or having a garden, it'd be hard to realize just how enjoyable it can be. The idea that you can plant a seed, grow it into a mature plant, and then eat whatever you produced is pretty much one of the coolest things in the world."
At one point, she enjoyed the opportunity to teach after school horticulture classes at the Barker and Krueger Middle Schools in Michigan City.
"It was really cool watching kids learn about stuff like that," she said. "I'd taken all of it for granted, having grown up on a farm. They were experiencing stuff for the first time, which will stick with them for the rest of their lives. Once you learn how to grow something, how to make your own food, I think it gives you confidence in other areas of your life."
As an environmental educator, Burns highlights ways people can be more caring for the environment and their community. Some items cannot be placed in the usual weekly recycling bin, others need special treatment before they can be disposed of.
"There are a lot of things in your house that are hazardous," she said. "Someone might buy a bottle of Lysol cleaning spray, look at it years later, decide it's probably not good anymore, and pour it down the sink or toss it into the trash. That can hurt your septic tank if you have one, and the water treatment plant can't treat those synthetic chemicals, so it'll hurt their systems. If it goes into the landfill, animals like seagulls might carry that off. It's amazing how many items like that can affect just by being in the wrong place."
Most of the time, people had never had anyone tell them that information before.
"They usually seem really surprised, and often seem to feel a little guilty when they shouldn't," she said. "How do you know that stuff if no one has ever told you? How would you even know to look for it? It's not the kind of stuff that comes up in everyday conversation. What I always tell people is, 'let's be better.' I always tell them to reach out to me, and I'll help them figure out where they can dispose of something."
Burns was born and raised in La Porte and still lives there today with her two daughters.
"Once a Slicer always a Slicer," she said. "It's one of the coolest towns because people go out of their way to help each other. I'd never have thought to take my daughters anywhere else."
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Coombe research shows that women who smoke are at greater risk of the HPV infection
Research carried out in the Coombe Women & Infants University Hospital, and funded by a €120,000 grant from the Irish Cancer Society, has shown that women who smoke are at greater risk of picking up a Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infection, the main cause of cervical cancer.
HPV infection is very common, infecting 70-80% of women at some stage in their lifetime. In most cases this infection is cleared by the woman's immune system. However, in a small percentage of women the infection persists for longer and these women are at risk of developing high-grade cervical pre-cancer, and ultimately cervical cancer.
Irish Cancer Society Research Scholar, Christine White led the study with the CERVIVA research consortium headed by her Coombe colleagues Professor John O' Leary and Dr Cara Martin. More than a thousand women with low-grade cervical abnormalities on their smear test were recruited for the study, which followed the women over a period of 36 months from the time at which they had their first abnormal pap smear.
Cigarette smoking is a major risk factor associated with cervical cancer and results of this study have shown that women with detectable nicotine metabolite, known as cotinine, in their urine sample were at a higher risk of acquiring a HPV infection than those who were not exposed to tobacco smoke.
Speaking about her research, Christine White said: " Our study highlights the harmful effects of tobacco smoke on women's health. We know that women who smoke have less immune cells in the cervix. Our results have shown that these women are more susceptible to picking up a HPV infection, and find it harder to fight off, putting them at a higher risk of getting cervical cancer".
"The funding from the Irish Cancer Society has been central to our work, and we are very thankful for their support and for the opportunity to bring these findings to light", she added.
Head of Research at the Irish Cancer Society, Professor John Fitzpatrick said: " Cervical cancer is the second most common female cancer in Europe, and each year about 200 women in Ireland are diagnosed with the disease. We congratulate Ms White on her hard work, which serves to further highlight the dangerous toxins contained in cigarette smoke that are proven to be extremely damaging to your health and the health of others around you. Ms White's research represents the type of high level research the Irish Cancer Society is funding to make a difference in the lives of women affected by all cancers, but especially cervical cancer."


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It's good sometimes to think about our direction in life. Confirmation is a way of affirming that we want to be part of the church, and to walk with others the way of Jesus. Maybe you were baptised as a child, or maybe you haven't been baptised. Come along to one of our Growing Together courses, usually held in the autumn. Over a series of evening meetings in someone's home you can explore with others what Christians believe, and how we grow in our relationship with God. Then you may decide that you want to take part in the Confirmation service. The Bishop will come to pray for those being confirmed (either at our church or one nearby) and then they go on to take Holy Communion, often for the first time. It's a very special service, and often a very significant step in someone's life. Why not try it? Get in touch with Sue Richardson to find out more.
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and daily increase in your Holy Spirit
more and more, until they come
to your everlasting kingdom. Amen.
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Technology is a key component of the 'Ghana beyond Aid' agenda
Ghana's Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has acknowledged technology as a key driver in the transformational Ghana beyond Aid agenda. According to him, government is convinced that the use of technology is a key component of the 'Ghana beyond Aid' agenda, and would continue to engage stakeholders in the sector.
The Vice President made this acknowledgement when addressing a gathering of Ghanaian technology experts working in the universally-acclaimed home of ICT - Silicon Valley, California in the United States of America (USA).
"We believe it is time to look at doing things in a new way. This government is prepared to try new things, new ideas, innovations that will impact directly on every Ghanaian wherever they are on the planet. That is why we are here, where technology and innovation lead the way and its use has been designed for everyday activities."
Dr. Bawumia is leading 15 local ICT firms, on a five-day working visit to the technology hub of Silicon Valley, during which he will hold discussions with the Valley's thought and technology leaders to explore the possibilities of developing strategic insight, decisions and partnerships with the view of helping to enhance the digitisation of the Ghanaian economy to move Ghana beyond aid.
He is scheduled to meet with corporate executives of cutting-edge digital technology organisations, including Microsoft, Facebook, Tesla and Alphabet, and visit a number of facilities, including the G.E. Digital Centre and the IBM Watson Centre.
The Vice-President will also meet with the Ghanaian community and brief them on happenings back home. The ICT leads accompanying the Vice-President include representatives from GHIPSS, Hubtel, BlueSpace Africa, DreamOval, Rancard, Nsano, ExpressPay, IBM, and Bsystems. The rest are from IT Consortium, Trotro Tractor, General Electric, Callens Solution, Edel Technology Consult, and SoftTribe.
Also on the team is Deputy Minister of Communications and MP for Awutu Senya East, George Nenyi Andah; Mohammad Tijanni Habibu, deputy Foreign Minister; Alex Tetteh Djornobuah, MP for Sefwi Akontonbra and member of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Education; and Halidu Ali Maiga, member of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Food, Agriculture and Cocoa Affairs Committee.


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Mrs. Clinton neither enabled the Benghazi attack by using her now-infamous private email server nor defamed its victims' parents afterwards, U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled Friday in Washington, D.C., casting aside claims raised on behalf of parents of slain State Department information officer Sean Smith and late CIA operative Tyrone Woods.
The Smith and Woods families sued Mrs. Clinton last August in D.C. federal court alleging she caused their sons' deaths by discussing sensitive State Dept. matters over an insecure, nongovernmental email system while secretary of state, supposedly providing terrorists with information used to plot the Sept. 11, 2012 ambush, according to the lawsuit.
In September 2012, Mr. Woods and Smith were killed in a terrorist attack against the U.S. compound in Benghazi, Libya. It became a controversial subject for the Obama administration since it undercut their narrative that al-Qaeda was on the run; the group who executed the attack—Ansar al-Sharia—is affiliated with the international terror group. Things became worse for the Obama White House when then-U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice did the full Ginsburg on September 16, 2012, going on every major Sunday morning talk show to label the attack as a spontaneous reaction to an anti-Muslim YouTube video. That was a lie. The attack was coordinated and planned in advance.


Who we are, and why are, are kind of the same thing. We have a deep passion for open-source software, APIs, and bringing some humanity back to the software experience for developers and users alike.
Cybersecurity is a hot topic. Major media reports of computer attacks and data breaches are now common. There is active debate about the value of biometrics (fingerprints, eye scans) to identify users. A number of companies offer solutions to manage passwords. Many vendors offer "Single Sign-On" to access thousands of online services with a single set of credentials.
One fundamental aspect of cybersecurity, however, gets scant attention: Access Control. While everyone worries about who can get in, many neglect what folks can do once inside. But most security issues start with the use of legitimate credentials: a disgruntled employee, human error, or a stolen ID/password. Our mission is to create manageable solutions to this growing problem.
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