1992: George Soros blows up the Bank of England

In 1992, the euro didn’t exist yet, but there was the European Monetary System (EMS), which stabilized the exchange rate of the various European currencies through the ECU (European Currency Unit). Every day the central banks of the EMS countries intervened on the foreign exchange market to limit the fluctuation margins to a maximum threshold … Read more

AbbVie Humera®, a Biotech Product worth 22.2 Billion USD, the highest gross-selling drug in the world

HUMERA

AbbVie is a global biopharmaceutical research-based company focused on the development of innovative, advanced therapies that address some of the world’s most complex and serious diseases in four major therapeutic areas: immunology, oncology, virology and neuroscience. Rather than investing heavily in research and development to find new drugs, AbbVie believes that it is easier and … Read more

Aladdin, the Artificial Intelligence that manages 18 Trillion Dollars in Assets

Artificial Intelligence

Summary Aladdin (Asset, Liability, Debt and Derivative Investment Network) is an electronic system of BlackRock Solutions, the risk management division of the world’s largest investment management firm, BlackRock, Inc. In 2019, this AI manages $18 trillion in assets (Haberly, D et al., 2019), more than 7% of global financial assets, and monitors approximately 30,000 investment … Read more

The key macroeconomic indicators that influence the global market

The main objective of fundamental analysis is to make financial forecasts such as a possible rise in one currency relative to another. By understanding the economic situation and macroeconomic events, theories can be developed to anticipate certain trends. Macroeconomics analysis looks at the underlying forces responsible for market developments. This in-depth study serves as a … Read more

How Can Artificial Intelligence (AI) Help in Drug Discovery

Today, most new drugs are often developed through drug design using combinatorial chemistry. Artificial intelligence provides new insights by making it possible to determine which substances are most interesting to test pharmacologically. In the context of the search for drug candidates, there are several stages of development, particularly in the choice of active ingredients. Combinatorial … Read more

Towards one .NET Ecosystem

“Today we are announcing that the next release, after .NET Core 3.0, will be .NET 5, the next major version of the .NET family. There will be only one .NET in the future, and you will be able to use it to target Windows, Linux, MacOS, iOS, Android, tvOS, watchOS and WebAssembly, etc. » Microsoft … Read more