The Desk and the Firm

Business Models

1. 1 The Economics of a Trading Firm 8 solved exercises
2. 2 The Proprietary Market-Making Firm 8 solved exercises
3. 3 The Multi-Manager Platform 8 solved exercises
4. 4 The Asset Manager and the Fund 8 solved exercises
5. 5 The Bank Markets Division 8 solved exercises

Running a Desk

1. 6 The Head of Desk’s Job 8 solved exercises
2. 7 Limits and Capital Allocation 8 solved exercises
3. 8 Managing a Book through Drawdown 8 solved exercises
4. 9 Managing Researchers, Traders and Engineers 8 solved exercises
5. 10 Hiring and Compensation 8 solved exercises
6. 11 Intellectual Property and Non-Competes 8 solved exercises

The Control and Support Functions

1. 12 The Risk-Management Function 8 solved exercises
2. 13 Operations 8 solved exercises
3. 14 Treasury and Funding 8 solved exercises
4. 15 Finance, Product Control and Tax 8 solved exercises
5. 16 Compliance and Market Abuse 8 solved exercises
6. 17 Regulators and Licences 8 solved exercises
7. 18 Legal Documentation 8 solved exercises

Technology Leadership

1. 19 Technology Strategy 8 solved exercises
2. 20 Build against Buy 8 solved exercises
3. 21 Engineering Organisation Design 8 solved exercises
4. 22 Data Strategy and Costs 8 solved exercises
5. 23 Commercial Relationships with Venues, Brokers and Vendors 8 solved exercises

Strategy of the Firm

1. 24 Entering a New Market 8 solved exercises
2. 25 Launching a Fund and Raising Capital 8 solved exercises
3. 26 Culture and Decision-Making 8 solved exercises
4. 27 Crisis Management 8 solved exercises
5. 28 Case Studies I 8 solved exercises
6. 29 Case Studies II 8 solved exercises
7. 30 Competition and the Future 8 solved exercises

30 chapters — 30 online so far, and more publishing regularly. The complete book is already available as a free PDF you can read online.