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Read moreBalance Sheet Optimization: Clear, Crush, Offset, Exit, or Hold.
Summary Balance Sheet Optimization: Clear, Crush, Offset, Exit, or Hold. Is your company making the best decision possible? Balance Sheet Optimization helps financial institutions determine what to do with their assets in order to better meet regulatory requirements and achieve higher profitability. Basel III, EMIR, and Dodd-Frank regulations have imposed higher capital ratios and reduced the risks that banks are allowed to take. But reducing the number of assets and the risk that banks take reduces the return on equity, putting...
Read moreOptimized Financial Systems Announces a Vendor Agreement with Ingram Micro
June 9, 2014- Today, Optimized Financial Systems announced a vendor agreement with Ingram Micro. Ingram Micro has global operations in more markets than any other technology and supply chain services company. Their global reach enables us to better serve our customers by leveraging their extensive sales and distribution network. Our strengths position us to meet the growth needs of our business partners around the world, combining geographic breadth with an understanding of local market nuances. Ingram Micro offers Optimized Financial...
Read moreOptimized Financial Systems Announces Partnership with IBM
May 20, 2014- Today, Optimized Financial Systems announced a partnership with IBM. Optimized Financial Systems will be selling ILOG products including IBM ILOG CPLEX Optimization Studio, IBM ILOG Inventory and Product Flow Analyst, IBM ILOG LogicNet Plus XE, IBM Decision Optimization Center, and IBM ILOG Transportation Analyst. IBM ILOG Optimization products and solutions have broad applicability to a multitude of challenges in nearly every industry. They help organizations quickly determine how to most effectively allocate limited...
Read moreFantasy Football Prediction Using Vectorial ARMA Models
Fantasy Football Prediction Using Vectorial ARMA Models Abstract Fantasy Football is the most popular fantasy sport in the United States with estimates of 33 million participants every year. In addition to league fees that are paid to internet providers, many leagues have their own pool of money with the winner taking the lion’s share. The Fantasy Sports Trade Association (FSTA) estimated in 2013 that $1.18 billion changes hands within leagues every year (Green, 2014). In addition to the financial stakes is...
Read moreTake a Mulligan on Your Losing Roth Conversions
Take a Mulligan on Your Losing Roth Conversions Each year millions of Americans make New Year’s resolutions in order to try and avoid the mistakes of the past. But that doesn’t mean they can undo the past. They are still living with the consequenses. However, in retirement planning, it is possible to undo the mistakes of the past, with up to 21 and one half months of hindsight. If you make a Roth conversion on January 2nd you have until October 15th of the following year to undo, or recharacterize, the conversion. That gives you up...
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