So ...
London, 27 July 2020 - corfinancial, a leading provider of specialist software and services to the financial services sector, reports that Edinburgh-based investment manager Baillie Gifford has migrated the processing of its futures transactions to corfinancial's post-trade system, Salerio.
And that's enough, actually. 'Is that all the PR email, boss?' No, Voice, it isn't, but ... I'm tired, and it's the end of the week, and - 'Just quote Louise a bit.' Louise?! Louise who?! 'Louise Laidlaw.' Oh, right. And who's she when she's at home? 'Christ! Look, I'll do it -'
"The fact that we went live on futures during lockdown bears testimony to the robust nature of the Salerio application and the flexibility of corfinancial's implementation team," says Louise Laidlaw, Head of Settlements, Baillie Gifford. "We ran Salerio in parallel with our legacy futures application until we were ready to switch the old system off. Ultimately we had a flawless transition."
Okay, okay. Well, thanks for copying and pasting that, Voice. And thank you, uh ... Louise, for, yeah, whatever.
Are we finished now?
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Anything else?
I've been watching some clips of that Alexander film on YouTube. You know, with Colin Farrell.
Alexander was definitely the greatest ever warrior. I mean, in pure fighting terms. The way he was always in the front line at any battle was crazy for a general. Caesar only did that at moments of absolute danger when it looked like a battle would be lost. Which is more sensible, really. Alexander was a nutcase.
I can't remember all the details - it's in that Christian Meier book - but there was one occasion when Caesar's men started fleeing from the field. Caesar pushed ahead by himself, cursing his fortune and saying this would be his last day on earth. Seeing Caesar, his men became ashamed of themselves and turned and followed him, and then they won the battle.
The man had so much class.
Laters!
