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LME Week 2019
LME Week 2019 It’s October, and so almost time for this year’s LME Week in London (Oct 27 – Nov 1) As always, a number of Sinara directors and staff will be attending the events during the week. We are also pleased to once again be sponsoring the LME Metals Seminar at the QEII Centre, (more…)
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Sinara at 30: new opportunities (2011 – 2014)
In 2019, Sinara Consultants are celebrating our 30th anniversary. This blog entry covers the period from 2011 to 2014, where, following the general economic downturn, Sinara pursued opportunities in both new and existing areas. (more…)
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In 2019, Sinara Consultants are celebrating our 30th anniversary. To mark this significant milestone, a series of blog entries look back on some of the events and projects over that time. This entry covers the period leading up to the global financial crash of 2008 and its aftermath. (more…)
CONTINUE READINGSinara at 30: investing for the future (2003 to 2006)
In 2019, Sinara Consultants are celebrating our 30th anniversary. In this continuing blog series, we are looking back on some of the events and projects over that time. This entry covers a period of future investment and an interesting spin on offshore development. (more…)
CONTINUE READINGSinara at 30: the dot-com bubble (2000 to 2002)
In 2019, Sinara Consultants are celebrating our 30th anniversary. In a series of blog entries we look back on some of the events and projects over that time. This entry covers the new millennium when civilisation did not collapse, and when it seemed the dot-com bubble would last for ever. (more…)
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At the FIA International Derivatives Expo 2019 in London last week, there was much discussion on the challenges and opportunities facing exchanges and clearing houses, and the types of technology investments they might need to make over coming years. As a software house working with clients in this space, we at Sinara take a close (more…)
CONTINUE READINGSinara at 30: The rise of the Internet (1997 to 1999)
In 2019, Sinara Consultants are celebrating our 30th anniversary. This is the fourth post in a series to mark this significant milestone, and covers our initial steps into product development and the opportunities presented by the rise of the information superhighway. (more…)
CONTINUE READINGSinara at 30: Bigger projects (1995 to 1996)
In 2019, Sinara Consultants are celebrating our 30th anniversary. This 3rd post in the series covers our move into bigger projects with exciting new technologies such as smartcards and mobile phone software. 1995 was an exciting year for Sinara with the chance to work on two separate innovative projects. At Nat West, Phil was delivering (more…)
CONTINUE READINGSinara at 30: our first office (1992 – 1994)
In 2019, Sinara Consultants are celebrating our 30th anniversary. This second post in a series to mark this milestone covers 1992 – 94, when Sinara established our first permanent office and started to specialise in software for financial market data. Sinara has always been a leading indicator for the location of good value London office (more…)
CONTINUE READINGBuilding a Dictionary in TypeScript
It only takes a quick search of “JavaScript” in r/ProgrammerHumor to understand the love/hate relationship that software developers have with JavaScript. The language boasts dynamic types, which therefore creates a lack of type-safety, often leading to weird and wonderful results. One of the subreddit’s favourite examples is: [6, -2, 2, -7].sort(); (more…)
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