Institutions Quote by Kenneth C. Griffin

“In some industries, we refer to risk taking as 'research and development.' At financial institutions, we often take risk by investing in securities.” quote by Kenneth C. Griffin — Download Open image

“In some industries, we refer to risk taking as 'research and development.' At financial institutions, we often take risk by investing in securities.”

Kenneth C. Griffin

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If I could wave a magic wand, I'd break up the banking system.

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It's important for me to be No. 1.

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Don't act like a bank unless you are a bank. That was a really big lesson learned from 2008.

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I've often thought of successful entrepreneurs as individuals who have just the right expertise - at just the right moment - to solve the…

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Risk is what you make of it.

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In our firm's earliest days, our understanding of the power of great software engineering and quantitative analytics helped Citadel stand out.

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When you read that UBS did not even view parts of its mortgage portfolio as having market risk, it becomes very obvious that a…

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It is incredible to come to work every day surrounded by individuals whose insights and efforts place us at the forefront of finance.

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Should we think about separating the investment banks from the commercial banks, a new Glass-Steagall? I would be really excited to see that. I think it would be great for the economy.

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Let me be clear: All I really care about is my kids know that their parents love them.

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There will come a time and place it will be appropriate for us to consider going public.

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Our financial markets work best when they are competitive, fair, and transparent.

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“Economists have a singular method of procedure. There are only two kinds of institutions for them, artificial and natural. The institutions of feudalism are artificial institutions, those of the bourgeoisie are natural institutions. In this, they resemble the theologians, who likewise establish two kinds of religion. Every religion which is not theirs is an invention of men, while their own…

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I find the family the most mysterious and fascinating institution in the world.

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Every profession has an ideology and a drive for power that goes far beyond its achievements and it is the task of democracy to…

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Our laws and our institutions must necessarily be based upon and embody the teachings of the Redeemer of mankind. It is impossible that it…

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In coming to that agreement, my party had a clear philosophy throughout. In Northern Ireland, we should have institutions that respected the differences of…

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If you ask why I do what I do - I want to make a difference. I don't just want to maintain the status…

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The world is a wonderfully weird place, consensual reality is significantly flawed, no institution can be trusted, certainty is a mirage, security a delusion, and the tyranny of the dull mind forever threatens -- but our lives are not as limited as we think they are, all things are possible, laughter is holier than piety, freedom is sweeter than fame,…

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It is impossible to build enduring institutions without solid values. For us, the fundamental value is that associated with democracy.

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If he's - the inference is that somehow he thinks slavery is a - is a noble institution I would - I would strongly…

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Every morning when I pick up the newspaper and read about an earthquake in Japan or problems in European financial institutions, the first question…

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The "family" has clearly emerged anew in the late 1970s as a central subject for discussion, debate, research and writing in bothscholarly and popular arenas. Anxiety over whether or not the family as a basic social institution is dying has diminished. In its stead has emerged a fairly broad consensus around the position that the family is "here to stay,"…

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