Think technology, learn coding: Tips to survive when robots want your job

In contrast to the early days of the 2008 financial crisis, when technology was culled to cut costs, digital upgrades are now seen as both an operational necessity and a strategic differentiator

Can’t code, or speak Bahasa? Didn’t go to school with a CEO’s son or daughter? A robot will take your trading seat. Read on if you want to save your job.

The threat from automation is in the flows part of banks’ global markets business, the most important chunk of the biggest division of investment banking. Investment banks garner 70 percent of their revenue from global markets, made up of trading stocks and bonds, as well as structuring derivatives products and financing; the remaining 30 percent comes from advisory services like shepherding M&As or helping companies raise equity and debt.