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Rethinking Treasury Policy
When I was trading, policy wasn’t a priority. This attitude wasn't just mine; it was common throughout the bank. The entire organisation...
William Webster
Nov 12, 20242 min read


The Rate of Change
Tools like GPT-4 have gone from being a curiosity to part of the toolkit in less than two years.
William Webster
Oct 22, 20249 min read


AI and Treasury - Are We There Yet?
Work in Treasury revolves around communication, with reading, writing, discussion, and analysis serving as the primary tools. Information...
William Webster
Sep 24, 20245 min read


Could you be redundant?
What could ai mean for people working in Treasury?
William Webster
Sep 17, 20247 min read


Trial and Error
One thing I’ve learnt about AI is that it can be very helpful, yet it sometimes falls short of the task at hand. This became clear during...
William Webster
Aug 27, 20244 min read


Barrow boys to AI
Treasury and dealing have undergone a remarkable change over the past four decades. What was once a field dominated by intuition,...
William Webster
Jun 18, 20243 min read


Overnight Problems
Issue at Hand A potential shift in the Bank of England's policy to stop paying interest on commercial bank deposits is becoming a live...
William Webster
Jun 10, 20243 min read


Testing, one, two, three
After the release of GPT-4o earlier this week, I tried some of the standard tests I conducted on earlier models. The simple conclusion is...
William Webster
May 28, 20243 min read


Brainstorming
I've been reading Ethan Mollick's new book "Co-intelligence: Living and Working with AI" It's an excellent read for anyone interested in...
William Webster
May 14, 20244 min read
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