Rebirth of England.

Chapter 689: Meet?
After all, both the iOS and Android systems have been launched for two years. At this time, Google still faces considerable difficulties if it wants to catch up.

"But we can't take it lightly. Android companies still need to speed up their research and development."

"The Android system has been undergoing small-scale updates. The next major version update will not be until before Christmas."

In March and April of the Chinese New Year, the Android system was officially upgraded to version 2.0 and named Froyo (frozen yogurt).

In addition, based on user feedback on the new version, the Android system has also been making some small-scale version updates. Currently, the Android system has been updated to version 2.35.

Just as Barron said before, facing Google's GOS system, the Android system should use its first-mover advantage to keep the GOS system catching up from behind. By the way, it can also use some new related patents to build barriers to make it difficult for GOS to continue its pursuit.

Although in terms of company size, Google is now much stronger than Android.

But precisely because of this, Google is involved in many fields, which means that they have strong competitors in each field.

So how determined is Google to invest in mobile operating systems?

It is very likely that when their investment in this field is disproportionate to their gains, or when they are left behind by Apple and Android with a large advantage, Google will stop losses in time and end this business.

No matter what, Android's Android system needs to keep competing with the iOS system. If it can kill Google's GOS system in the process, it would be a good idea.

"My father said he wanted to see you, dear."

Barron couldn't help but be stunned when he heard Ivanta's last words.

Why did she suddenly feel like meeting her parents? The key point was that her father, Jinmao... no, it was Jianguo. In Barron's previous life, his every word and action left a deep impression on him...

If I were to meet the other person, it would feel a bit weird.

Barron really couldn't imagine if Jianguo suddenly said "China!" when they were chatting, would Barron be able to hold back his laughter...

But it is normal to think about it, just like Ivanta's relationship with Barron. Even if she hides it from everyone, it is unlikely that she will hide it from her father. The simplest point is the source of IC Capital's funds. As the closest family member, it is difficult for Ivanta to hide it.

And since Ivanta had proposed it, Barron certainly couldn't refuse - although with his current status, it was up to him to decide whether or not to meet the other party, but after all, his relationship with Ivanta was like this, and he had even raped the other party's daughter. It would not be appropriate if he didn't even meet her once.

"Of course, when will he be free?"

After hearing Barron's words, Ivanta finally became happy:

"Is this a little sudden? Actually, he has mentioned it to me several times. But don't worry, I will coordinate the time, dear."

Barron realized that Ivanta had brought up this matter suddenly, but her father happened to be going overseas to discuss a hotel project during this period, so they had to wait until both of them were suitable before arranging a meeting.

I don't know why, but Barron is suddenly looking forward to meeting Jianguo. What's going on?

After the Federal Reserve began to "flood the market with money," or implemented a quantitative easing policy, Wall Street's financial markets finally began to show signs of activity.

This is easy to understand. After all, as the money supply increases, funds need to start looking for investment directions.

This is also the result that Wall Street capital hopes to see.

Previously, Standard Chartered Merrill Lynch acquired BGI, the fund management department of Barclays Bank, and merged it into Merrill Lynch Investment. With the advent of the "flooding" era, ETF funds have also entered a stage of development.

iShare, an ETF fund under Merrill Lynch Investment that originally belonged to BGI, is also gearing up to start absorbing funds on a large scale.

It is also worth mentioning that BlackRock, which lost the bidding for BGI with Standard Chartered Merrill Lynch, did not expand its fund management scale by merging with BGI as Baron did in his previous life, and did not acquire the iShare fund to make a big splash in the ETF field.

But they have not fallen behind too much. Not long ago, BlackRock Group merged with Morgan Stanley's fund management department, expanding the scale of its fund management in another way, and is also starting to set up their ETF funds.

Morgan Stanley, by merging its fund management division with BlackRock, will be able to avoid relevant financial regulation and focus its main energy on brokerage business - and by holding shares of BlackRock, they will also be able to reap the dividends of its future development.

It can be said that this is a very smart approach.

After all, BlackRock Group's Aladdin system is unique in investment risk management. Morgan Stanley's fund management department has also used BlackRock Group's Aladdin system before. After the merger of the two parties, they can reduce operating costs and obtain higher returns.

Of course it is inevitable that Baron's DS Group's shareholding in BlackRock Group has been diluted.

"It is clear that from the current performance, the future wealth management field will be increasingly concentrated towards the top, resulting in some large-scale fund management groups with trillions or even tens of trillions of dollars. The operating costs of these companies can be reduced accordingly, and because of their scale, their ability to resist risks will also be strengthened."

Thain, formerly the CEO of Merrill Lynch, is currently the chairman of the securities and wealth management division of Standard Chartered Merrill Lynch.

It can be said that he had a rather tragic life. During the subprime mortgage crisis, after his predecessor resigned due to the huge losses of Merrill Lynch, he became the "firefighter" and served as the CEO of Merrill Lynch.

But Merrill Lynch was ultimately unable to continue and was eventually acquired by Standard Chartered. However, he was lucky enough to become the chairman of the bond and wealth management division of Standard Chartered-Merrill Lynch - which was almost the main business of Merrill Lynch before.

And through subsequent acquisitions, especially after the merger with Barclays Bank's fund management department BGI, the scale of the business that Thain was responsible for was even larger than that of Merrill Lynch.

There is definitely no problem with Sean's ability, and what he said is in line with future trends.

Before Barron was reborn in his previous life, the main resources in the financial field and wealth management in the United States and even the world were concentrated in giants such as BlackRock Group, Vanguard Group, and State Street Corporation.

Especially the BlackRock Group, it is no exaggeration to say that it controls the economic lifeline of many countries.

(End of this chapter)