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EDDI forum to hold first meeting in September
A temporary forum created by the European Central Bank to discuss the proposed European Distribution of Debt Instruments (EDDI) project will be holding its first meeting next month.
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WFH has brought fintech to the core of capital markets
Some argue that innovation has taken a backward step in the pandemic with the loss of people working in close proximity and bouncing ideas off each other. But that’s not the case in the capital markets. In fact, working remotely in such a vast but archaic business has brought the use of technology to the centre of discussion.
11 Aug 2020 -
Liquidnet plans to use strengths and launch bond issuance rival
Trading platform Liquidnet is set to expand into the primary market through a new issuance system for European corporate and emerging markets bonds, one that would rival Ipreo’s Investor Access and other, newer entrants to the business. Liquidnet’s global head of fixed income, Constantinos Antoniades, discussed the plans with GlobalCapital.
06 Aug 2020 -
Is Monzo at risk of a capital crunch?
The auditor for digital bank Monzo warned that a slower than expected recovery could lead it to breach its capital requirements, even though at the end of February it had a much better capital ratio than traditional banks. So what’s going on? GlobalCapital wonders if the risk is more about investors’ appetite to continue funding an unprofitable business than the bank breaching the requirements in the next few months.
04 Aug 2020 -
Ex-Citi bond bankers set up DCM analytics platform
Two former bond bankers at Citi have set up a workflow and analytics platform to help improve the efficiency of debt capital markets desks at investment banks.
24 Jul 2020 -
DirectBooks gears up for end-of-year launch
DirectBooks, which plans to bring a new issuance platform for bond markets, has not ruled out the possibility of a partnership with other providers.
29 Jun 2020 -
Fintech backed by major banks offers solution to tedious docs
H4, a fintech firm which has received investment from JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Barclays and Linklaters, is giving capital market participants the chance to move document creation and storage into the 21st century, chief executive Joe Seifert tells GlobalCapital.
11 Jun 2020 -
DZ Bank leads co-operatives to Schuldschein platform VC Trade
DZ Bank has signed up to the leading digital platform in the Schuldschein market, VC Trade. The German bank brings roughly 850 affiliated co-operative banks with it, which VC Trade’s founders believe is a game changer.
10 Jun 2020 -
Cowles joins start-up aiming to revolutionise cross-border payments system
Payments start-up RTGS.global has hired Jim Cowles, former chief executive of Europe, the Middle East and Africa at Citi, to be an executive director of the board.
28 May 2020 -
IHS Markit furthers regtech consolidation with Catena buy
IHS Markit’s announcement this week that it had acquired regulatory technology firm Catena Technologies marked another move towards consolidation in the industry.
06 May 2020
