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Capital markets firms activate disaster plans
As the coronavirus pandemic threatens every facet of capital markets activity, trading floors and back offices have emptied in recent days, leading to questions about how efficiently business can be done from home and alternative sites, write Paola Aurisicchio, Jasper Cox, Jennifer Kang and Ross Lancaster.
12 Mar 2020 -
DZ Bank developing automated ESG investor classification system
DZ Bank is creating a tool that will automate the process of scoring investors based on their commitment to environmental, social and governance (ESG) policies for preferential treatment in the allocation of socially responsible bonds.
12 Mar 2020 -
Liquidity again falls in Europe IG corps market
Liquidity in Europe's secondary corporate bond market has dwindled over the last three years, according to a new report from the International Capital Market Association (ICMA). Investors see little by way of positive contributors.
04 Mar 2020 -
EPPF widens issuer offering, introduces third-party docs
The European Primary Placement Facility (EPPF), an issuance-as-service platform, has signed up DZ Bank, allowing the German cooperative institution to offer market access to its 250 frequent issuer clients.
27 Feb 2020 -
Robo-brokers in the pipeline as AiX moves to upend IDBs with AI
Interdealer brokers are facing potential disruption after a new platform, AiX, announced its intention this week to compete for their fees with artificial intelligence technology that aims to replace some of the functions of human brokers.
06 Feb 2020 -
AI firm makes push into OTC interdealer markets
Robots are going up against humans in the OTC broking markets as AiX announced the launch of its natural language artificial intelligence broker platform this week.
05 Feb 2020 -
People moves in brief
Ex-Goldman's Weber joins Middle East boutique — Giancarlo turns up at Federal Housing Finance Agency — Ferdane takes over coverage job at BNP Paribas
16 Jan 2020 -
Morgan Stanley and compatriots raise the FICC bar
Morgan Stanley more than doubled its revenue from fixed income sales and trading in the fourth quarter of last year, completing a stellar set of earnings for US banks in that business after a year in which they appear to have cemented their dominance in Europe.
16 Jan 2020 -
CrossLend to play into Capital Markets Union drive
CrossLend’s securitization platform is designed to allow smaller firms to buy and sell debt portfolios more easily. It has been backed by Santander’s venture capital fund, which sees it as tapping into various trends in European capital markets.
13 Jan 2020 -
Ipreo has reached out to bond platform rivals as fintech competition heats up
Ipreo, whose system is used by banks, especially in Europe, for syndicating new bond issues, has reached out to two potential rivals about possibilities to collaborate. This suggests IHS Markit, which owns Ipreo, believes the alternative platforms could make headway.
18 Dec 2019
