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  • Clearstream, LuxSE want Origin to explore end-to-end debt process

    Clearstream, LuxSE want Origin to explore end-to-end debt process

    Origin, a fintech firm involved in the bond issuance process, has raised Series A capital from Deutsche Börse's Clearstream and the Luxembourg Stock Exchange. The two investors said they want to automate the Eurobond issuance process from origination to settlement.

    08 Oct 2020
  • ‘EDDI is dead’: market forum opens talks on a different form of harmonisation

    ‘EDDI is dead’: market forum opens talks on a different form of harmonisation

    The proposed European Distribution of Debt Instruments (EDDI) project as a one-stop synchronised front to back office platform for the eurozone bond markets is unlikely to come to fruition, with the focus now centred on a far different proposition, according to senior members of a market forum spearheading the talks.

    01 Oct 2020
  • Agora receives backing from R3’s Rutter as bond platform moves to beta testing

    Agora receives backing from R3’s Rutter as bond platform moves to beta testing

    Agora, the end-to-end debt capital markets platform being developed by bond market veteran Charlie Berman, has closed a second funding round with support from new investors including David E. Rutter, the founder and chief executive of R3, the company behind the Corda blockchain system on which Agora will operate.

    21 Sep 2020
  • LSEG reveals new MTN platform

    LSEG reveals new MTN platform

    The London Stock Exchange Group has partnered with fintech firm Nivaura for the exchange's new platform, called Flow. LSEG hopes that its adoption of Nivaura’s general-purpose legal mark-up language (GLML) technology will help to establish it as the industry’s automation protocol of choice.

    17 Sep 2020
  • Swisscom raises Sfr100m via bank-free platform

    Swisscom raises Sfr100m via bank-free platform

    Swisscom raised Sfr100m ($110m) on Thursday with an 11 year bond sold without the involvement of an intermediary bank. The company worked with Swiss fintech company Valyo to issue the bond through its platform that directly connects issuers and investors.

    10 Sep 2020
  • People moves in brief

    People moves in brief

    Deutsche Bank picks pair for healthcare — Rothesay makes moves in US — Barclays announces new ESG positions

    13 Aug 2020
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