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Funding Circle has breached the terms of its securitization SBOLT 2018–1 — a book of loans originated on the platform and was bought by Pollen Street Capital’s P2P Global fund. The breach was driven by a shift in the company’s business model from a pure tech platform to a non-bank lender using its own capital. Funding Circle has asked investors to waive the breach. -
Agora, the digital debt capital markets platform being developed by bond market veteran Charlie Berman, has closed its initial seed funding round with contributions from a small group of individuals, including Michael Spencer, the founder and former CEO of interdealer broker Icap, which later became Nex Group.
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Distressed loans using US documentation are some of the slow trades to settle in the capital markets, with an average time of 67 days, reflecting onerous legal requirements under the Loan Syndication and Trading Association standard terms. A new tool released by IHS Markit as part of its ClearPar loan settlement platform has the potential to slash this delay, with a recent trade by Deutsche Bank taking just 10 days to settle.
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Chinese president Xi Jinping triggered a jump in the prices of blockchain-related stocks this week after hailing blockchain as the centrepiece of the country’s technology innovation in a Politburo study session. Xi's comments came as the People’s Bank of China plans to roll out its central bank digital currency.
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After a lacklustre start to life, momentum is building on Bakkt’s physically delivered bitcoin futures, with the exchange hitting a record trading volume this week and the venture announcing new options contracts on those futures.
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One of the main aims of the European Distribution of Debt Instruments Initiative (EDDI) is to achieve greater harmonisation across eurozone bond markets. But if there is no incentive to use it, EDDI will become just another platform.
