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Does ASOS’ move to the LSE spell its downfall?

Myles Milston 19/01/2022 No Comments

Investment Banking

Why is JPMorgan spending so much on Tech?

17/01/2022

Capital Markets

The Five Biggest IPOs of 2021

05/01/2022

Capital Markets

The 7 Potentially Disastrous Investments of 2021

23/12/2021

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How are investment banks reacting to inflation?

December 17, 2021

How are investment banks reacting to inflation?

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Who are the world’s most notorious rogue traders?

December 16, 2021

Who are the most notorious rogue traders? Do their stories share common features? Is the phenomenon of "rogue trading" an inherent part of the industry, or can better regulation and workplace culture protect against such activity?

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How strong will the pound sterling be in 2022?

December 15, 2021

How strong will the pound sterling (GBP) be in 2022?

Capital Markets Investment Banking

The Royal Mail IPO, eight years on

December 7, 2021

Eight years after one of the most controversial initial public offerings of the decade, let’s revisit the Royal Mail IPO. The price of the Royal Mail stock (LON: RMG) skyrocketed shortly after it had begun trading on the London Stock Exchange. For months and years, the company was deemed undervalued and its IPO stock price a bargain.

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FX Rigging Scandal: Why is nobody going to prison?

December 6, 2021

Every now and again, something happens in the banking sector that makes you amazed nobody is going to prison. Last week it was reported that the European Commission has fined four of the world’s largest banks for involvement in price fixing on the foreign exchange markets.

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Bitcoin ETFs bring regulated crypto to global banking

November 15, 2021

ETFs have been the buzzword for both the finance and crypto industries in the last quarter of 2021. Australia’s contribution has been the BetaShares ETF (a fund investing in global crypto-linked companies) launching in early November and delivering over $40m in trades on the ASX debut.

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How GoodDollar is using UBI to create a Parallel Economy

May 31, 2021

If the state refuses to bring forward UBI proposals, for either ideological or practical reasons, why not create a parallel economy where like-minded people establish something similar amongst themselves?

Fintech Investment Banking

The Capital Markets solution, that represents Fintech Rockstars

May 26, 2021

Right now banks are going around and competing against each other with bows and arrows. But the real enemy is the big technology firms; they’re using AI, laser guns, digital weapons, which is way beyond what the banks are doing.

Investment Banking USA

How bad is Biden’s Tax Plan for Wall Street?

April 29, 2021

Besides, Biden doesn’t hold any shares, why should he care about Wall Street? The U.S. economy is set to have a strong recovery, and markets will surely continue their growth trajectory once the dust settles around Biden’s Tax Plan.

Investment Banking Technology

The Tech Investor making waves on Wall Street

April 14, 2021

Cathie Wood herself has become controversial for this reason, a ‘love her or hate her’ figure for many in the industry. But the huge returns generated by Ark’s ETFs – all five gained over 100% last year – mean that, either way, she is now impossible to ignore.

Crypto Investment Banking

Hey Citi, your bitcoin report is NOT embarrassingly bad

April 7, 2021

It is a matter of ‘when’, and no longer ‘if’, banks completely adopt crypto trading, and are accepted into the wider crypto eco-system. You can be pretty sure that when the time comes, Citi will work with companies like BlockFi and exchanges like Uniswap.

COVID-19 Investment Banking

The Seven Most Influential Disruptors of Investment Banking in 2021 so Far

April 3, 2021

This March, Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan, said in an interview with Bloomberg that “There’s a very good chance you’re going to have a gangbusters economy for the rest of this year and easily into 2022.”

COVID-19 Investment Banking

‘Work from Home’ or not – the Question that Banks and Big Tech face in the Post-Covid Era

March 31, 2021

Many in Goldman Sachs think that the pressure to return to the office will be huge by mid-April, now only a few weeks away.

Asia Investment Banking

How much disruption will Bill Hwang’s Archegos cause Nomura and Credit Suisse?

March 29, 2021

Baidu, Tencent and Vipshop were some of the Chinese stocks hardest hit, dropping 18%, 33% and 31% respectively last week according to CNN. How much of those drops was down to the Archegos disruption is hard to quantify, but it certainly didn’t help.

Asia Insight Investment Banking

The Puzzle of the Japanese Yen’s Safe-Haven status

February 10, 2021

In response to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, last April the Bank of Japan (BOJ) pledged to purchase an ‘unlimited’ quantity of Japanese government bonds.

Investment Banking Technology

Innovation in Illiquid Credit Portfolio Management solutions

January 29, 2021

Accepting illiquidity risk can give very high returns, so many investment banks are also involved in this area. And, just like any other area that Investment banks operate in, there is scope for improvement. Much of the work is still manual and telephone based and there is need for both automation and better analytics.