Capital Markets

Capital Markets

FX Rigging Scandal: Why is nobody going to prison?

Harry Clynch 06/12/2021 No Comments

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Why you should sell your Coinbase stock

29/11/2021

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Singapore Fintech Festival: The Future of Capital Markets

09/11/2021

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Digitising Debt Capital Markets with Origin

08/10/2021

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Streamlining private capital markets with blockchain technology

October 6, 2021

We talked to Myles Milston, CEO of Globacap, to discuss how blockchain technology can facilitate a more efficient flow of capital. Globacap has digitised the shares offered by private companies on its platform and have built automated workflows on top of that.

Asia Capital Markets

Evergrande – Too Big To Ignore?

September 27, 2021

he Real Estate industry accounts for more than 15% of China’s economy. 62-year old Hui Ka-yan owns 76 percent of Evergrande, China’s second largest property developer by sales. However, with the South China Morning Post reporting liabilities of more than $305 billion, Hui’s investment might be too big to ignore.

Capital Markets

The importance of automation, with ION Markets

August 17, 2021

This mission is to automate mission critical processes, controlling workflow that can affect the entire deal. So, we offer a comprehensive solution that covers multiple asset classes.

Capital Markets Fintech Technology

Making the trading business cycle streamlined, with Tradologics

July 12, 2021

“We’ve set up a platform that will allow you to build your own bespoke trading platform – a platform that can trade any asset class, on any broker, using any coding language. It’s a completely agnostic approach.”

Banking Capital Markets

Consumer Price Index shows inflation growth, could interest rates be next?

June 16, 2021

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measure of inflation was released today, showing that the rate of inflation in the UK has jumped to 2.1% in the year to May. This was above market forecasts of around 1.8% and is slightly above the Bank of England’s target of 2%.

Capital Markets Fintech

United Fintech Expands into the US with the Appointment of Mark Lawrence from Goldman Sachs

June 3, 2021

Mark Lawrence boards the United Fintech ‘rocketship’ today. He joins to help scale and distribute the fintech firms acquired by United Fintech. Mark will grow a sales team in New York, with appointments to be announced later this year.

Capital Markets Technology

Another Tech firm IPO, but is UiPath just another Tech firm?

April 23, 2021

In 2017, UiPath introduced their vision of ‘a robot for every person.’ Borrowed from Bill Gates and Paul Allen, who, in the 1970s, set the goal of putting a ‘computer on every desk.’ Dines has predicted similarly, that there would be a software robot for every person.

Capital Markets Crypto

The dismal debut IPO of Coinbase

April 20, 2021

Where now for #bitcoin? It is widely accepted. A crypto exchange or 'Crypto company' has been listed. Institutional investors and central banks are increasingly adopting it. So where is the problem?

Asia Banking Capital Markets

Why is the Bank of Japan changing its approach to QE?

March 29, 2021

The Bank of Japan struggled more than other central banks to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic because it had already introduced years of stimulus measures in an unsuccessful attempt to encourage price growth.

Asia Capital Markets News

Stock Markets in China look Bearish, should you worry?

March 25, 2021

Just over a year ago, Trump was talking about reaching some kind of understanding with China when we covered a story about his time at Davos. This week we saw the U.S., the EU, Canada and the UK sanction China for alleged human rights abuses. Things have definitely taken a dramatic turn.

Capital Markets USA

Interest Rates held by the Federal Reserve, market reactions

March 18, 2021

The Committee seeks to achieve maximum employment and inflation at the rate of 2 percent over the longer run.

Capital Markets Regulator USA

Disruption or Democratisation? Can Elizabeth Warren help “democratize finance”?

March 10, 2021

Warren’s critique of Robinhood and Citadel Securities is not a unique issue, but is a forebearer of things to come during the pro-regulation Biden administration.

Capital Markets Fintech

FinTech ‘Origin’ launches Airbrush in collaboration with LuxSe and Clearstream

February 19, 2021

Origin, the London-based fintech digitising debt capital markets, has announced the launch of Airbrush, an interface data standard that will aim to act as a universal language for bond issuance market participants. The initiative is being launched with the support of Clearstream and the LuxSE, and follows Origin’s $7 million Series A funding round.

Brexit Capital Markets Europe

Should London worry about Euronext Amsterdam?

February 17, 2021

Are we headed for "Singapore-on-the-Thames" or was Euronext Amsterdam's success a warning shot preparing EU and UK leaders for the future?

Capital Markets Crypto

Speculative fictions: GameStop, Bitcoin and beyond

February 9, 2021

All assets experience ups and downs, albeit not that extreme, but how can you tell which direction Bitcoin will go from £30,000? The problem is you can’t.

Capital Markets

SPACs, Wall Street’s next dot com bubble?

February 8, 2021

LeBron James or Michael Jordan might be the best basketball player, but if you gave them ice skates, I’m not sure they’d be Wayne Gretzky. I think there are a lot of SPACs now. Some will do well and some won’t. For the right companies, SPACs are great vehicles, but it’s not a fit for everybody.