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DCM automation hits milestone with LSEG deal
A $7bn equivalent nine-tranche bond issued by London Stock Exchange Group in March put the newest generation of bond documentation software through its paces. It was the first deal of its size and complexity to use one of the growing array of automation technology platforms.
06 May 2021 -
Digital bond fusion: EIB teams up with Banque to set off atomic reaction
The European Investment Bank strode into the digital capital markets this week with a blockchain bond. While the bond itself was an important milestone, a key achievement of the trade was its use of a digital euro provided by the Banque de France for the cash settlement leg.
29 Apr 2021 -
Bots hires two ahead of live pilot of DCM platform in Q2
Bond Origination Technologies (Bots), a new tech company that aims to automate pricing indications in the primary debt capital markets, has made two hires as it prepares to launch its first live pilot in the second quarter.
22 Feb 2021 -
Hoveyda and other ex-bankers advise NPL Markets
NPL Markets, which offers access to a trading ecosystem for distressed and illiquid loans, has appointed a handful of senior advisors.
18 Feb 2021 -
RBC completes the DirectBooks dozen
RBC Capital Markets has become the 12th bank to join DirectBooks, a platform which aims to streamline the communications processes in the issuance of corporate bonds.
11 Feb 2021 -
Commerzbank’s Main Incubator CEO leaves to found start-up
Michael Spitz, the CEO of Main Incubator, Commerzbank’s research and development arm, is leaving the bank.
09 Feb 2021 -
Agora hires head of structured products and EMTNs
Agora, the end-to-end debt capital markets start-up, has appointed Filippo Mattia Ginanni as its head of structured products and EMTNs.
18 Jan 2021 -
Boath joins Agora as adviser
Richard Boath, a former Barclays chair of EMEA financial institutions investment banking, has joined Agora, the capital markets start-up founded by fellow Barclays alumnus Charlie Berman.
15 Jan 2021 -
Institutional investors look set to suffocate bitcoin’s radical past
The emergence of institutional money into bitcoin is the death knell for its revolutionary dreams of a decentralised economic system.
12 Jan 2021 -
‘We’re on a very different path to others’, says Agora’s Berman
Charlie Berman, the bond market veteran, believes the platform he is developing, Agora, will not face competition from other fintech applications in the debt capital markets, due to its unique selling point of covering the entire lifecycle of a bond and the use of distributed ledger technology.
18 Dec 2020
