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What is the Money Market? Here’s Everything You Need to Know

Peak Frameworks

Definition of the Money Market The money market is a subsection of the financial market where participants engage in the buying and selling of short-term debt securities. For instance, in 2012, Amazon issued commercial paper to finance its short-term liquidity needs.

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European Stability Mechanism

Wall Street Mojo

The European Stability Mechanism Board (ESM) operates as a financial backstop intergovernmental institution established in 2012 to combat the European sovereign debt crisis of 2009-2011 in euro member states.

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How do Banks Make Money? Explanation, Examples

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Investment Banking Activities Investment banks have a dual role; they provide advisory services to corporations and governments and raise capital by issuing and selling securities in the capital markets. When Facebook went public in 2012, it needed an investment bank to handle the Initial Public Offering (IPO).

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The essential guide to raising private equity

Growth Business

For institutional investors, therefore, private equity can offer exposure to fast-growing, high-potential, mid-sized private companies at a comparatively earlier stage of their growth trajectory than is available through the capital markets. Our mission is to be the property market’s premier furnishing service.

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The 20 greatest trading innovations

The TRADE

While perhaps not one of the most exciting aspects of the trade lifecycle, settlement is a central process that acts as a pillar for the capital markets. However, first off the bat was MarketAxess which launched its Open Trading all-to-all trading environment in 2012.

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SIX agrees to acquire Aquis Exchange

The TRADE

Since launching as a start-up subscription based exchange in 2012, Aquis has become a diversified multi-product European exchange group that creates and facilitates more efficient markets for a modern economy. Alasdair Haynes, chief executive of Aquis, said: “I am immensely proud of the business we have built over the past 12 years.