Mergers and Inquisitions

OCTOBER 4, 2023

And that is exactly what happened when I watched Dumb Money , the movie about the GameStop short squeeze in 2021 , the other day. I wrote about the GameStop short squeeze back when it happened in February 2021, and it turned into the most popular article of the year. I wrote many articles about it.

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The TRADE

JUNE 17, 2024

Prior to joining State Street in 2021, she previously served for more than 17 years at UBS across Zurich, London and Singapore and at Credit Suisse. Prior to joining LCH, Robinson held roles within JP Morgan’s investment banking and asset management divisions and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s financial markets division.

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The TRADE

JUNE 6, 2023

David Tamburelli, global head of content acquisition at Bloomberg, highlighted how important BSE is within Chinese financial markets and praised the progress it has facilitated through increased transparency of operations and contributing to the increase in the number of listed companies and supporting data.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Euronext Clearing is now the pan-European clearing house for Euronext cash markets and with the move is set to foster a unified European financial market and ecosystem.

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The TRADE

JULY 25, 2023

The PRA specifically cited “significant failures in risk management and governance between 1 January 2020 and 31 March 2021, in connection with the Firms’ exposures to Archegos Capital Management”. The default of Archegos Capital Management, a $10 billion family office founded by renowned New York investor Bill Hwang, occurred in March 2021.

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The TRADE

MARCH 4, 2024

According to data from ESMA, fails peaked at around 12% of total settlement instructions in May/June 2021, and again spiked following the introduction of CSDR’s Settlement Discipline Regime in February 2022, which introduced penalties for late or failed trades. On social media however, some experts questioned the consistency of the data.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

MARCH 13, 2023

SVB’s deposits grew from ~$62 billion at the end of 2019 to $173 billion at the end of 2022, and its loan-to-deposit ratio went completely out of whack: Tech startups were flush with cash due to a ridiculous fundraising environment in 2020 – 2021, and they put the money they raised in the bank. to back them.

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The TRADE

MAY 29, 2024

The shift of liquidity itself As providers continue with their committed goal of creating a better and healthier future across the financial services industry, it remains an often-unspoken truth that the market in the end needs to develop as one, with each faction committed to playing their parts. Subsequently, liquidity follows.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 4, 2024

In a letter to ESMA, the Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) was against the immediate shift to T+0, stating: “We emphasise that we do not consider a default T+0 settlement cycle for securities transactions to be a realistic or desirable near-term policy objective.”

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The TRADE

JULY 6, 2023

The buy-side are “aware and worried” as the US shift to T+1 looms closer and the testing phase begins globally, a panel held by the Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) has said. Panellists raised concerns over FX, settlement fails, and potential regulatory hurdles during the webinar held by AFME on 27 June.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 6, 2023

There has been a recognition that there needs to be a balance between reducing those costs but also remaining vigilant to ensure that the quality of issuers coming to market is maintained. An additional factor that gives us a flavour for where regulators are looking at when it comes to trying to foster European financial markets is T+1.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 9, 2024

And sitting on its global trading desks are a pod of traders known for their ability to interact with some of the most inaccessible financial markets around the world. Gibson is a seasoned trader with an extensive career in markets. We’re talking circa 50% in both their currencies this year.

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The TRADE

APRIL 30, 2024

Over the past two decades, several critical financial market regulations have been implemented globally, particularly in response to the 2008 Global Financial Crisis (GFC). The years following 2008’s GFC experienced continued financial regulatory reform.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Beginning his career in 1990 as an FX dealer at Bank of America in Sydney, Grady has spent almost four decades working in financial markets across the globe. Nominated by several buy-side peers for the Lifetime Achievement Award, Grady has a strong history of contributing to industry discussion and development.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The current plan is the Capital Markets Union (CMU): a flagship initiative designed to boost investment, enhance access to finance, enable cross-border investment, and reduce the fragmentation of Europe’s financial markets. Sounds great, right?

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 30, 2024

So, 2025 will see more heated debate, and perhaps some real progress, towards the alignment and streamlining of regulation in an attempt to remove barriers to growth and improve the efficiency of financial markets. Europe cannot achieve competitiveness without embracing competition.

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