H. Friedman Search

AUGUST 1, 2024

Yes, there’s great movement between firms, but when there is an individual with any sort of character flaws, that will be shared amongst senior capital market individuals; thus, preventing a colleague from making a hiring decision mistake. About Harlan Friedman, JD & Founding Member, H. Friedman Search LLC.

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The TRADE

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The London Stock Exchange (LSEG) saw overall growth across its key businesses in 2023, with considerable improvement across data and analytics, capital markets, and in particular, post-trade. year-on-year increase, while capital markets saw a 6.1% In capital markets, the 6.1%

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How2Exit

MAY 22, 2023

In 2018, Walker released his book “By Then Build” which was inspired by this idea. He found a book printing company that was doing eight million in revenue. Walker’s story shows that it is possible to find success by understanding the market and making smart decisions.

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The TRADE

MAY 8, 2024

The BMLL Data Lab is a data science research sandbox which co-locates data and computes in an AWS cloud environment, offering access to full-depth order book data, enabling users to conduct analysis easily using historical Level 3, 2 and 1 data across equities, ETFs, and global futures.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 16, 2024

At EuroCTP, we stand by the shared principle of increasing market data transparency and accessibility. Dynamic, deep and liquid, capital markets are instrumental in achieving Europe’s ambitions in delivering green and digital transitions.” Read more:  If you build it, will they come?

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Lake Country Advisors

AUGUST 8, 2024

Common Valuation Methods Understanding valuation methods is essential to accuracy as they structure your approach to evaluating various aspects of a business, from financial performance to market position. Market Capitalization Market capitalization is one of the simplest and most commonly used methods for valuing a publicly traded company.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 27, 2023

The acquisition was completed earlier this month, with operations acquired set to be rebranded as Marex Prime Services and Market Outsourced Trading, with both becoming part of the Marex Capital Markets business (formed last year following the acquisition of ED&F Man Capital Markets). He will report to Blatch.

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The TRADE

MAY 29, 2024

Why are these cloud providers – hugely profitable in their own right – injecting money into exchanges and seemingly competing for market share across the capital markets landscape in order to assist the trading ecosystem with their shift? But we must ask ourselves – why? An (in)convenient truth?

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Accenture Capital Markets

OCTOBER 26, 2022

“The global capital markets system is at an inflection point. More than ever, retail investors need a responsible capital markets ecosystem. The Future of Capital Markets: Democratization of Retail Investing An insight report from the World Economic Forum published August 2022.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Alongside these, The TRADE is excited to reveal the Editors’ Choice Awards for 2024, recognising excellence from all corners of the capital markets industry, including exchanges, trading venues, technology and data vendor services and more. Winners will be announced on 19 November at Leaders in Trading New York.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Early adopters of the new trading service include Bernstein, BNP Paribas, BMO Capital Markets, Instinet Europe, Jefferies KCx and Virtu Financial. Trades will be reported as off-book, on-exchange executions in real-time, which will then be able to be centrally cleared through Cboe Europe’s interoperable clearing model.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 18, 2023

The introduction of a new Designated Reporter Regime will also likely be a key focus although some firms will likely want to continue to report as SI or via the off-book on exchange channel. Despite the ongoing uncertainty for participants, 2024 promises to be another eventful year for Pan-European market structure.

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 9, 2023

The two-day event featured panel discussions on a range of topics, including emerging trends in M&A and capital markets, Delaware corporate jurisprudence, key boardroom strategy and governance best practices. Panelists also observed a trend of increased books and records demands in M&A transactions in Delaware court.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Elsewhere, UBS made several other role changes, including Srichakri Adhikarapatti taking responsibility of the Central Risk Book (CRB) – a critical part of the execution services business, as well as joining the Execution Services Management Forum (ESMF). He originally joined the bank in 2006 in a securities lending role.

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The TRADE

APRIL 26, 2024

There’s only top book data value attribution and obviously the time scale is still really vague.” Inevitable comparisons were drawn between European and US markets in relation to ETF at TradeTech this week – a discussion point seen across many of the event’s panels across several other aspects of the European capital markets.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 9, 2023

In his new role, De Groot will be based in Singapore and focus primarily on the growth strategy and direction of the market and execution services business across the region. De Groot has three decades of experience in the capital markets and banking sectors, having worked at major global institutions across North America, Europe and APAC.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 4, 2023

LiquidityBook is set to acquire boutique capital markets fintech provider, Messer Financial Software, in a bid to accelerate its multi-asset capabilities. With regard to our buy-side clients, and especially newer or smaller funds, time and again we hear their need to shadow their fund admins or manage their own books and records.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Raquel Alves, global head of buy-side OMS, Bloomberg Buy-side firms are seeking partners that can support their entire investment book and in 2024 we expect they will increase efforts to consolidate vendors and prioritise providers that can offer a comprehensive front-to-back operating model.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

MAY 10, 2023

The basic difference is that the international bulge bracket banks tend to be stronger in M&A advisory and weaker in equity and debt capital markets. Among the elite boutiques , Evercore has the strongest presence in Singapore, and Rothschild also works on many deals, mostly in the middle-market space.

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How2Exit

MAY 2, 2023

Concept 8: Unlock Private Capital Markets One way to unlock private capital markets is to focus on businesses that have reached a certain level of success. By doing this, businesses can unlock private capital markets and ensure that their business is successful in the long-term.

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M&A Leadership Council

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Chapter 9 of this book, on postmerger integration, discusses postmerger returns, based on the latest research. First, if investors sell the company’s stock, short it, or simply don’t trade it at all, stock price and/or volume might suffer, making any attempts to access the equity capital markets more dilutive.

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Accenture Capital Markets

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Develop a scalable trade-eligibility model that not only meets your regulatory requirements, but also supports your firm’s booking model strategy. Acknowledgments: Special thanks to Petra Yazbeck for her thoughtful contributions to this blog. [1]

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Mergers and Inquisitions

JULY 17, 2024

Firms like the State Bank of India (SBI Capital Markets), IIFL, Arpwood, Trust Group, AK Financial Services, HDFC, Edelweiss, Veda, and o3 Capital are also well-regarded but are closer to middle-market or “in-between-a-bank” firms.

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Focus Investment Banking

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Now, in the private capital markets, sellers are more concerned with confidentiality, so no one finds out a business is for sale. Guhan Subramian in his book, “Dealmaking: The New Strategy of Negotiauctions,” points out that an auction helps “create the perception of competition when there isn’t any.”

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The TRADE

JUNE 30, 2023

We want to be able to offer the most amount of netting risk benefit and consolidation opportunities, so that we can get back to the fundamentals, which is releasing capital so that we can grow European markets, trading velocity and support our clients’ growth and their strategies for growth with their clients. There are three areas.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 21, 2023

“The tick size proposal, in name only, is simple and one-dimensional, but in practice, there are changes to rebates, there are changes to pricing tiers, there are changes to odd lot data that’s being disseminated,” says Eric Stockland, managing director, electronic trading for BMO Capital Markets. “This is like a big plumbing change and it’s (..)

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The TRADE

AUGUST 7, 2024

Outsourced trading, though undoubtedly a contentious topic, is something that has been around in capital markets for decades in some form or another. Similarly, Crowe confirmed to The TRADE earlier this year that BNY Mellon “absolutely” has large scale clients on its books already.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 4, 2023

But there are other areas in the capital markets, for example, where we do need further regulatory clarity and we’ve seen a change in the trend where market makers, proprietary firms and trading firms are moving their businesses offshore as a result of the regulatory landscape that we have here in the US.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 7, 2023

It’s in people’s DNA to invest in capital markets in the US. Donker added: “We [Euronext] are afraid that the CT will be used as a validation for executing retail on a systematic internaliser or on a dark pool and this will come to the detriment of the multi-lateral order book.

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 24, 2020

This past year we also witnessed an uptick in stockholder books and records demands (under Section 220 of the Delaware General Corporation Law) in connection with M&A transactions.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 18, 2024

On the topic, Rieb-Smith adds: “We’re in an environment where you’ve seen the macro community morph into multi-strats (because they’ve gone into equity strategies whether that be volume, capital markets and ultimately quant). Then you’ve got the quants who have started to look at fixed income products.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 1, 2023

“If I look at who the biggest players in the European markets were 10 years ago it’s very different to who they are today,” says Bobby Molavi, head of EMEA execution services and European primary distribution for equity capital markets at Goldman Sachs.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The pandemic marked a seminal moment across the capital markets, effectively drawing a line between the old world and the new. The SEC also appears particularly intent on introducing more reporting rules across asset classes while also reviewing market structure for equities.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 24, 2024

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. By seeing what is available on the order book, traders have an idea of how much volume can be executed at a specific price. Dark trading is a popular practice globally.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Also, the velocity of the underlying market has increased which means that banks using Excel to manage their FX swaps books are now turning to technology solutions to keep pace. Despite representing the lifeblood of international economies, significant portions of the market remain untouched by the latest technology and innovation.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 12, 2024

According BMLL Technologies data, bilateral trading accounted for 35% of overall notional traded as of November 2024, including request for quote (RFQ), off-book on-exchange, over the counter (OTC) and SI volumes both above and below the large in scale (LiS) threshold. This marks a 12% increase since January 2021.

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The TRADE

APRIL 10, 2025

Desks have, understandably, been in a relative state of shock since the 2 April decision from the new administration, with a fugue-like state descending across the capital markets as players attempt to make sense of ongoing tariffs turmoil. Simultaneously, on the buy-side traders are trying to find opportunities in a barren landscape.

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