The TRADE

JANUARY 3, 2024

They will need to take the Capital Markets Union more seriously and remove the frictional cost of trading between countries. In light of geopolitical realities, sluggish economic growth, and constraint public finances, it will be particularly critical for the EU to ensure a new vision in regard to the Capital Markets Union.

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The TRADE

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

BNY Mellon and Microsoft are collaborating to expand and enhance the custodian’s data analytics platform. BNY Mellon will use multiple technologies from Microsoft to develop next-generation data management and software products tailored to the needs of capital markets firms.

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Accenture Capital Markets

APRIL 10, 2023

Creativity, color, and fun might not be the first words that spring to mind when you think of capital markets, but I think that’s about to change. Personality matters In recent years, capital markets have learned that digital personality matters. Such experiences are often relevant and overwhelmingly natural.

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Accenture Capital Markets

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

In institutional investing, many players seem to view RPA as a way to also deal with stringent regulatory requirements, lower projected future returns and growing cost pressures. The traditional RPA approach used by large financial services players usually doesn’t easily work in institutional investing. The challenge with this?

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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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The TRADE

MAY 29, 2024

With these entities arguably the heart of the trading world, where the real moves are executed, how is the market set to react as cloud adoption continues to surge and is subsequently pumped into the veins of their surrounding ecosystem? Recent times have seen a swathe of investments from major cloud providers into leading exchanges.

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The TRADE

JUNE 1, 2023

The newly developed solution will support increasing transaction volumes and a range of investment products, while further enhancing the integrity of the market. Global capital markets are increasingly demanding resilient and robust technology, capable of withstanding ever-greater volatility and volume.

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Tyton Partners

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

[BOSTON, February 8, 2024] – Tyton Partners, a strategy consulting and investment banking firm focused on the education sector, announced today the results of its latest report, Investing in Tomorrow: Lifetime Value of Financial Education in High School.

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The TRADE

JULY 17, 2023

RBC Capital Markets has appointed Giles Gleave and Mike Heraty as its newest managing directors, according to an internal memo seen by The TRADE. Heraty will report to Sian Hurrell, head of global sales and relationship management and global markets Europe.

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The TRADE

JUNE 6, 2023

He added: “We are committed to the development of the capital markets in China and continue to see increased demand for BSE data. We are honoured to collaborate with the BSE as an international provider of their real-time data, giving global investors the access and visibility they need to efficiently invest in China.”

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The TRADE

JULY 23, 2024

Pan-European trading venue for securities Spectrum Markets has welcomed Baader Bank as a new trading member. Nicky Maan Baader Bank has been trading securities for over four decades, offering its partners and institutional investors access to capital markets through integrated trading platforms.

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How2Exit

JULY 13, 2023

They also mention their collaboration on a chocolate roll-up project, which involved researching different industries and using tools and templates to identify the chocolate industry as the most suitable for their parameters. The episode concludes with a discussion on the importance of collaboration and sharing ideas as entrepreneurs.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Earlier this year, Aquis Exchange confirmed it was acquiring a minority stake in OptimX Markets in a bid to expand its block crossing remit with the investment having been made as part of a consortium including the venture capital arm of Deutsche Boerse Group.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 10, 2023

Virtu has entered into a strategic alliance with InvestorLink to offer retail investors better access to the primary markets. We are delighted to collaborate with InvestorLink to help connect retail brokers with hard-to-access investment solutions,” said Stephen Kay, global head of broker-dealer sales at Virtu. “We

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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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The TRADE

MAY 16, 2024

The more regulated the market and the more exchange driven it is, the more effective I believe the TCA can be.” Over the years, TCA within asset classes such as fixed income has grown into a more mainstream product, being used by investment institutions worldwide. Collaboration needs to be impartial.

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The TRADE

MAY 1, 2024

In Europe, this includes focusing on new fund products such as the ELTIF and LTAF, which are of growing interest to both managers and investors. “Additionally, asset managers’ plans to invest further in analytics to support their investment processes are a growing theme.

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Intrepid Banker Insights

JUNE 5, 2024

Intrepid Investment Bankers Intrepid Hires Industry Veterans Dave Hatch and Mike Letsch to Launch Supply Chain & Logistics Group Intrepid Investment Bankers announced the expansion of the firm’s Industrials & Business Services offerings with the establishment of a dedicated Supply Chain & Logistics advisory practice.

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Periculum Capital

JUNE 6, 2023

As a result of Periculum’s continuous and intimate collaboration with management, the Company was able to find a partner in GLOBO that not only aligned with LUNA’s people-first culture, but also complemented its existing services to increase efficiencies and ultimately enhance LUNA’s mission to promote language access to all people.

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Tyton Partners

DECEMBER 19, 2024

We are at the cusp of understanding when and how catalytic capital can be used to innovate and scale highly effective programs when markets have failed. Catalytic capital is not bad investing. While progress has been made, 2025 has to be the year philanthropy and impact investors truly mobilize large sums to drive change.

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Peak Frameworks

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Investment Banks: Institutions like Goldman Sachs and J.P. This can be trading on behalf of their clients (like when you buy a stock through a bank's brokerage service) or proprietary trading where banks invest their own money. Volatile markets often lead to more trading activity as investors look to buy low and sell high.

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Tyton Partners

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Administrators outweigh the impact of mental health challenges and should invest more in learner-identified areas of need. Digital Tools which Build Community Increase Belonging : Learners with stronger sense of belonging report increased utilization of digital tools designed to create community, such as collaboration tools (e.g.,

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 25, 2023

2022 drivers and headwinds Choppy access to capital markets and financing to fund ongoing operations Many life sciences companies faced challenges raising money in the capital markets in 2022. Let’s dig in.

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Tyton Partners

APRIL 10, 2024

Facilitating a divestiture inherently has complexity, but this strategic transaction for School Specialty highlighted the importance of finding the right growth-focused investment partner to drive the next stage of growth for the business.”

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The TRADE

APRIL 10, 2024

Buy-side cover interview – Keeping ESG commercial Annabel Smith sits down with head of trading at activist hedge fund Bluebell Capital Partners, Pete Papanichola, to explore his path to activist investing and the importance of keeping ESG investment initiatives commercial to ensure their continued success.

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Tyton Partners

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

These key trends are anticipated to drive further consolidation in the K-12 service provider market throughout 2025. Crucially, the financial stability of these providersbolstered by government budgets, grants, and increasing public investment in educational technologycreates a strong foundation for sustained growth.

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Cooley M&A

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

This post highlights 10 key trends that shaped global M&A market activity in 2022 – and will likely continue to impact deals into 2023. Show me the cash With the slowdown in capital markets, increased interest rates and the end of “easy money” from traditional lenders, the need for access to cash and financing drove M&A deals in 2022.

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 22, 2020

If, however, capital markets and the economy weaken in 2020, M&A transactions may be the only viable option for life sciences companies to access capital, in which case we would expect to see more M&A transactions by number, but they would likely be paired with lower purchase prices and/or more highly structured.

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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

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

As the UK capital market seeks to modernise, collaboration between the buy- and sell-side as they adopt the relevant trading technology is paramount, according to a recent report by the IA.  We are therefore calling for buy- and sell-side collaboration to embrace technological advancements and automate the IPO process. “Our

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Accenture Capital Markets

AUGUST 23, 2022

To get a more in-depth view on this—and many other—trends and market changes, we collaborated with PIMFA on a research study aimed at the C- suite. Consider for a moment that, according to our estimates, the European affluent market is worth around €22.6 tn, of which approximately 40% was being held in cash in 2021.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Growth has been largely stagnant across the continent for the last two decades, with a wide number of metrics pointing to an ever-increasing investment and growth gap with the US. You cannot provide cross-border depositary services under UCITS or AIFMD – which, when you talk about a unified Capital Markets Union, is a big miss.”

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Focus Investment Banking

MARCH 13, 2025

Bryce Stirlen Joins FOCUS Investment Banking as Managing Director Washington, DC (March 13, 2025) FOCUS Investment Banking , a premier middle market investment bank, is pleased to announce that Bryce Stirlen, will join FOCUSs Advanced Manufacturing Group as Managing Director.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Magnus Haglind, head of products for marketplace technology, Nasdaq The first wave of gen-AI use cases across capital markets technology has sparked widespread energy and excitement about its future potential.

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The TRADE

MARCH 27, 2025

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) has unveiled plans to develop and deploy a new AI-driven search solution across its workflows, in collaboration with Google Cloud. ATLAS] will further streamline SET and listed companies capital markets operations, unlocking new levels of efficiency and convenience.

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The TRADE

MARCH 17, 2025

BME has announced a reform to Spain’s securities settlement system to improve efficiency, align the Spanish market with European standards, and prepare it for the T+1 settlement cycle by 2027. This migration claims to reduce risks by improving market efficiency.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 12, 2024

At HKEX, we are committed to the long-term vibrancy of Hong Kongs capital markets through ongoing investment in our technology and market infrastructure, said Bonnie Y Chan, CEO of HKEX. These features aim to improve the efficiency, reliability, and automation of post-trade services.

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