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

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.

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Peak Frameworks

OCTOBER 30, 2023

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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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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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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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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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.

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