Blockchain and smart contracts will be the basis of an ideal future IT infrastructure for capital markets, as Digital Asset’s chief technology officer Shaul Kfir explains to Joy Macknight. 

Data analytics could overhaul way group interacts with clients, says UBS’s Ronald Jansen.

As corporates, sovereigns and agencies hunt for cash, bond markets have boomed. 

Covid-19 has slammed the brakes on what had been a very busy start to 2020 for high-yield bond and leveraged loan issuance. 

Following several acquisitions of European companies, US-based Boston Scientific has issued its first batch of euro-denominated bonds.

While 2019 may have featured some major initial public offerings, it has also prompted questions about the ongoing viability of the IPO model. 

Reid Marsh, Barclays’ head of banking for Europe, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific, tells Kat Van Hoof about his ambitious growth targets and where he sees business opportunities for the year ahead.

Faced with the rising tide of data resulting from increased automation, the derivatives industry is hoping technology can also play a part in helping it handle this increased burden. Jason Mitchell reports.

The US is the most important market for investment banks, a fact not lost on the European players ramping up their activity in the country. Jane Monahan looks at how these institutions are competing against their American counterparts.

Asia has been working on a capital markets union for almost two decades. Why is this process challenging? And is it fair to draw parallels between the Asian and European experience? Stefania Palma reports.