I wrote a blog post in 2018 entitled “Blockchain: A Reality Check”, in which I questioned the relevance of this technology within debt capital markets, so I thought it would be fun to revisit 5 years later.

This week, Volvo Treasury AB successfully completed a dual tranche, €1 billion syndicated benchmark bond issuance via the Origin platform.

This week I thought it would be interesting to give a quick comment on the debate that continues around central bank digital currencies (CBDC).

This week the pound rose to its highest level since April 2022. Stronger than expected gross domestic product, manufacturing and jobs data, a fall in the price of natural gas, and broad weakness in the dollar have all contributed to the sterling comeback story.

This week, we just released our annual financial results. While we’re not (yet 🙂) large enough to be putting together laminated and glossily printed 200-page annual reports, I thought it might be an opportune moment to highlight a few of our recent successes.

This week on the blog, Origin’s Co-founder and CTO Robert Taylor talks about our exciting structured notes extension to our Documentation product.

This week brought news that Europe’s biggest blank-cheque company, backed by LVMH founder Bernard Arnault and former UniCredit chief Jean Pierre Mustier, is set to be wound up after failing to find a target.

Over the last few weeks, I’ve had the pleasure of returning to Asia, catching up with clients and contacts in this wonderful part of the world. I first stopped in Singapore for a few days, before heading off a mini holiday with my family in Vietnam.

Since SVB blew up – followed by two regional US banks and the rescue deal for Credit Suisse – the safety of bank deposits has come under intense scrutiny.

The UBS <> Credit Suisse (CS) tie-up has been the backdrop to another jaw-dropping week. And not because there were any major disasters on CS’ balance sheet (unlike SVB), but precisely because there weren’t any disasters.

We opened our bank account with Silicon Valley Bank as soon as we incorporated the Company in April 2015. And for the past 8 years, we didn’t give it another moment’s thought. Until last Thursday.

The chat around one of the hottest topics in 2021 and 2022 has gone decidedly quiet and the change in sentiment has hit one of the world’s biggest companies, Meta. So, what does the future hold for the metaverse and one of its biggest proponents, Mark Zuckerberg?

You've undoubtedly heard of ChatGPT. You may have even had a play with the technology and fed it some prompts.

One year on from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and this excellent, upbeat piece in The Economist got me thinking about what a wild ride global energy has been on over the last 12 months.

This week, the US SEC made an interesting move by fining the crypto exchange Kraken for offering “staking-as-a-service.”

What is Britcoin? And what does it mean for both crypto and Britain?

That means bringing the rules governing the issuance, trading and lending of crypto tokens closely into line with those for traditional financial assets such as stocks and bonds.

A significant story broke in our space this week. Nivaura, a competitor/peer of ours entered into an asset purchase agreement with another DCM-focused fintech NowCM, who will acquire all digital and IP assets.

Another year, another World Economic Forum.

As usual, there are plenty of high-profile delegates attending Davos.

This week, Goldman cut over 3000 jobs across the firm. They’re hardly an outlier, but for some of the younger members, this may seem like a shock.