Tagged: investment banking

April 22, 2024 @ 8:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

MUFG Bank, Ltd., which claims to be one of the largest banks in Japan, and Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank, one of the investment banking groups in Europe, reportedly completed the first payment in the ISO 20022 message format on The Clearing House’s CHIPS… Read More

February 26, 2024 @ 12:40 pm By JD Alois  |  

Cross River says it has launched its “investment banking strategy,” describing the initiative as a significant milestone in the company’s history. The company said it will now assist its clients in achieving their goals by advising them on decisions like mergers and acquisitions, capital markets… Read More

October 13, 2023 @ 6:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

tZERO Group Inc. says its broker-dealer subsidiary, tZERO ATS, will “add investment banking business lines to its existing platform.” In parallel, tZERO ATS will “change its name to tZERO Securities to better reflect the breadth of services it makes available to its customers.” These changes… Read More

September 19, 2023 @ 10:38 am By Nick Morgan  |  

The world of investment banking has witnessed significant transformations over the decades, particularly concerning small-cap IPOs and access to capital. In this Capital Ideas interview with Vince Molinari, the CEO of Fintech.TV and an experienced figure in investment banking, ICAN’s Dara Albright and Nick Morgan… Read More

May 29, 2023 @ 10:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nordic Capital Advisors has announced the appointment of Mohit Agnihotri as a Partner. Mohit reportedly “has over two decades of investment banking, investing and consulting experience in Financial Technology, Payments and broader Software & Technology sectors.” He will now “become a key member of Nordic… Read More

January 12, 2023 @ 11:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Republic Capital Group, an investment banking firm specializing in the RIA, asset and wealth management, and securities-related industries, acknowledges its client, Parallel Advisors, on its acquisition of AUTUS Asset Management and substantial investment from Golden Gate Capital, a private equity investment firm. In connection with… Read More

December 14, 2022 @ 8:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

KX — maker of kdb+, the “fastest” time series database and real-time analytics engine — announced that Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF), the full service brokerage and investment banking firm, has “chosen KX to enhance market data analytics and drive real-time decision making.” With over… Read More

June 9, 2022 @ 7:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bloomberg has announced that Baader Bank AG, an investment bank in Germany, has adopted Bloomberg’s Rule Builder (RBLD), in order to automate its equities trading processes and streamline the performance of the company’s buy-side trading desk by leveraging key insights obtained from Bloomberg Transaction Cost… Read More

March 3, 2022 @ 8:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) is reportedly moving forward with its embedded finance plans. The investment bank’s collaboration with General Motors (GM) (NYSE: GM). This is the most recent step taken to capitalize on this growing Fintech trend. Goldman Sachs had taken over issuing the General… Read More

September 10, 2021 @ 3:08 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Citizens Financial Group and JMP Group have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Citizens will acquire JMP in an all-cash transaction. JMP is a capital markets firm that provides investment banking services, including strategic advisory, equity research and sales and trading focused primarily… Read More

July 7, 2021 @ 7:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mette Ingeman Pedersen will reportedly be joining Saxo Bank as the firm’s newly appointed Group Chief Financial Officer and member of the Board of Management and Executive Team. Mette will be reporting directly to Kim Fournais, CEO and Founder at Saxo Bank, a Danish investment… Read More

December 11, 2020 @ 8:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Research firm CBInsights has released a new report titled, Unbundling Bank Of America: How The Traditional Bank Is Being Disrupted. The report looks at mortgages, Robo-advisors, trading software, and also examines how Fintech firms have been trying to “unbundle” Bank of America’s front office. According… Read More

January 31, 2020 @ 6:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Liquidnet, a multinational investment network for institutional clients, has confirmed that it has appointed Vicky Sanders as its global head of Investment Analytics. Sanders will be expected to manage the company’s new business department, called Liquidnet Investment Analytics (IA). She will be working at the… Read More

February 15, 2018 @ 6:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

Investment banking is a highly profitable business. Goldman Sachs, perhaps the most prominent investment bank in the world, raked in $32 billion during fiscal 2017 with the majority of this revenue driven specifically by investment banking. Yet arguably, much of the value that is provided… Read More

September 22, 2016 @ 9:48 am By JD Alois  |  

EY, in collaboration with Innovate Finance, has published a report on the need for investment banks to collaborate with Fintech firms and embrace innovation.  Entitled Capital Markets: Innovation and the Fintech Landscape, the authors state that while Fintech may have started with P2P lending, equity… Read More