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When most people think of Origin, they think of documentation. And that makes sense - over the past 5 years, our Documentation product has become the industry standard for automating bond issuance documentation. But documentation is only half the story. The real value comes from what sits underneath: structured data.
A few months ago, I wrote about how AI was all anyone was talking about. It felt like 2025 would be the “year of AI.” It’s amazing how much has happened since. The news cycle over the past few months has been relentless. And, as everyone here knows, it’
Here we are in the first working week of 2025, and AI is everywhere. “Nvidia” is a household name - something that would have been hard to imagine just 2.5 years ago. According to Pew Research, as of Feb 2024, 23% of US adults have used ChatGPT at least
* Origin Intelligence combines the latest LLM technology with Origin’s proprietary data layer to extract up to 79 structured data points from bond termsheets and final terms * Extracted fields are based on Airbrush data taxonomy and include all relevant data points necessary for post-trade processing steps including: ISIN code allocation,
At Origin we have spent the last 5 years streamlining bond issuance by automating documentation. When users draft documents on the Origin platform, we capture the structured data about these new securities and enable a whole suite of automations and integrations. Tasks like requesting an ISIN, or setting up the
It might be hard to imagine now, but back in the ancient history of securities trading (ie the 1970s and 1980s), UK equities trades used to settle on a 2 week cycle. The advent of fax machines and telex machines helped bring that down to T+10, then T+5,
So, summer is well and truly over, and the market has had a rip-roaring return “back to school.” Excitingly for us, this week, Origin has hit an exciting new milestone, breaking another record in our Documentation product. We’ve now processed 140 transactions year to date via Origin Documentation, breaking
It’s been a pretty eventful few weeks in the world of information security. Crowdstrike managed to single handedly take down a meaningful portion of the world’s computer systems. Followed by Microsoft facing further issues on Tuesday. It’s incredible that a single company can have such a huge
As we celebrate another summer solstice, (or for our Nordic friends, another midsommar), it also marks another year at the Invisso (formerly Euromoney) Global Borrower’s Conference. The Origin team was again duly represented at the conference, and it was a great opportunity to connect with clients and friends, old
This May, after decades of equity trades in the US settling T+2, all trades will move to T+1. This shift may sound minor, but its impact will have a major impact on global markets, including the bond markets. We think it could also create opportunities for what we’
There was big news in the US this week as the House of Representatives voted to ban TikTok. This is only the first step along a long road towards a ban being signed into law, but it does feel like a significant moment in the evolution of technology and the