The big story bubbling in public and private markets this week in the UK is the upcoming IPO of British chip designer, Arm. The history of Arm and its current investment story is interesting for a multitude of reasons, but central to the narrative is the fact that this year
A fascinating story doing the rounds this week focused on an academic assault upon tech’s latest darling as it was reported that ChatGPT was getting “dumber”. I found this episode a super interesting development, and it got me thinking about AI, but also about the painstaking process of developing
Interest rates have gone up considerably over the past 12 months, especially in the UK. And the headlines are shouting about the impact on borrowers, particularly mortgage holders. Yet, on the other side of the balance sheet, savers don’t seem to be getting a commensurate uplift on their savings
London, 25 May 2023 * Volvo Treasury AB has successfully completed a dual tranche, €1bn syndicated benchmark bond issuance via the Origin platform. * Transaction is first truly syndicated bond issuance on Origin, bringing together multiple banks and law firms to collaborate. The platform was used as part of the documentation process,
* MUFG’s Structured Solutions business has collaborated with Origin to achieve automation of Equity-linked Structured Note product offering. * The innovative solution was custom designed by the MUFG and Origin teams to deliver significant improvements to all existing front-to-back processes between London and Japan for structured notes and the associated exotic
You've undoubtedly heard of ChatGPT. You may have even had a play with the technology and fed it some prompts. What really interests me is the hype around it – prophecies of how ChatGPT will transform business, arts, even society itself. The hype cycle I find ChatGPT a super
Last week on the blog, we asked whether the UK was set to become the world’s next crypto haven. This week, more news surfaced in the UK-digital asset space as the Bank of England and Treasury published a paper on the potential launch of “Britcoin,” a digital pound. But
This week, Goldman kicked off the new year by cutting just over 3000 jobs across the firm. They’re hardly an outlier, following in the footsteps of many other high profile firms to announce large redundancies including Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley, Coinbase, Facebook, Amazon, Salesforce, and many many more. For
I hope you’re all beginning to take your foot off the gas before the holidays. I’m getting there, but whoever coined the phrase “winding down for Christmas” can’t have been running a startup! It’s certainly been a sprint to the finish at Origin, with a lot
This week I had the privilege of catching up with friends and clients at our annual drinks event in Paris. It got me thinking about the nature of the modern financial hub and how the status of different cities has evolved in recent years. One city’s loss is another’