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
There was an interesting piece in the FT this week about how a group of cross-party MPs in the UK have encouraged the Treasury to do more to ensure that government debt is issued at the lowest possible cost to taxpayers. Sounds sensible, but sensible is often far from simple,
I’ve been fortunate enough to get to know the team from Perenna in recent months and they have got me thinking about long-term mortgages and the vagaries of the UK housing market. I’m positive about Perenna’s long-term-fixed-rate mortgage proposition for two reasons. First, because I hope that
The fact that one of the world’s most well-known companies has turned a profit shouldn’t be remarkable. But it sums up the era of cheap capital we’ve lived through when an investor’s want for profit was replaced by a yearning for growth. Uber posting a profit,
Microchip stocks are soaring. Fuelled by the growth of established players, like Intel and Arm, and relative newbies, such as Nvidia, the sector continues to stoke global equity markets. Cynics point to the chip boom having all the hallmarks of a bubble. But it’s possible, given the enthusiasm for
This week, as Facebook turns 20, I’m in the US, working in Washington DC and New York between celebrating a wedding in San Francisco and an MIT reunion in Boston. It’s funny to reflect on 20 years of Facebook while at a college reunion. Over the years, my
For over a decade, alternative assets enjoyed a bull run across a range of asset classes that looked like it might never end. But, as we know, all good things come to an end – cycles (and interest rates) always win. The 2023 slowdown in private equity, M&A and
On January 11th, the SEC approved 11 spot bitcoin ETFs, from providers ranging from traditional players, such as Fidelity and Invesco, to digitally focused newcomers, like Grayscale and ARK. Was this, at last, the permission needed to bring crypto, truly, into the mainstream? Fuel for the fire The clearance was
Boeing have been in the news lately for all the wrong reasons. The incident that befell Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, a Boeing 737 Max, on 5th January would have been terrifying for passengers. Ultimately nobody was seriously hurt and the aircraft landed safely, but the damage to Boeing’s fortunes
In 2024, the world is set to surf a political tidal wave, with over 50 countries conducting elections. This unprecedented level of global electoral activity will involve about half of the world’s population going to the polls. The results will influence domestic policy but will also have broader implications
2023 has been a year when digitalisation became an even-more popular topic for participants in the debt capital markets and I’m pleased to say that Origin has been at the centre of that shift. Whilst digitalisation can mean different things to different market participants (from introducing workflows through to
This week, I was interested to read the Future of Bond Market Infrastructure Survey from OMFIF's Sovereign Debt Institute. It asked a range of market participants, including issuers, asset managers, banks and service providers, for their thoughts on the future of DCM. The survey aimed to discover the
This week we sponsored and presented at the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) Fintech and Digitalisation Forum in London. I chose to talk about Origin’s progress in 2023 and also about how far we’ve come as a business since our inception in 2015. I thought I’d share
This week, the world lost a legend in the truest sense of the word. Charlie Munger's death was a sadness for anyone into investing. He will be remembered as half of history’s most famous investment duo. His ability to identify great companies at fair prices is, practically,