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,
This week I thought it would be interesting to give a quick comment on the debate that continues around central bank digital currencies (CBDC). I thought the FT made a neat point by headlining a piece on the subject with, The digital euro: a solution seeking a problem? The same
The rebound in sterling has surprised a lot of people. 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
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. The financial scorecard Firstly, I’m proud
This week on the blog, Origin’s Co-founder and CTO Robert Taylor talks about our exciting structured notes extension to our Documentation product. We recently announced that MUFG’s Structured Solutions business has collaborated with Origin to automate all documentation for their Equity-linked Structured Notes business. This has been a
* 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
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. That is nothing new. SPAC investors have received tens of billions of dollars of redemptions
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. Afterwards, we were
Every crisis has its losers. But what of the winners? 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. Investor anxiety has benefitted the largest money market funds, with the likes of
Another week, another monumental news story in banking. 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. A new type of
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. Last weekend was one of the longest weekends of my life. I remarked
I read an article this week headlined, “Mark Zuckerberg Quietly Buries the Metaverse”. 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