Capital markets
Waiting for the light: what’s stalling European equity markets?
Esma says EU market has a structural problem, but the focus on lit vs dark trading overlooks post-trade issues
Future-proofing the client lifecycle: A COO’s blueprint for scalable, compliant growth
Learn how capital markets COOs are transforming the client lifecycle to reduce costs, accelerate onboarding and scale operations – without increasing headcount.
EU officials tamp down hopes for bank capital relief
Capital cuts are not a done deal in EC’s review of competitiveness, despite US deregulation
EU regulators clash over ceding supervision to Esma
Belgian and Spanish regulators differ on drive for centralised oversight of cross-border firms
Esma supervision proposals ensnare Bloomberg and Tradeweb
Derivatives and bonds venues would become subject to centralised supervision
Market data provider of the year: S&P Global Market Intelligence
S&P Global Market Intelligence has consistently met demands across Apac’s fast‑evolving capital markets, securing its win at the Risk Asia Awards 2025
How investment firms are innovating with quantum technology
Banks and asset managers should be proactive in adopting quantum-safe strategies
Global investment outlook: 2026 and beyond
Broadening, steepening and weakening: Franklin Templeton’s top investment ideas for 2026 and beyond
CCPs trade blows over EU’s new open access push
Cboe Clear wants more interoperability; Euronext says ‘not with us’
Best vendor for system support and implementation: Murex
Murex wins Best vendor for system support and implementation at the Markets Technology Awards 2026
How next-generation exchange infrastructure is redefining global market access
Designed to reimagine market connectivity, GAN offers strategic significance for financial institutions, regulators and exchanges
Fixed income ecosystem
Manage risk, uncover opportunity and make informed decisions with ICE’s end-to-end fixed income solutions
Fixed income data continues to challenge capital markets firms
A range of challenges facing fixed income market participants
Capital-neutral securitisation risk weights
A closed-form formula to allocate capital to the tranches of a securitisation is presented
For Esma to triumph as supervisor, it must stop being Esma
Europe’s markets watchdog may soon have sweeping new powers, but experts say it will have to shed its reputation as slow, expensive and process-driven if it is to succeed
Unlocking opportunities in the SRT boom
Exploring the opportunities emerging in SRTs, also considering broader SRT developments and structural innovations
The shift to real-time in treasury and capital markets
The transition to real-time processing is under way in treasury departments
Tug of law: EC’s FRTB compromise plan can’t please everyone
Leaked draft consultation unlikely to reconcile the global versus regional bank divide
Front office open to AI promise
AI offers real potential for capital markets firms. But how disruptive, and how immediate, will the impact be?
We will shock you: a coherent Bayesian approach for stress testing
The authors propose a novel coherent Bayesian stress test method which preserves the mathematical properties of the risk measures.
The wisdom of Oz? Why Australia is phasing out AT1s
Analysts think Australian banks will transition smoothly, but other countries unlikely to follow