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The 20 greatest trading innovations

The TRADE

The process was first brought to the world’s attention in Michael Lewis’ 2014 novel ‘Flash Boys’ which unpacks the role of latency in trading in light of the shift to electronification. They capitalise on the information gathered in one location to trade ahead of slower institutional investors on other venues.

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Tech unicorns UK – complete guide to the billion-dollar club

Growth Business

The group comprises of brokering firm Howden, underwriting agency DUAL, MGA and its data and analytics arm HX. 9 – Lendable Value: £3.5bn reported Founded: 2014 What do they do? 11 – CMR Surgical Value: $3bn Founded: 2014 What do they do? 1.75bn Founded: 2014 What do they do? 21 – Starling Bank Value: $1.5-$1.75bn

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Covid-19 Impact on US Private Capital Raising Activity in 2020

InvestmentBank.com

Debt Markets Prior to COVID-19, some analysts and debt underwriters encouraged debt issuers to exercise caution after the tenth straight year of economic expansion [1]. According to Pitchbook, deal volume contracted by 26% compared to Q1 2019 and featured the lowest volume since Q2 2014 [4]. Underwriting a New World.