Having worked at a large DCM franchise for many years, it strikes us in retrospect how limited the DCM conversations were around visual...

How do some startups with an ostensibly commoditised product and no obvious competitive moat manage to outcompete much bigger and...

That’s not a line from the latest Wall Street movie, but an unfortunate truth that every DCM and Syndicate banker learns early on in...

Why, if I can accomplish a task perfectly well with a spreadsheet, emails and existing data feeds, would I pay a fintech for an app...

How banks can turn into tech companies – and why build vs. buy isn’t just about money Banks are stepping up their tech spending to...

Where should banks place their bets? A year or two ago, the narrative was all about how technology adoption in the fixed income primary...

One of the more common concerns we hear from casual observers is that a widely-adopted platform in the primary market pre-trade workflow...

The prize for every DCM banker are the mandates, the successfully executed deals, a list of loyal issuer relationships and an even longer...

The current DCM model has worked well for issuers, underwriters and investors for decades. Investment banks globally earned $21.7bn in...

2021 has been a pivotal year at Bots. It’s when we transformed from a hopeful trio with a prototype into a proper company with a team,...

London, 24 November 2020 Bond Origination Technologies (Bots), a London-based Fintech startup for the primary Debt Capital Markets (DCM),...