Cecilie Eiby

From Months to Hours: How I Revived Legacy Code with an AI Co-Pilot  A legacy C++ application comprising 150 source files and 76,000 lines of code had remained dormant since 2006, deemed too costly to migrate. In this article, I share how my experiment with AI assistance slashed the estimated migration time by 96%, proving […]

The EU has reached agreement on the Retail Investment Strategy. New Value for Money requirements mean that products under MiFID, UCITS, AIFMD and IDD must be measured directly against peers – otherwise they risk a ban on distribution. On Wednesday, 17 December, the EU reached agreement on a new strategy for retail investors. The agreement modernises the

The first is sponsored by the Federation of European Securities Exchanges and written by Oliver Wyman named “The liquidity matrix. Addressing the fragmentation in European equity markets”. The second is a publication by the European Central Bank on “Remaining barriers to integration in securities post-trade services – issues and recommendations. [links to both beneath]. “The

The post-trade environment is entering a phase that can best be compared to open-heart surgery. Most of the time, the system beats quietly in the background, keeping markets functioning without anyone noticing. But when something changes – or fails – the entire circulatory system of financial markets is at stake.   And right now, significant changes

ESG Investments or sustainable investments have long been attractive for those investors, who wanted to support the transition to a sustainable and “green” economy through their investments. ESG investments have been supported (to some degree) by regulation, first and foremost in the EU, but also to a lesser degree in the US. Suppliers of financial

M&A activity is stirring in the Danish financial sector. Not least, Nykredit’s bid for Spar Nord has sparked further interest in consolidation discussions among banks. We also see this trend in the pension and insurance sectors. For many years, a recurring theme has been that 65-70% of acquisitions and integrations fail to achieve the objectives

Just as all of us, who are engaged in facilitating the transition to a sustainable economy on market terms, are looking forward to having the data needed to create insights and advice customers, the whole trajectory got thrown into uncertainty. Finance professionals have accepted to be the horses before the carriage in the last couple

M&A is picking up on Danish, Nordic and European basis among financial services companies. Numerous deals have been announced over the last year. More to come.   Capital Market Partners has assisted clients in deal preparation as well as integrations and carve-out over the last years. Mostly, we have put other things aside and engaged