Time is Running Out: Nordic Financial Institutions Must Accelerate T+1 Settlement Preparations
With the European transition to T+1 settlement fast approaching in October 2027, Capital Market Partners warns that financial institutions must urgently upgrade post-trade operations and automate processes to ensure market readiness. As Europe prepares to shorten the settlement cycle to T+1 in October 2027, the window for operational readiness is rapidly closing. While the […]
CMP Expands Partner Group and Opens Jutland Office to Fuel Growth
The Financial Services advisory CMP strengthens its position within capital markets and energy trading across the Nordic region by appointing Lene Hjortshøj as new Partner, alongside the opening of a new office in Aarhus. Copenhagen / Aarhus To meet the increasing demand for specialized advisory services within the financial sector, CMP is expanding its partner […]
Capital Market Partners establishes presence in Norway
Capital Market Partners establishes presence in Norway The specialized Financial Services advisory, Capital Market Partners, is now expanding its Nordic presence with a physical office in Oslo. Based on a broad palette of services, Capital Market Partners will assist the Norwegian financial sector. The Copenhagen-based consultancy, Capital Market Partners, is now taking the next […]
The 200-Hour Barrier: Breaking the Deadlock of Legacy Migration with AI
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 […]
EU Tightens the Grip
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 […]
Harmonisation of the EU post-trade markets: New insights to maximize investments.
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 Open-Heart Surgery No One Can Avoid
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 – now what?
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 […]
Capital Market Partners’ M&A Services
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 […]
Drill, baby, drill
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 […]