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Charlie Berman, the bond market veteran, believes the platform he is developing, Agora, will not face competition from other fintech applications in the debt capital markets, due to its unique selling point of covering the entire lifecycle of a bond and the use of distributed ledger technology.

Governments have had little choice but to load up on debt to save their economies. With the crucial support of low interest rates and vast quantitative easing programmes, there is little immediate threat to debt sustainability. But as Jasper Cox reports, nothing lasts forever.

European left-wing politicians have called on the European Central Bank to cancel government bonds it has bought, to help countries suffering in the aftermath of the coronavirus crisis. But analysts believe this move would create a lot of political pain and little economic gain.

This year proved to be one of the most dramatic on record for corporate financiers as volumes rose from the ashes of the market sell-off. David Rothnie examines some of the themes that defined the year and looks ahead to 2021.

Credit Suisse has hired Deutsche Bank’s head of corporate broking to bolster its senior UK investment banking team.

Nick Jansa, former co-head of corporate finance EMEA and co-head of leveraged debt capital markets at Deutsche Bank, is joining Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board as senior managing director in EMEA, running investment activities and portfolio management in the region.

The European Central Bank told eurozone banks this week that they are free to restart dividend payments and share buybacks in 2021, so long as they comply with a number of stringent guidelines.

Politicians across Europe are interested in the idea of the European Central Bank writing off the government bonds it holds, but this looks tricky and potentially not so useful after all.

Citi has hired Peter Kimpel as head of banking, capital markets and advisory (BCMA) for Germany and Austria. He joins from Barclays and was also previously chief financial officer at Rocket Internet.

Credit Suisse's investment bank is well placed for where the market is heading after the coronavirus pandemic, it said on Tuesday at an investor day. Its new global trading solutions (GTS) business unit may be key to future revenue streams.

The UK government is in the midst of a review that is seeking to make London a more attractive listing venue for high growth international technology companies. While change is undoubtedly concerning for some who do not want the UK to lose its reputation for high standards, the UK should not ignore a chance for the London Stock Exchange to evolve.

The New Development Bank has hired Yousef Syed as director-general of its treasury, to replace Levan Zolotarev.