The bond market endured a miserable start to 2016, with January dead and February not much better. However, things sparked into life with the record-breaking Anheuser-Busch InBev euro-denominated bond. Edward Russell-Walling speaks to the BNP Paribas team that helped bring the deal to fruition.
Techfin or fintech? Incumbent banks think in terms of the former – applying technology to the financial process – while for start-ups it's the latter, in that they take the financial process and apply technology. It is a subtle difference, but an important one, says Chris Skinner.