The New Capital Market Revolution: The Winners, the Losers and the Future of Finance

The capital markets can be defined as any organized market – or indeed private exchanges – where capital funds (debt and equity/shares) are traded in order to raise capital – cash – for the issuer or holder of the shares or debt. This also includes the multi trillion dollar commodity business and bond and stock trading. Essentially, any market where various counterparties are brought together to conduct business.