Overbond featured in MaRS Canada’s Fintech Landscape Infographic

Source: MaRS blog: A 5-year look at fintech in Canada [infographic] Fintech companies in Canada are reimagining how we access and spend our money, as well as changing the way that banks and financial organizations interact with consumers. And investors are buying into their innovative solutions. From bank account security software that uses biometric identification…

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Fintech Platforms Help Regulatory Compliance

Overbond featured in Global Risk Regulator analysis as fintech platform that enhances regulatory compliance and regulatory reporting capabilities for primary bond market participants Source: Global Risk Regulator The market structures that help to mitigate systemic risk could be under threat if financial technology (fintech) firms become too successful too quickly. In a speech given to a…

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Canada to sell record amount of bonds — $142 billion — to fund budget’s deficit-fueled spending promises

Canada’s federal government will issue $142 billion of bonds next fiscal year, $7 billion higher than the previous year’s record, to finance its growing budget deficit Source: Financial Post The amount eclipses the previous year’s record of $135 billion, which was revised up from a projected $133 billion. The bulk of the issuance will be in…

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Chinese Bonds could Trigger ‘Tremendous’ Demand from Wall Street

Foreign investors own just 1.2 percent of China’s $9 trillion bond market, but Wall Street’s attitude toward Chinese bonds may soon change Source: CNBC Suddenly, Wall Street is getting more serious about investing in Chinese bonds. The “potential demand is tremendous,” Rick Rieder, global chief investment officer of fixed income at BlackRock, told CNBC Tuesday. Major…

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Brave New World of Price Discovery – Adopters Win, Adaptors Will Need to Catch Up

One of the most exciting and dynamic shifts in the financial world is the way that new financial technologies — ‘fintech’ — have penetrated various sectors within the market. The finance world is undergoing a dramatic shift experienced in other established industries (like publishing) that are built on information as opposed to concrete goods. Over…

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