Can you survive as debt capital markets gets digitised?

The bond market is the world’s largest and deepest source of capital for companies and governments, yet there is no centralized information source. Source: eFinancialCareers The advisory functions of investment banks are ripe for disruption. While currently, many investment banks are suggesting that digital innovations will merely remove the grunt work for skilled deal-makers, I…

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Dubai’s DP World Is New Shining Star of Gulf Bond Markets

Dubai-owned ports operator that has weathered slower global growth since the financial crisis has emerged as the Gulf’s star performer in the bond market. Source: Bloomberg Markets A Dubai-owned ports operator that has weathered slower global growth since the financial crisis has emerged as the Gulf’s star performer in the bond market. Buoyed by steadily…

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ICE ramps up move on corporate bond market

US exchanges operator, Intercontinental Exchange, to buy fixed income trading platform BondPoint from Virtu Financial in $400m deal. Source: Financial Times Intercontinental Exchange, the US exchanges operator, has underscored its designs on the corporate bond market by agreeing to buy fixed income trading platform BondPoint from Virtu Financial for $400m in cash. ICE beat competition from…

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JP Morgan Addresses Fixed-Income Profit Woes with New Data Partnership

JP Morgan has launched a multi-year partnership with Mosaic Smart Data to help strengthen its fixed-income segment. Source: Finance Magnates Big banks have continued to make forays into the smart and big data technology space. With an emphasis on restoring profitability, banks are also looking for more streamlined approaches to trading and business segments. In…

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Rethinking Junk Bonds

Federated Investors’ Mark Durbiano looks beyond the ratings for his high-yield fund—which also has a small slug of stocks. Source: Barron’s Investors tend to associate high-yield bonds with risky companies that have taken on more debt than they can handle, or whose better days are behind them. While the junk-bond universe does have its share…

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China Debt Market Hurdles `Not Insurmountable,’ Goodman Says

Goodman Group, which manages warehouses and logistic centers from Sydney to Shanghai, is open to selling bonds in China in the future. Source: Bloomberg Australia’s largest industrial real estate investment trust is open to selling bonds in China in the future, as regulators of the Asian nation’s $10 trillion debt market seek to entice foreign investors. Goodman Group,…

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Technology Drives Fixed-Income Growth

Technology is the key to driving the fixed-income brokers forward – pushing the sector from a manual opaque market into a powerhouse. Source: Markets Media Technology is the key to driving the fixed-income brokers forward – pushing the sector from a manual opaque market into a powerhouse to rival other asset classes. And that will…

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U.S. bond giant Pimco brings ETF offerings to Canada

Pimco Canada, popular among investors for its multiple bond strategies, has recently introduced two actively managed bond ETFs to the Canadian marketplace. Source: The Globe and Mail Global fixed-income giant Pimco has joined the growing number of Canadian providers of exchange-traded funds as it expands its bond expertise into ETF offerings for investors through its…

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