Bond bear market? Not if pension funds can help it

 Pension funds are in bonds for the long haul, and aren’t swayed by weekly or monthly price fluctuations. Source: The Globe and Mail The death of the bond market bull run has been greatly exaggerated. The life-savers are pension funds, whose demand for long-term fixed income assets could reach record levels this year – and, counterintuitively,…

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The Robots Are Coming for the Bond Market

 The Overbond platform is featured in this Bloomberg article that highlights digital platforms alike as an unstoppable force that will continue to change the financial industry. Source: Bloomberg In the corporate-bond market, even a few billion doesn’t get you a seat at the table. And Najib Nakad is so tired of settling for the scraps left…

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Beware the $500 Billion Bond Exodus

 The great on-shoring could prompt multinationals — which have parked much of their overseas profits in Treasuries and U.S. investment-grade corporate debt — to lighten up on bonds and use the money to goose their stock prices.  Source: Bloomberg For years, the likes of Apple Inc. and Microsoft Corp. have stashed billions of dollars offshore to slash their…

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Watch the bond market, not equities

 Despite the US Federal Reserve raising rates five times this year, bond prices have stayed high which has kept the long-term yields low. Source: Financial Times The head of a leading western central bank predicted that his job would soon be akin to flying a plane. The goal was to deliver such a smooth glide path…

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Overbond named the most innovative third-party technology vendor (Front office) at the American Financial Technology Awards

 Overbond’s proprietary technology and defined strategy has led them to be named the winner of the most innovative third-party technology vendor (front office) at the AFTAs 2017. Source: waterstechnology Front-office technology platforms might be working hard to address demands for greater holistic functionality, but when there’s a specific challenge to tackle—the digitization of the corporate and…

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Overbond at Sibos 2017 – IMPORTANCE OF CYBERSECURITY IN FINANCIAL SERVICES

 Overbond CEO, Vuk Magdelinic, discusses the importance of cybersecurity in the financial industry and presents an operational solution to prevent data leakages. Source: Sibos In the plenary room at Sibos 2017, and across other dedicated sessions, cybersecurity experts spoke in favour of a collective, comprehensive and multi-faceted approach Last year’s first Big Issue Debate took…

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