Ever Thought Of A 100-Year Green Bond? French Railway Firm Is Pitching The World’s First

French railway network operator SNCF to take over the title of world’s longest maturing 100-year green bond Source: Forbes It seems green bonds, sometimes referred to as climate bonds, are becoming ever so popular by the day with issuance tipped to reach record levels in 2019. However a French railway firm has notched industry trend…

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Germany sells new 30-year bond with negative yield, a first

Investors are essentially paying governments to hold their debt as Germany issued 30-year, negative yield bonds for the first time Source: Reuters Germany sold 30-year bonds with a negative yield for the first time at an auction on Wednesday, a milestone for a fixed-income market where the entire curve now yields less than zero. The…

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Overbond AI Opens R&D Labs in Montréal

Master’s, Doctoral and Post-doctoral Fellows From HEC Montréal And Concordia Universities Develop Forward Bond Pricing Applying AI Montreal and NEW YORK – August 15, 2019 – Overbond Ltd., a fixed income capital markets fintech for AI predictive analytics, announces the opening of its Montréal-based R&D Labs as well as a partnership with HEC Montréal, Concordia…

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Boeing intends to issue debt to fund Embraer purchase

Boeing to issue debt to acquire Embraer by the end of the year as it tries to maintain strong balance sheet while losses from 737 Max continue to rise Source: Flight Global Boeing intends to issue debt to fund the majority of its planned $4.2 billion acquisition of Embraer’s commercial division, a deal the companies…

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Finra to Expand Use of Machine Learning for Market Surveillance

As sophisticated fixed income asset managers are getting smart, Finra wants to get smarter with the use of Machine Learning for Market Surveillance Source: Waters Technology The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (Finra) is in the process of expanding its use of machine learning for market surveillance as it continues to refine its algorithms to trace…

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