Bond markets ‘severely impaired’ amid coronavirus crisis

The coronavirus crisis caused market volatility and dislocation in the EUR IG bond market that surpassed those seen in 2007 and 2008, with “some market participants report[ing] that the market had become dysfunctional.” Overbond’s deep liquidity score uncovers dealable ISINs from issuers with the highest liquidity profile by incorporating settlement-layer data. This adds the dimension…

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How AI is Improving Liquidity in Corporate Credit Markets

Great progress on single-venue pricing from TradeWeb and good article by Ted Husvelh! For clients sourcing liquidity from TradeWeb and want to aggregate data from numerous data vendors and venue sources for a deeper liquidity perspective, use Overbond’s R&D Sandbox + COBI-Pricing Live + settlement-layer data from OTC flows that are not visible on electronic…

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Highly Rated Corporate Bond ETFs to Gain on Fed Buying

The universe of Investment Grade bond ETFs have been lifted by the Fed’s recent announcement of their corporate bond buying program. As the traffic in these ETFs is sure to increase once the buying begins, use Overbond’s Index NAV pricing to better grasp intraday moves of these baskets. Source: Nasdaq As promised, the Fed started…

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A New Way To Think About Artificial Intelligence With This ETF

Among the myriad thematic exchange traded funds investors have to consider, artificial intelligence products are numerous and some are catching on with investors. This fact creates a remarkable opportunity for investors who understand the scope of the AI revolution, and who take action at a time when AI is disrupting industry as we know it and…

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Fixed income data: How can technology help?

The electronification of the fixed income market has brought along a host of significant data challenges. The necessary data must be acquired from myriad sources, including trading platforms, exchanges, market data aggregators, reference data providers, dealers and alternative data providers. Learn more Overbond’s enhanced data aggregation services for a strong multi-datasource solution. Source: Refinitiv |…

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The Federal Reserve Moves to Buy Corporate Debt

The recent announcement by the Federal Reserve to purchase debt issued by investment grade U.S. companies will also include U.S.-listed ETFs. Explore Overbond’s indexing capabilities, which offers NAV on EOD and intraday basis and screens for most attractive ETFs in this environment.  Source: Forbes There is a total of $10 trillion of corporate debt in America from…

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Investors are buying credit ETFs faster than the bonds can rally

The rapid swing of LQD, one of many credit ETFs, from discount to premium highlights the differences in liquidity between these ETFs and the bonds themselves. Maintain a firm grasp of this ETF liquidity mismatch with Overbond’s indexing capabilities, which offers NAV on EOD and intraday basis.  Source: BNN Bloomberg Some of the biggest credit ETFs…

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Credit-rating agencies are back under the spotlight

As of May 5th, S&P had downgraded or put on negative watch one-fifth of the corporate and sovereign issuers that it rates in response to the virus and a tumbling oil price. Overbond’s COBI models recalibrate with these changing fundamentals, along with a deep history of buyer sentiment and peer benchmarking to predict deteriorating financial…

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When It Comes To AI, Capital Markets Has Barely Scratched the Surface

With the current market uncertainty, many companies are looking into AI to create efficiencies and save on costs. However, one particular area of the fixed-income market is not leveraging the vast potential for AI and data science-corporate bonds. Through utilizing AI, corporate bonds market could benefit from increased liquidity, greater capital efficiency, enhanced risk management,…

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