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Overbond Expands Primary Bond Market Deal Capabilities with Corporate Bond Intelligence and OpenFin Integration

September 12, 2017
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New product breakthrough applies machine learning and predictive analytics to match investors with real-time credit investment opportunities TORONTO and NEW YORK — September 12, 2017 — Overbond Ltd., the first end-to-end capital markets fintech platform for primary bond origination, has launched COBI Opportunities, a new proprietary issuer-investor matching solution for primary bond markets. COBI (Corporate…

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Corporate Bond Intelligence (COBI)

August 22, 2017
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Overbond’s COBI (corporate bond intelligence) tool applies proprietary algorithms, big data technology and machine learning to monitor almost 100% of active Canadian issuers in order to: Predict primary debt capital markets pricing Predict Issuance propensity and deal trends Provide matchmaking for investors and issuers Learn more about how COBI Opportunities helps increase transactional efficiency in the primary…

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COBI and Predictive Analytics in the Fixed Income Market

June 19, 2017
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The Overbond platform’s COBI (Corporate Bond Intelligence) tool uses big data technology and machine learning to study data and construct algorithms that enable it to predict indicative debt capital market pricing levels, propensity to issue and match making for investors and issuers. COBI’s coverage includes 90% of active issuers in the Canadian fixed income marketplace (approximately…

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Why Are Most Corporate Bonds Still Traded on the Phone?

May 23, 2017
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 Buying into the corporate bonds market still requires calling an investment dealer’s trading desk most of the time, which has remained unchanged for several decades. Source: The Economist Manual trading has all but disappeared in much of finance. Most stock exchanges no longer have shouting floor traders; anyone from retail investors to the largest asset…

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Debt is fuelling the most stock buybacks since 2001

August 10, 2016
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Bond sales, low interest rates are powering share repurchases Source: The Globe and Mail As earnings stagnate, U.S. companies looking to charge up their stock returns with repurchases are turning to debt markets like no time since the dot-com bubble. Led by Apple Inc. and CBS Corp., S&P 500 constituents have rushed to sell bonds to…

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Emerging Markets Corporate Bonds Look Good

April 18, 2016
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Emerging market corporate bonds offer a reasonable prospect of both, risk and return. Source: Barrons Where can you get 5% annual returns and still sleep at night? Emerging market corporate bonds offer a reasonable prospect of both, according to Loomis Sayles. Acknowledging the risks — pressure on commodity prices, wobbly global growth, and rising U.S. interest…

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‘Spring Cleaning’ in the Credit Markets

April 8, 2016
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Rating agencies downgrade companies from one category to another adding to volatility in trading levels. Source: Wall Street Journal Rating agency downgrades are helping shift the pricing dynamics across the U.S. corporate bond market. As credit raters drop their outlooks across the sector, the amount of additional yield that investors demand over super-safe Treasurys is rising…

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Corporate Bonds As A Risk Remedy

April 3, 2016
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High-quality corporate bonds boast half the volatility of stocks, are relatively safe as defaults are rare, and offer attractive yields. Source: Barron’s Riskier investments had a good run for the past six weeks but seem to be running out of gas. By the end of last week, oil was lower, and stocks and high-yield bonds were…

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European Bond Market Rally Continues

March 16, 2016
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The European Central Bank surprised investors last week with announcement that it will start buying corporate bonds. It certainly is an unprecedented central-bank stimulus measure what leaves more questions than answers at this point in time. Source: Wall Street Journal The European Central Bank’s announcement that it will start buying corporate bonds continued to boost credit…

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