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

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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Appetite for Fintech

Financial technology is upending supply chains and payment systems around the world, and it is starting to change major capital financing. Will technology transform the primary capital markets? Source: IFR Asia Barely a week passes these days without a senior investment banker leaving for a financial technology start-up. With jobs less secure and bonuses down,…

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Overbond featured in MaRS Canada’s Fintech Landscape Infographic

Source: MaRS blog: A 5-year look at fintech in Canada [infographic] Fintech companies in Canada are reimagining how we access and spend our money, as well as changing the way that banks and financial organizations interact with consumers. And investors are buying into their innovative solutions. From bank account security software that uses biometric identification…

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Fintech Platforms Help Regulatory Compliance

Overbond featured in Global Risk Regulator analysis as fintech platform that enhances regulatory compliance and regulatory reporting capabilities for primary bond market participants Source: Global Risk Regulator The market structures that help to mitigate systemic risk could be under threat if financial technology (fintech) firms become too successful too quickly. In a speech given to a…

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Brave New World of Price Discovery – Adopters Win, Adaptors Will Need to Catch Up

One of the most exciting and dynamic shifts in the financial world is the way that new financial technologies — ‘fintech’ — have penetrated various sectors within the market. The finance world is undergoing a dramatic shift experienced in other established industries (like publishing) that are built on information as opposed to concrete goods. Over…

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Overbond Featured in IOSCO Global Report on Fintech

IOSCO featured Overbond in the Global Report on Fintech as an emerging innovator in bond issuance   About this Report The Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) tasked the Committee on Emerging Risks (CER) to collaborate with other IOSCO Committees and lead a study on the evolution of Financial Technologies, including its…

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These Ex-Traders are Trying to Drag Bond Markets into the Digital Age

Modernizing bond origination through fintech innovation Source: eFinancialCareers Plenty of people have left the trading floors of sell-side and buy-side firms to join or launch a financial technology startup, but in many cases fintech firms are focused on asset allocation, personal financial management or retail banking. Others focus on the trading floor, with a particular focus…

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Brexit: Opportunity For Fintech Innovation

The outcome of last month’s EU referendum in the United Kingdom is, by now, well-known: in a 52-48 vote, the Brexit vote passed, prompting PM David Cameron to resign and raising serious questions about the economic future of the United Kingdom. The global financial market responded, predictably, with immediate volatility: the following day, the pound…

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