Overbond Wins “Most Innovative Technology Vendor – Front Office” at American Financial Technology Awards 2017

The winners of this year’s AFTAs were announced at a dinner in midtown Manhattan on December 4. Source: WatersTechnology Continuing last year’s theme of change, this year’s winners were marked by impending regulatory reform due in the New Year, and a shift in the business practices of the buy and sell sides. With reporting mandates…

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Bond market is strengthened with digitalization

 Kinyu Keizai Shimbun interviews Mr. Han Ryoo, Co-founder & Head of Product at Overbond Ltd. during FIT 2017 in Tokyo Source: Kinyu Keizai Shimbun Overbond, based in Toronto, Canada plans to begin operations in Japan in early next year. Han Ryoo, Co-founder and Head of Product, visited Japan in late October to build up its…

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This Fintech Company is Digitizing the Primary Bond Market

Overbond Ltd. is looking to shake up the primary bond market by broadening access to its digital platform that connects investors with corporate issuers, as it expands services into larger U.S. market. Source: Bloomberg Overbond Ltd. is looking to shake up the primary bond market by broadening access to its digital platform that connects fixed-income investors…

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DBRS Credit Ratings Integrated with Overbond Platform

Primary Bond market investors, issuers, and dealers will be able to access and analyze DBRS ratings data and links to issuer-level research reports directly from Overbond platform TORONTO and NEW YORK — December 14, 2016 — DBRS, a global provider of credit ratings, and Overbond, the first fully-digital platform for primary bond issuance, announced today…

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Fintechs Can Help Incumbents, Not Just Disrupt Them

Fintech innovation through partnerships will be key for digital transformation of fixed income capital markets Source: McKinsey & Company While true for other financial services, it’s most striking in corporate and investment banking. Fintechs, the name given to start-ups and more-established companies using technology to make financial services more effective and efficient, have lit up the…

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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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Overbond Launches the First End-to-End Platform for Primary Bond Origination

TORONTO — June 29, 2016 — Overbond Ltd., the first fintech entrant into the new bond issuance market, has launched an end-to-end platform and support framework for primary bond origination. The fully-digital Overbond platform for primary bond issuance provides higher transparency, better price discovery, and investor diversification for all counterparties in the primary bond market….

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