Tagged: bonds

May 12, 2023 @ 7:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ABHI, which claims to be a growing embedded finance platform in the MENAP region, announces it has made history by issuing Islamic bonds worth PKR 2 billion (US$7.1 million). The bond issue is considered to be “a significant milestone for both ABHI, and the region,… Read More

March 21, 2023 @ 10:24 am By JD Alois  |  

WiseAlpha, an investment platform that provides access to fractional bonds, is preparing to raise growth capital on Seedrs. Regulated by the UK Financial Conduct Authority, WiseAlpha aims to give smaller investors the opportunity to corporate bonds at a low minimum of £100.  To participate, you… Read More

February 26, 2023 @ 4:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently caught up with Eric Satz, CEO of IRA platform Alto, in order to discuss why alternative assets are the new bonds when it comes to portfolio diversification. As the head of a self-directed IRA that enables individuals to diversify their portfolios using retirement… Read More

February 17, 2023 @ 8:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Siemens is one of the first companies in Germany to issue a digital bond, “in accordance with Germany’s Electronic Securities Act (Gesetz über elektronische Wertpapiere, eWpG).” Worth 60 million, it has “a maturity of one year and is underpinned by a public blockchain.” According to… Read More

January 19, 2023 @ 3:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Obligate, formerly known as FQX, announced it has successfully closed a seed extension funding round, “allowing them to scale their blockchain-based platform for bonds and commercial paper.” Blockchange Ventures and Circle Ventures join initial seed co-investors Earlybird and SIX Fintech Ventures – “bringing the total… Read More

October 9, 2022 @ 10:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

MakerDAO, the “longest-standing” DeFi lending protocol and creator of DAI, the “original,” decentralized stablecoin, announced “the strategic investment of $500M USD (converted from $500M DAI) into a combination of US Short Treasuries and Investment Grade Corporate Bonds.” The move, which will be initiated by DeFi… Read More

September 23, 2022 @ 11:35 am By JD Alois  |  

WiseAlpha, a unique online investment platform providing individual investors with access to corporate bonds, has announced a partnership with Titan Wealth. WiseAlpha, based in the UK, enables fractional investments in corporate bonds. The platform holds a mission of democratizing the corporate bond market with its… Read More

March 14, 2022 @ 2:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ScribeStar, an SaaS platform that streamlines and automates the “complex and inefficient processes of issuing securities (eg IPOs, bonds) and ongoing reporting in capital markets,” has acquired 106% (£587,395) of its £550,000 target via Crowdcube from 222 investors (at the time of writing) with 18… Read More

October 7, 2021 @ 10:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UOB (SGX: U11) and digital securities exchange ADDX have concluded the digitization and digital custody of the inaugural sustainability-linked bond recently introduced by Sembcorp Industries. This initiative comes amid “a rise in the use of digital securities to enhance the efficiency of bonds and other… Read More

August 11, 2021 @ 10:18 am By JD Alois  |  

ION Markets has announced the extension of the partnership with UBS Bond Port, connecting the former’s LatentZero buy-side clients to the latter’s Bond Port trading platform. ION Markets is a provider of trading, analytics, and risk management solutions for institutional markets,   Bond Port is now… Read More

July 14, 2021 @ 3:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

On July 9 2021, Latvian financial service firm AS DelfinGroup issued bonds through private placement in the “amount of €5 million with an annual coupon rate of 9.75%.” The nominal value of a bond is €1 000, and the “minimum subscription size was €100 000,”… Read More

May 29, 2021 @ 10:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Croatia’s Robo.cash, a peer-to-peer lending marketplace, reveals that its parent holding company, the Robocash Group, is getting ready for a $5 million bond placement in the coming days. As noted in an update, dated May 27, 2021, by Robo.cash, the Group intends to issue bonds… Read More

March 23, 2021 @ 9:11 am By JD Alois  |  

WiseAlpha, a digital bond investing platform, shares that its Bond Academy education platform has launched on the Open University. Regulated by the UK Financial Conduct Authority, WiseAlpha is an online investment platform that makes corporate bonds available to private investors at affordable sizes, via its… Read More

March 16, 2021 @ 1:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Peer-to-peer lending marketplace Mintos reveals that on 1 March 2021, Mogo Latvia had issued bonds valued at €30 million, thus managing to successfully complete the largest bond issue in recent years by a private firm via the Nasdaq Riga Stock Exchange. On March 11, 2021,… Read More

March 5, 2021 @ 11:33 am By JD Alois  |  

Piemonte Holding has launched a bond trading platform using blockchain technology. The new marketplace is said to be the first of its kind in Latin America. The platform is designed to enable Piemonte’s investors to trade R$150 million in debentures all using the Ethereum blockchain…. Read More

January 12, 2021 @ 8:00 am By JD Alois  |  

WiseAlpha, a digital bond investment marketplace, will now integrate with Money Dashboard enabling users to track all of their investments including savings, financial accounts as well as bond investments. The WiseAlpha marketplace now integrates its fractional bonds with the service. WiseAlpha seeks to boost utilization… Read More

November 12, 2020 @ 1:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

Fusang, a  Labuan-based Fintech, has partnered with the China Construction Bank to issue $3 billion worth of bonds utilizing blockchain technology. According to Fusang: “The Issuer is a special purpose vehicle and its principal activity is to establish the commercial paper programme of up to… Read More

August 4, 2020 @ 11:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

Bursa Malaysia Berhad, the stock exchange of Malaysia, has partnered with Hashstacs Pte Ltd, based in Singapore, regarding a bond on blockchain proof-of-concept (POC). The project has been labeled “Project Harbour” and it aims to explore distributed ledger technology and tokenization of assets while boosting… Read More

June 14, 2020 @ 7:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Vinay Pagaria, co-founder at India-based StockEdge, a company that helps India’s residents, particularly the younger generations, with learning more about how to responsibly and effectively invest their money in stocks and bonds, has revealed that the platform now has 1 million registered users. Pagaria claims:… Read More

January 17, 2020 @ 9:10 am By JD Alois  |  

WiseAlpha, a marketplace for corporate bonds, is reporting Continuing Professional Development (CPD) certification for its Bond Academy. In December, WiseAlpha announced the Bond Academy – an entity that will be directed by independent expert instructor, George Flynn from Europeanhighyield.online. WiseAlpha is regulated by the UK… Read More