Bonds


Finance

Northern Trust Testing Fractionalized Bonds on Blockchain

The U.S.-based custody bank is looking to offer fractions of tokenized bonds to retail and small professional investors.

Northern Trust

Markets

HSBC, SGX to Investigate if DLT Offers Efficiency Boost for Bond Markets

A new trial will examine if digitalizing fixed income securities with DLT can bring new efficiencies to the Asian markets.

HSBC Singapore

Markets

Why French Lender SocGen Issued a $110 Million Ethereum Bond to Itself

Societe Generale has no plans to resell its $110 million ethereum bond, but future blockchain trials will involve external investors, an exec said.

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Markets

Santander Settles Both Sides of a $20 Million Bond Trade on Ethereum

Santander has issued a $20 million bond on ethereum, and paid fiat cash for it on the public blockchain as well.

santander, bank

Markets

World Bank Sells $33.8 Million More of Its Private Ethereum Blockchain Bonds

The World Bank raised another $33.8 million by issuing bonds on a blockchain, bringing the total to $108 million.

World Bank

Markets

World Bank, CommBank Team Up for 'World First' Blockchain Bond Transaction

The World Bank says its new debt instrument "bond-i" is the first bond to have both issuance and trading recorded on a blockchain.

World Bank

Markets

Santander Testing Nivaura's Blockchain-Based Floating Rate Bond

Capital markets startup Nivaura has developed a floating rate bond using blockchain tech, and it's already being tested by Santander and others.

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Markets

Abu Dhabi Bank Settles $500 Million Bond on a Blockchain

Abu Dhabi-based Al Hilal Bank has carried out a blockchain-based transaction for an Islamic bond worth $500 million.

Abu Dhabi

Markets

Microfinance Firm Plans Issuance of Shariah-Compliant Blockchain Bonds

An Indonesian microfinance firm is looking to put Sharia compliant bonds called sukuks on the blockchain to fund social projects.

Indonesian Rupiah

Markets

Austrian Government to Notarize $1.3 Billion Bond Auction Using Ethereum

The Austrian government is planning to use the ethereum blockchain to notarize the auction of a bond worth around $1.3 billion.

Austrian parliament, Vienna. (Shutterstock)