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BondEvalue

Bond market data and technology

BondEvalue is a Singapore-based Fintech that specializes in bond market data and technology. The company's information services business offers bond market data on hard-currency corporate & sovereign bonds across Asia, Middle East, Europe and the Americas. The data, which includes bond prices, yields, news and analytics, is offered to end investors via interactive Mobile and Web Apps. Investors can sign up for a free trial of the service either via the company's website (https://bondevalue.com) or by downloading the BondEvalue Mobile App (http://onelink.to/wej7jq). BondEvalue is also developing an electronic bond exchange, BondbloX in Singapore that allows investors to trade bonds electronically in smaller sizes (US$1,000 or equivalent). For more information, visit https://www.bondblox.com/

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S&amp;P climbed 0.7% and Nasdaq was 0.2% higher. Macro data came in positive with US GDP printing a 6.4% annualized increase in 1Q2021, beating forecasts of a 6.1% rise. Initial jobless claims for the prior week fell by 13k to 553k. US 10Y Treasury yields pushed higher to 1.65%. European equities were more subdued with the FTSE and CAC almost flat while DAX fell 0.9%. Turkey’s  Central Bank raised its inflation forecast for this year with the new governor Sahap Kavciglou saying that the inflation outlook  would require him to keep policy rates above the “actual and expected rate of inflation” to maintain a strong, disinflationary impact. The central bank expects April CPI to come in at 12.2% YoY as compared to earlier forecasts of 9.4%. The Lira rallied 0.7% on the report. US IG CDS spreads were 0.8bp tighter and HY tightened 3.6bp. EU main CDS spreads were 0.5bp tighter and crossover spreads tightened 2.3bp. Asian equity markets are trading lower by 0.3% today and Asia ex-Japan CDS spreads were 1.1bp tighter.

Macro; Rating Changes; New Issues; Talking Heads; Top Gainers & Losers

Asia High Yield Bond Index

Macro; Rating Changes; New Issues; Talking Heads; Top Gainers & Losers