Enhancing Market Transparency and Fair Pricing
Four fintech start-ups, using AI and data, are solving the pricing problem in the municipal bond market, upending entrenched incumbents along the way.
Some Investors Are Still Paying High Prices for Munis – Originally published in The Wall Street Journal
Some muni market investors are paying far more than others for the same bond on the same day, even after a 2018 rule improved the situation somewhat.
AI And The Municipal Bond Market: Solving The Pricing Problem – Originally published in Forbes
Four fintech start-ups, using AI and data, are solving the pricing problem in the municipal bond market, upending entrenched incumbents along the way.
Opening the black box: SOLVE’s new AI claims to predict ‘next-trade’ bond prices – Originally published in The Desk
SOLVE, provider of pre-trade quotes data across fixed income markets, has rolled out an artificial intelligence platform (AI) that is designed to predict the next trade level for fixed income securities.
AI Stock-Picking Warren Buffett – Originally published in AI Street
SOLVE, a market data platform, has announced the beta version of SOLVE Px, an AI predictive dataset for the muni market.
Private Credit 2024: A Growing Force in Finance Unveiled Through BDC Insight
The 1.5 trillion-dollar private credit asset class has evolved beyond its niche status, becoming a prominent financing choice and is increasingly taking deals away from banks, junk bonds, and leverage loan markets. Business Development Corporations (BDCs) serve as a valuable proxy, offering transparency through their filings, revealing trends in this evolving market.
Using technology to parse through disparate datasets – Originally published in The Bond Buyer
With the acceleration of technology in all markets, firms are trying to create solutions to process data — from issuer offering documents and continuing disclosures to trades and pricing and evaluations — and turn it into digestible, usable forms.
How a build vs. buy debate plays out in muni tech – Originally published in The Bond Buyer
With an ever-changing landscape that now includes artificial intelligence, firms in the municipal market can be overwhelmed by the technology choices facing them, and their decisions will impact their bottom line. As new technology tools are developed will the current infrastructure become obsolete, requiring new investment?
Muni market considers how AI can aid FDTA – Originally published in The Bond Buyer
Both regulators and the wide swath of municipal issuers, around 40,000 in total across these United States, will likely have to decide in the coming months and years how much or how little a role artificial intelligence will play in the development of standards mandated by the Federal Data Transparency Act.
SOLVE Provides Historical Scale Tool for Past Muni Deals
Market data platform SOLVE has introduced a public finance workflow solution that shows historical scales for all muni deals, allowing for spread comparisons of where a deal priced in the past to where it might price in current market conditions.
