How to issue Sustainability-linked Bonds/CPs linked to variation mechanisms?
Sustainability-linked debt format has been booming in recent years but when it comes to variation mechanisms and KPI targets, structuring and origination remain complex and non-standardized processes.
Even with its prominent flaws, banks and investors are looking at this ESG debt instrument with great interest as it could encourage all issuers to raise their sustainability ambitions.
One Debt Market Platform for Issuers, Intermediaries, Advisors, and Investors
In September, we announced a partnership with Nasdaq and launched Nasdaq Primary powered by Onbrane – a new iteration of the Onbrane platform. Together, we are providing the market with a single platform to structure, negotiate, issue, distribute and invest in debt products.
One of the 6 key values of Nasdaq Primary is its ability to cater to every market participant across the value chain. In fact, it is the only platform currently on the market that achieves this ambitious goal.
In this article, we break down our approach to digitalizing debt negotiation and issuance through Nasdaq Primary and explain exactly how each market actor benefits from it.
Introducing 6 Values of Nasdaq Primary Powered by Onbrane
In September, we announced a landmark partnership with Nasdaq, uniting our forces to build a better, more sustainable primary debt market.
The result is Nasdaq Primary powered by Onbrane – one platform digitalizing a full debt issuance lifecycle, bringing every market actor together to structure, negotiate, issue, distribute, and invest in debt products.
So, what’s Nasdaq Primary, and how does it differ from the Onbrane platform?
Simply put, Nasdaq Primary is Onbrane on steroids – it is the Onbrane platform you love combined with Nasdaq’s capabilities and extensive experience in building efficient market infrastructures.
In this article, we share Onbrane’s story of becoming Nasdaq Primary – how did we get here, why partner with Nasdaq, and finally, what’s our joint value proposition to the primary debt markets worldwide.
Nasdaq Launches Nasdaq Primary in Partnership with Onbrane
Press release Stockholm, September 14, 2022 – Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) today announced the launch of Nasdaq Primary, helping companies digitalize the process of raising debt capital by bringing all market actors together on one platform. The product is launched in partnership with Onbrane, a European fintech company focused on producing sustainable and innovative solutions for […]
From over 10% to 0.1%: Onbrane’s journey to eliminating Fat Finger errors
According to market actors, the rate of fat-finger trades on the CP market is between 10-20%. Onbrane managed to bring it down to 1.5%. The next goal is to get to 0.1%. Learn more on our fat finger strategy.
Onbrane x FOREX: Automatically execute currency swap related to your debt issuance
Onbrane’s forex module aims to facilitate currency swaps for treasurers that issue debt in multiple currencies. Inspired by our users’ requests, we created a much-needed bridge between the primary debt market and the forex market.
We have developed an API that allows direct connection between a forex platform and Onbrane, allowing automatic and seamless data flow.
Thanks to this addition, Onbrane users will manage yet another part of their debt issuance from a single screen, taking an STP process to another level.
The first FX platform to be integrated with Onbrane is 360T – an award-winning multi-bank, multi-asset global trading platform for OTC and listed financial instruments.
Onbrane is open to welcoming other FX solution providers that want to reinforce their offering to debt market actors by connecting to our platform.
Product Managers Interview : Building the debt market SaaS platform with the best user experience.
Building the most comprehensive OTC debt market platform for capital markets that serves all market participants regardless of their role is indeed an ambitious undertaking. To achieve this, we’ve brought together some of the savviest product managers that are now a true driving force behind the Onbrane platform.
Nowadays, the SaaS product manager is one of the fastest-growing roles in the entire software product development realm.
With this in mind, we give the spotlight to Willliam Beguin and Augustin Brandel, Onbrane’s product managers (mini-CEOs as they like to call themselves). They take us through their working process, responsibilities, and approaches when interacting with our users and the debt market at large.
How we ensure platform quality at Onbrane: Interview with the quality excellence team
Technically speaking, a lot of work and effort goes into building a platform like Onbrane. While all the praise is granted to the development team, we often forget to acknowledge that testers put just as much effort into ensuring platform quality.
At Onbrane, we take software testing extremely seriously – the quality excellence department takes up 20% of the whole team!
So we decided to give the platform to them:
We had a chat with Onbrane’s quality assurance manager Laure and automation engineer Teona – yes, platform quality at Onbrane is driven by #girlpower!
In this interview, they tell you all about how we maintain excellent platform quality and in the light of #womenhistorymonth, they share their experience as women working in tech.
Why and how to issue a sustainable Commercial Paper ?
Sustainable bonds and medium-term notes were the first debt instruments used in the debt capital markets, but today, sustainable commercial paper is growing rapidly and is now issued by major companies such as Alliander, Vasakronan, ENEL, SNCF, Iberdrola, IDB Invest, Rabobank to name a few.
A sustainable CP is an additional debt instrument to a bond, as it offers better flexibility and liquidity to all market participants.
Meet Ukko – A platform for originating and distributing structured debt on the soft commodities market
Onbrane and Easy Access Trading (EAT) Launch UKKO – A platform for originating and distributing structured debt on the soft commodities market We are thrilled to announce the launch of Ukko, a joint venture created in close partnership between Onbrane and Easy Access Trading (EAT). Onbrane brings to the venture its technology expertise and a […]
