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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 ended up 0.7%, setting a new record while Nasdaq closed 0.9% higher with tech stocks rallying. US non-farm payrolls (Term of the Day, explained below) for April rose by just 266k vs. a forecast of 978k, and significantly lower to March’s reading of 770k. US 10Y Treasury yields rebounded to 1.59% after hitting a two month low of 1.47%. The 30Y yield also dropped to 2.16%, its lowest since March 1 before recovering to 2.29%. Friday also witnessed a ransomware cyber-attack on the largest fuel pipeline in US. A prolonged shutdown of the pipeline could result in a spike in the gasoline and diesel prices. US IG CDS spreads were 0.9bp tighter and HY tightened 3.3bp. EU main CDS spreads were 0.8bp tighter and crossover spreads tightened 3.2bp. Asian equity markets are off to a positive start, up ~0.5% while Asia ex-Japan CDS spreads were flat. It’s a busy Monday at the Asian primary markets with nine new dollar deals, including ones from Agile, KWG, CIFI, JSW Hydro and Cathay Pacific .

9 New $ Deals Incl. Agile, KWG, CIFI, JSW Hydro; Macro; Rating Changes; New Issues; Talking Heads...

Asia High Yield Bond Index

9 New $ Deals Incl. Agile, KWG, CIFI, JSW Hydro; Macro; Rating Changes; New Issues; Talking Heads...