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Tune in to this episode of the Security Token Show where this week Herwig Konings, Jason Barraza, and guest contributor Amr Adawi from MetaWealth cover the industry leading headlines and market movements, including how RWA vaults are taking off, MetaWealth preparing to introduce staking, and more RWA news! This week Jason also had the opportunity to interview Chase Ergen from DeFi Technologies which just listed on the Nasdaq (DEFT) this past Monday. Chase shares on their approach to building the Kenya Digital Exchange (KDX), their Valour Asset Management plans to launch new ETPs in various markets, and more.   Company of the Week - Herwig: VanEck   The Market Movements Kinexys by J.P.Morgan and Ondo Finance Transact OUSG, Interoperability Through Chainlink: https://blog.ondo.finance/ondo-chain-jpmorgan-kinexys-chainlink/   VanEck's Coming Onchain with VBILL on Securitize: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2025/05/13/asset-manager-vaneck-joins-tokenization-race-with-us-treasury-fund-token   U.S. SEC's Crypto Task Force Roundtable, Considers Conditional Tokenization Exemption: https://www.ledgerinsights.com/tokenizations-trillion-dollar-promise-wall-street-leaders-make-their-case-to-the-sec/ https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/u-s-sec-considers-conditional-exemption-3658048/    PREH $100M Real Estate Fund Launches on Chintai with Institutional Backers: https://cointelegraph.com/news/us-real-estate-manager-launches-tokenized-fund-institutional-backing The Token Debrief Ondo Finance and PayPal Partner to Power 24/7 Conversions: OUSG/PYUSD: https://blog.ondo.finance/ondo-finance-launches-24-7-conversions-between-ousg-and-paypal-usd-pyusd/   Anchorage Digital Announces Plan to Acquire Mountain Protocol ($USDM): https://www.anchorage.com/insights/anchorage-digital-acquire-mountain-protocol-to-accelerate-institutional-adoption-of-stablecoins   MPact Capital Announces RIA Launch, Targeting Real-World Impact: https://www.einpresswire.com/article/810891246/mpact-capital-launches-sec-registered-ria-to-bridge-digital-assets-and-real-world-impact-investing   Intain and KSD Capital to Launch Marketplace for Community Banks and Originators: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250513738507/en/KSD-Capital-and-Intain-Partner-to-Build-an-Efficient-Marketplace-for-High-Quality-Originators-and-Community-Banks   Global Dollar Network Adds 19 New Members for Their USDG Stablecoin: https://www.theblock.co/post/353947/global-dollar-network-new-members-solana-usdg-stablecoin   Polymath Acquires Polymesh Assets: https://polymesh.network/blog/acquisition-of-polymesh-assets-by-polymath   96 Companies Apply to Trial Dubai New DSFA Tokenization Sandbox: https://coinedition.com/big-buzz-in-dubai-96-companies-rush-for-dfsas-new-tokenization-sandbox/ Securitize Launches sToken Vault on Euler on AVAX for BUIDL: https://securitize.io/learn/blog/Securitizes-sToken-Vault-Technology-Unlocks-DeFi-Utility-with-BlackRocks-BUIDL   deRWA Token Vaults by Centrifuge Launch, First DeFi Protocol TBA: https://centrifuge.mirror.xyz/384RiqUvGfsxgnpY6arJDMAl3oi6diqukgSDt0B4FQE   China's Largest Broker Launches RWAs in Hong Kong: https://www.ledgerinsights.com/hong-kong-arm-of-chinas-largest-broker-to-launch-tokenized-securities/   Tether Introduces Tokenized Gold on Thailand's Digital Asset Market, Maxbit: https://tether.io/news/tether-gold-xaut-launches-on-maxbit-introducing-tokenized-gold-to-thailands-digital-asset-market/   Great Eagle Gold Corp. is Expanding its Tokenization-ready Mineral Portfolio: https://www.tipranks.com/news/company-announcements/great-eagle-gold-corp-launches-private-placement-to-boost-tokenization-portfolio   Uzbekistan Explores HUMO Token Backed by Sovereign Bonds to Accelerate Digital Finance Integration: https://blockchainreporter.net/uzbekistan-pilots-humo-token-backed-by-sovereign-bonds-to-accelerate-digital-finance-integration/   Particula Updates Rating for Anemoy's JTRSY from A+ to AA+: https://particula.io/particula-rating-update-anemoy-jtrsy-may-2025/   Fed's NYIC and BIS Innovation Hub Prepare for Tokenization Through Project Pine: https://www.ledgerinsights.com/central-banks-prepare-for-a-tokenized-future/   Meta Looks into Stablecoin Integration in Ecosystem: https://cryptodnes.bg/en/meta-eyes-stablecoin-integration-as-crypto-goes-mainstream/   STM Predicts $30-50T in RWAs by 2030: https://docsend.com/view/7jx2nsjq6dsun2b9  More STM.co Reports: https://reports.stm.co/ Join the RWA Foundation and Read the Whitepaper: RWAF.xyz   ⏰ TABLE OF CONTENTS ⏰ 0:00 Introduction 0:16 Welcome 1:04 Market Movements 31:21 STS Interviews: DeFi Technologies 43:24 Token Debrief 50:43 RWA Foundation Weekly Update 52:27 Companies of The Week

Cedric Scholtes, Head of Sovereign Bonds, Inflation & Rates talks with Daniel Morris, Chief Market Strategist, about the factors that have led to the recent rise in yields of US Treasuries and what may happen next.  At a time of multiple possible paths for US policy rates they discuss the state of the US labour market, how markets are evaluating future fiscal policy and the outlook for inflation. For more insights, visit Viewpoint: https://viewpoint.bnpparibas-am.com/Download the Viewpoint app: https://onelink.to/tpxq34Follow us on LinkedIn: https://bnpp.lk/amHosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Mark Dowding is Chief Investment Officer at BlueBay Asset Management. Mark is a macro fixed income specialist who meets regularly in that context with global policymakers and has been actively involved in sovereign ESG engagement. He began his career in 1993 as a fixed income portfolio manager, after earning his economics degree at the University of Warwick.In today's episode, Mark speaks about his early career, how he came to be the Head of Global Fixed Income at Invesco at only 28 years of age, his move to Frankfurt to work with Deutsche Asset Management and why he chose to move with his family back to the UK, where he joined BlueBay Asset Management in 2010.We discuss his time at the University of Warwick and whether Warwick lives up to its title of the happiest place to live in Britain!  Mark tells us about his love of football and his support of Chelsea F.C. and then we move onto the more serious stuff, with an overview of BlueBay and Mark's role as Chief Investment Officer.We hear how BlueBay incorporates ESG criteria into all of their investment decisions, and how they have incorporated ESG analysis into their investment teams rather than structuring it as a separate research function.  Mark shares real life examples of their engagement activities with sovereign issuers, how they have shorted bonds of issuers who they perceive as performing poorly from an ESG perspective and how their investing strategies in sovereign bonds have impacted government policy and behavior.No fixed income ESG discussion would be complete without talking about greenwashing, and we discuss to what extent this practice exists at the sovereign level.  We speak about BlueBay's Impact Aligned Bond Fund and finally, I quiz Mark with some rapid fire questions such as the single most important challenge in the fixed income space, and his advice on how to get into the sustainable fixed income space.I thoroughly enjoyed this insightful discussion with Mark and I hope you will too!About the SRI 360° Podcast: The SRI 360° Podcast is focused exclusively on sustainable & responsible investing. In each episode, Scott Arnell interviews a world-class investor who is an accomplished practitioner from all asset classes. In my interviews, I cover everything from their early personal journeys—and what motivated and attracted them to commit their life energy to SRI—to insights on how they developed and executed their investment strategies and what challenges they face today. Each episode is a chance to go way below the surface with these impressive people and gain additional insights and useful lessons from professional investors. Connect with SRI 360°: Sign up for the free weekly email update: https://sri360.com/newsletter/ Visit the SRI 360° PODCAST: https://sri360.com/podcast/ Visit the SRI 360° WEBSITE: https://sri360.com/ Follow SRI 360° on TWITTER: https://twitter.com/SRI360Growth/Follow SRI 360° on FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/SRI360Growth/

New Zealand's $33.8 billion record current account deficit was a shock to overseas investors in NZ government bonds, but is ultimately probably not something people will lose a lot of sleep over, says Sydney-based interest rate strategist Martin Whetton.Statistics NZ last month reported the annual current account deficit reached $33.8 billion last year, equivalent to 8.9% of gross domestic product, the worst ratio since measurement began in 1988. In response credit rating agency S&P Global Ratings told Bloomberg the deficit was; "catching our attention, the persistently weak and worsening current account position of the New Zealand sovereign, particularly given that it has been quite weak the last year or two and our forecasts are for it to narrow.” This led to fears of a potential downgrade to NZ's S&P sovereign credit rating.In terms of overseas investors who buy NZ's government bonds, Whetton says the current account deficit is something they'll look at."And obviously when that number came out recently there was a bit of a shock to the market because there was the immediate response from S&P that suggested that the rating could be under threat as a result," Whetton said in the latest episode of interest.co.nz's Of Interest podcast."A decision on that can take some time, And I think if we just cool down for a moment and say 'New Zealand is in a very solid position, it has got a strong economy, and it does have very low debt-to-GDP at the government level,' then it's not something that people will lose a lot of sleep over.""There are investors who simply have hard mandates around credit rating, but when you're starting at the top of the tree in ratings, very few people would not be able to buy New Zealand [government debt] so that's not an issue if there was a downgrade," said Whetton.S&P has an 'AAA' sovereign domestic currency rating with a stable outlook on NZ. This rating assesses the country's capacity to meet obligations denominated in the NZ dollar, which almost all government debt is issued and repaid in. (See more on NZ sovereign credit ratings here, and credit ratings explained here).In the podcast Whetton also talks about the attraction to overseas investors of NZ government bonds, the NZ yield premium over other similarly rated bonds, the big issues in sovereign bond markets at the moment, why he thinks NZ government debt is at a sustainable level, and finally how countries get into trouble with their sovereign debt."Typically it's borrow in a foreign currency. The benefit of countries like Australia, New Zealand, the UK, Japan, Italy, [is we] borrow in our own currency. So we pay it back in our own currency and you can always print more of that currency. Now the purists would recoil at that comment and I understand why because it can be inflationary. But if you need to solve it that way you can," Whetton said."You also, as we in Australia and New Zealand have found in the last couple of years, can get your central bank to buy [government] debt. I would not say that is the way you do things. Having a fiscal programme that is credible over the medium to long-term is probably your best starting point."*This episode follows a recent one with Kim Martin, Director of New Zealand Debt Management which is the Treasury unit responsible for managing the Government's debt. And you can find all episodes of the Of Interest podcast here.

This week on Shunya One, Shiladitya is joined by Subramanya S V, CEO and co-founder of Fisdom. In the episode, Subramanya takes us through the journey of Fisdom where customers access a holistic set of financial products including stocks, mutual funds, pension funds, sovereign bonds, insurance, and tax filing. He also shares some of the challenges he faced while starting a fintech company and building trust in the consumer. Tune in to know more.    Follow Subramanya S V on:LinkedIn: https://in.linkedin.com/in/subramanya-s-v-1864982 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Subramanya_SV   You can get in touch with our host: Shiladitya Mukhopadhyaya LinkedIn: ( https://in.linkedin.com/in/shiladityamukhopadhyaya ) Twitter: ( https://twitter.com/shiladitya )   You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app. You can check out our website at https://shows.ivmpodcasts.com/featured Do follow IVM Podcasts on social media. We are @IVMPodcasts on Facebook, Twitter, & Instagram. Follow the show across platforms: Spotify, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, JioSaavn, GaanaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Web3 and the metaverse are changing the distribution and management of health care, says Dr. Jane Thomason. Listen to her conversation with host Yael Tamar as she explains how blockchain can transmit value, especially in emerging economies. About Dr. Jane Thomason: Dr. Thomason is a successful entrepreneur having founded and built a $250 million revenue consulting company. She is a thought leader in technological innovation, fintech, and blockchain for social impact. Recognized in Forbes Magazine (2018) as a leader in Blockchain for Social Impact, Dr. Thomason authored the book Blockchain Technologies for Global Social Change. She has consulted to multiple international organizations on digital transformation, sustainability, and ESG, including the Commonwealth Secretariat on the preparation of a Fintech Toolkit for Central Banks, and prepared and presented a Technical Paper on Blockchain and Sovereign Bonds for Commonwealth Ministers of Finance meeting in 2019. She is a Co-Founder of the British Blockchain and Frontier Technology Association, and Section Chief Editor of Blockchain for Good: for the journal Frontiers in Blockchain. In 2019-2020, she convened London Fintech Week, London Blockchain Week, and London Digital Impact Week. She is a regular blockchain hackathon judge and mentor and mentors social impact startups. __________________ Explore our real estate projects: http://marketplace.solidblock.co Become a tokenization expert: https://www.solidblock.co/course Stay connected: https://solidblock.co https://www.linkedin.com/company/solidblock/ https://twitter.com/SolidBlockCo https://www.facebook.com/solidblock.co/ https://www.instagram.com/solidblockco/

Luca Cazzulani, UniCredit's Co-Head of Strategy Research in conversation with Bryan Pascoe, ICMA Chief Executive, gives his views on the outlook for growth, inflation and monetary policy in major economies over the next year, with his expectations for returns from fixed income assets, including sovereign bonds.

The outlook for emerging markets debt is growing increasingly bullish. The global economy is transitioning from a V-shaped recovery led by parts of Asia and the United States, to one in which emerging markets will outperform. Bouts of heightened volatility are offering attractive entry points to an asset class that offers much sought-after yield. With attractive valuations and global investors underweight the asset class, the case for a dedicated EMD allocation is growing ever stronger. As a means to defend fixed income portfolios against rising interest rates, EMD needs to end up back on the asset allocation agenda. - Arif Joshi, Lazard Asset Management. Earn 0.50 CE/CPD hrs on Portfolio Construction Forum

Find out more on our website: https://bit.ly/3eGhmyw Deforestation is a significant problem for the world – accelerating climate change and threatening the natural capital base that underpins the economic strength of a number of countries. A Deforestation-Linked Sovereign Bond (DLSB) can help countries with valuable state-owned forests to fund their transition to a sustainable economy. A DLSB would align the government's fiscal and sustainability incentives, and boost the country's sovereign health. A Deforestation-Linked Sovereign Bond is a type of Performance Bond, a flexible financial instrument that does not restrict a government in terms of the use of proceeds, but which commits the sovereign to coupons which vary depending on its success or failure in meeting specific Sustainability Performance Targets (SPTs), in this case, deforestation. In this webinar, we will use Brazil as a DLSB case study. Increasing deforestation remains the biggest threat to Brazil's natural capital base, accelerating global warming, harming biodiversity, and impacting Brazil's rainfall and temperature patterns. As a result, Brazil's current climate trajectory is rated ‘highly insufficient' by ClimateActionTracker.org (on a path to 3-4oC by 2050 compared to the Paris target of 2oC). Speaker: Peter Elwin is Director of Fixed Income, and Head of the Land Use and Textiles Programmes, at financial think tank Planet Tracker and has over 20 years of financial markets experience in senior management and functional roles on the buy side and sell side. His experience covers equity and credit research, accounting, valuation, natural capital, sustainability, strategy, and operations. Peter was previously Head of Research at the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS), one of the largest UK private pension schemes with over £60bn under management. Before joining USS, Peter was Deputy Head of European Research and the #1-rated Global Head of Pensions, Valuation, & Accounting research at JP Morgan.

Episode Summary Hosts Nicholas Gandolfo, Director, Corporate Solutions Marika Stocker, Senior Manager, Corporate Solutions In this episode , Nick and Marika discuss the bustling labeled bond market and its ongoing diversification in terms of the types of issuers, geographies, the use of proceeds and products. As the year rolls on, the sustainable finance market continues to produce strong volumes in terms of the number of transactions and their value. They also highlight developments around transition finance guidance as well as new and updated principles in the loan market. As always, they take a couple listener questions, this time focused on how bonds are labeled and the emergence of combined instruments. Sovereign activity in the bonds space Activity in the labeled sovereign bond market looks to be heating up for 2021. Several nations including Russia, Canada, Hungary, UK are considering issuing sustainable sovereign bonds. We'll keep an eye on this space to see which countries come to market with green, social or sustainability sovereign bonds. Transition finance More is being written about transition finance and whether sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) have taken their place in the market. No doubt SLBs have come on strong, but we see diversification, especially with respect to product, as important for overall market health. Nick notes some of the challenges that could account for the low number of labeled transition finance thus far but anticipates that in time we will see more transition bond issuances. Nick also highlights two transition-focused reports worth checking out - The Transition Pathways Initiative's annual "State of Transition" and Natixis' "Transition Tightrope" series. Continuing momentum of SLBs On the SLB front, the segment continues to grow. Transactions beget more transactions as borrowers and lenders gain confidence in the instrument. While some observers have doubted a handful of issuances due to questions around the materiality, relevance and ambitiousness of their sustainability performance targets and KPIs, the scrutiny is ultimately good and will raise the caliber of SLBs coming to market. Key moments 00:09 Introduction 00:55 Market news 02:20 TPI “State of Transition” report 03:05 Ongoing developments in China 03:55 Transition bonds vs SLB? 05:07 Natixis “Transition Tight Rope” report series 05:40 EU Taxonomy developments 06:31 Social Loan Principles released 07:07 ELFA/LMA - ESG considerations in leveraged loan paper 08:11 Bond issuance overview 13:21 Loan transactions overview 14:18 Sustainability-linked bonds overview 18:54 Questions 22:31 Sustainability-linked loan overview 27:04 Transition bond overview 29:01 Regulatory updates   Links to select resources Transition Pathway Initiative: TPI State Transition 2021 Report Natixis: Brown Industries: The Transition Tightrope European Leveraged Finance Association (ELFA)/Loan Market Association (LMA): Guide to Company Adviser to ESG Disclosure in Leveraged Finance Transactions APLMA/LMA/LSTA: Social Loan Principles (new) APLMA/LMA/LSTA: Sustainability-Linked Loan Principles (updated) Science Based Targets: Public consultation for maritime transport sector FedEx Sustainability Bond: Framework | Second-Party Opinion NAVER Sustainability Bond: Framework | Second-Party Opinion | News Release Berlin Hyp Sustainability-Linked Bond: Framework | Second-Party Opinion Environmental Finance: Amundi launches first ‘just transition' climate fund More Episodes

Bitcoin is not slowing down after its massive start to 2021, and February has been another incredibly bullish month for bitcoin. First, following Tesla's announcement that they bought $1.5bn of bitcoin for their corporate treasury, the price surged above $50,000 for the first time.A few days later, with the bitcoin price at $53,763, the market capitalisation of bitcoin broke $1 trillion.Although bitcoin has since dropped back below the $1 trillion market cap, some analysts have suggested that if bitcoin can hold above that level, this de-risks bitcoin as an investment. With this, some institutional investors may begin to see bitcoin as a more feasible option.In this interview, I talk to Lyn Alden, a macroeconomist and investment strategist. We discuss Tesla buying bitcoin, MicroStrategy's billion-dollar raise, hitting a $1 trillion market cap and the sovereign bond market.

In this episode we turn our attention to an asset class that is at best not well understood by most investors, or at worst, a complete unknown, and that is African sovereign bond markets. We also discuss the ballot process required to change the investment strategy of an existing ETF.

Location: Remotely Date: Thursday 25th Feb Company: lynalden.com Role: Macroeconomist Bitcoin is not slowing down after its massive start to 2021, and February has been another incredibly bullish month for bitcoin.  First, following Tesla's announcement that they bought $1.5bn of bitcoin for their corporate treasury, the price surged above $50,000 for the first time. A few days later, with the bitcoin price at $53,763, the market capitalisation of bitcoin broke $1 trillion. Although bitcoin has since dropped back below the $1 trillion market cap, some analysts have suggested that if bitcoin can hold above that level, this de-risks bitcoin as an investment. With this, some institutional investors may begin to see bitcoin as a more feasible option. In this interview, I talk to Lyn Alden, a macroeconomist and investment strategist. We discuss Tesla buying bitcoin, MicroStrategy's billion-dollar raise, hitting a $1 trillion market cap and the sovereign bond market.

“Yield curve controls are like rocket fuel for all of these inflationary assets. If they try to suppress yields while inflation moves up this summer thats rocket fuel for all these scarce assets.”— Lyn AldenLocation: RemotelyDate: Thursday 25th FebCompany: lynalden.comRole: MacroeconomistBitcoin is not slowing down after its massive start to 2021, and February has been another incredibly bullish month for bitcoin. First, following Tesla's announcement that they bought $1.5bn of bitcoin for their corporate treasury, the price surged above $50,000 for the first time.A few days later, with the bitcoin price at $53,763, the market capitalisation of bitcoin broke $1 trillion.Although bitcoin has since dropped back below the $1 trillion market cap, some analysts have suggested that if bitcoin can hold above that level, this de-risks bitcoin as an investment. With this, some institutional investors may begin to see bitcoin as a more feasible option.In this interview, I talk to Lyn Alden, a macroeconomist and investment strategist. We discuss Tesla buying bitcoin, MicroStrategy's billion-dollar raise, hitting a $1 trillion market cap and the sovereign bond market.This episode’s sponsors:Kraken - The best place to buy, sell & trade BitcoinBlockFi - The future of Bitcoin financial services Sportsbet.io - Online sportsbook & casino that accepts BitcoinCasa - The leading provider of Bitcoin multisig key security.Exodus - The world's leading Desktop, Mobile and Hardware crypto wallets.Ledger - State of the art Bitcoin hardware wallet-----WBD314 - Show Notes-----If you enjoy The What Bitcoin Did Podcast you can help support the show by doing the following:Become a Patron and get access to shows early or help contributeMake a tip:Bitcoin: 3FiC6w7eb3dkcaNHMAnj39ANTAkv8Ufi2SQR Codes: BitcoinIf you do send a tip then please email me so that I can say thank youSubscribe on iTunes | Spotify | Stitcher | SoundCloud | YouTube | Deezer | TuneIn | RSS FeedLeave a review on iTunesShare the show and episodes with your friends and familySubscribe to the newsletter on my websiteFollow me on Twitter Personal | Twitter Podcast | Instagram | Medium | YouTubeIf you are interested in sponsoring the show, you can read more about that here or please feel free to drop me an email to discuss options.

Nick Kunze of Sanlam Private Wealth on stocks to look out for in Level 2, the Richemont loyalty warrant and Discovery edging higher. Cannon Asset Managers CEO Adrian Saville talks the rise, and risks, of zombie stocks. JP du Plessis of Laurium Capital discusses investing in African sovereign bonds.

The sudden collapse in oil prices from a brewing price war and the COVID-19 pandemic's impact may lead to some credit issues for sovereign bonds, particularly oil producers that fund national budgets with crude revenues. James McCormack is Fitch Ratings' Global Head of Sovereigns, and speaks to us about what these risk implications are, and what risks could feed into global markets from this.

India’s forex reserves are nearly $430 bn and growing. If we can’t muster the stomach to raise $10 billion in the overseas market, let’s just quit. Raghav Bahl (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23RaghavBahl) backs Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s proposal on sovereign bonds. 

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Budget 2019-20 announced that the government would start raising a part of its gross borrowing programme from external markets in foreign currencies. She added that India's sovereign external debt-to-GDP level is among the lowest globally at less than 5 per cent. The idea, however, has been criticised by many including economists and allies of the ruling BJP alike, as they argued that it could create long-term economic risks by exposing the government's liabilities to currency fluctuations. Even Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM), the economic wing of the RSS, has opposed the idea of issuance of sovereign bonds overseas. The government intends to mobilise about Rs 70,000 crore through this route as part of diversification of government's resource mobilisation and leaving more funds for the private sector. Listen to podcast for more.

There is no denying that the public remains fascinated with monarchy. In the United Kingdom, the royal family commands the headlines, but paradoxically they are distant and knowable all at once. The Queen is an iconic yet reserved figure, what with the kerchiefs, the corgis, and the deftly delivered speeches at state occasions. The younger royals seem to be interested in keeping it real, engaging different publics while maintaining ‘the Firm's' commitment to service to the nation. Like Greek Gods or reality show contestants, when it comes to the Royals, we all have our favourites. We have come a long way from the eighteenth century, when monarchs were branded as tyrants. At least that is the impression we get if we read the great anti-monarchical voices of the enlightenment. For Thomas Paine, ‘Monarchy and succession have laid the world in blood and ashes'. But lately historians have been taking a second look at the place of monarchy in the history of a global British empire. Hanna Weiss Muller is Assistant Professor of History at Brandeis University. In Subjects and Sovereign: Bonds of Belonging in the Eighteenth-Century British Empire (Oxford University Press, 2017) she shows that the relationship between ‘subjects' and ‘sovereign' was defined by complex and shared bonds. The book takes us around the British empire, from Quebec, to Gibraltar to Calcutta, and reveals the many ways in which the status of subject bound the empire together. Charles Prior is Senior Lecturer in Early Modern History at the University of Hull (UK), who has written on the politics of religion in early modern Britain, and whose work has recently expanded to the intersection of colonial, indigenous, and imperial politics in early America. He co-leads the Treatied Spaces Research Cluster. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There is no denying that the public remains fascinated with monarchy. In the United Kingdom, the royal family commands the headlines, but paradoxically they are distant and knowable all at once. The Queen is an iconic yet reserved figure, what with the kerchiefs, the corgis, and the deftly delivered speeches at state occasions. The younger royals seem to be interested in keeping it real, engaging different publics while maintaining ‘the Firm's' commitment to service to the nation. Like Greek Gods or reality show contestants, when it comes to the Royals, we all have our favourites. We have come a long way from the eighteenth century, when monarchs were branded as tyrants. At least that is the impression we get if we read the great anti-monarchical voices of the enlightenment. For Thomas Paine, ‘Monarchy and succession have laid the world in blood and ashes'. But lately historians have been taking a second look at the place of monarchy in the history of a global British empire. Hanna Weiss Muller is Assistant Professor of History at Brandeis University. In Subjects and Sovereign: Bonds of Belonging in the Eighteenth-Century British Empire (Oxford University Press, 2017) she shows that the relationship between ‘subjects' and ‘sovereign' was defined by complex and shared bonds. The book takes us around the British empire, from Quebec, to Gibraltar to Calcutta, and reveals the many ways in which the status of subject bound the empire together. Charles Prior is Senior Lecturer in Early Modern History at the University of Hull (UK), who has written on the politics of religion in early modern Britain, and whose work has recently expanded to the intersection of colonial, indigenous, and imperial politics in early America. He co-leads the Treatied Spaces Research Cluster. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There is no denying that the public remains fascinated with monarchy. In the United Kingdom, the royal family commands the headlines, but paradoxically they are distant and knowable all at once. The Queen is an iconic yet reserved figure, what with the kerchiefs, the corgis, and the deftly delivered speeches at state occasions. The younger royals seem to be interested in keeping it real, engaging different publics while maintaining ‘the Firm’s’ commitment to service to the nation. Like Greek Gods or reality show contestants, when it comes to the Royals, we all have our favourites. We have come a long way from the eighteenth century, when monarchs were branded as tyrants. At least that is the impression we get if we read the great anti-monarchical voices of the enlightenment. For Thomas Paine, ‘Monarchy and succession have laid the world in blood and ashes’. But lately historians have been taking a second look at the place of monarchy in the history of a global British empire. Hanna Weiss Muller is Assistant Professor of History at Brandeis University. In Subjects and Sovereign: Bonds of Belonging in the Eighteenth-Century British Empire (Oxford University Press, 2017) she shows that the relationship between ‘subjects’ and ‘sovereign’ was defined by complex and shared bonds. The book takes us around the British empire, from Quebec, to Gibraltar to Calcutta, and reveals the many ways in which the status of subject bound the empire together. Charles Prior is Senior Lecturer in Early Modern History at the University of Hull (UK), who has written on the politics of religion in early modern Britain, and whose work has recently expanded to the intersection of colonial, indigenous, and imperial politics in early America. He co-leads the Treatied Spaces Research Cluster. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There is no denying that the public remains fascinated with monarchy. In the United Kingdom, the royal family commands the headlines, but paradoxically they are distant and knowable all at once. The Queen is an iconic yet reserved figure, what with the kerchiefs, the corgis, and the deftly delivered speeches at state occasions. The younger royals seem to be interested in keeping it real, engaging different publics while maintaining ‘the Firm’s’ commitment to service to the nation. Like Greek Gods or reality show contestants, when it comes to the Royals, we all have our favourites. We have come a long way from the eighteenth century, when monarchs were branded as tyrants. At least that is the impression we get if we read the great anti-monarchical voices of the enlightenment. For Thomas Paine, ‘Monarchy and succession have laid the world in blood and ashes’. But lately historians have been taking a second look at the place of monarchy in the history of a global British empire. Hanna Weiss Muller is Assistant Professor of History at Brandeis University. In Subjects and Sovereign: Bonds of Belonging in the Eighteenth-Century British Empire (Oxford University Press, 2017) she shows that the relationship between ‘subjects’ and ‘sovereign’ was defined by complex and shared bonds. The book takes us around the British empire, from Quebec, to Gibraltar to Calcutta, and reveals the many ways in which the status of subject bound the empire together. Charles Prior is Senior Lecturer in Early Modern History at the University of Hull (UK), who has written on the politics of religion in early modern Britain, and whose work has recently expanded to the intersection of colonial, indigenous, and imperial politics in early America. He co-leads the Treatied Spaces Research Cluster. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There is no denying that the public remains fascinated with monarchy. In the United Kingdom, the royal family commands the headlines, but paradoxically they are distant and knowable all at once. The Queen is an iconic yet reserved figure, what with the kerchiefs, the corgis, and the deftly delivered speeches at state occasions. The younger royals seem to be interested in keeping it real, engaging different publics while maintaining ‘the Firm’s’ commitment to service to the nation. Like Greek Gods or reality show contestants, when it comes to the Royals, we all have our favourites. We have come a long way from the eighteenth century, when monarchs were branded as tyrants. At least that is the impression we get if we read the great anti-monarchical voices of the enlightenment. For Thomas Paine, ‘Monarchy and succession have laid the world in blood and ashes’. But lately historians have been taking a second look at the place of monarchy in the history of a global British empire. Hanna Weiss Muller is Assistant Professor of History at Brandeis University. In Subjects and Sovereign: Bonds of Belonging in the Eighteenth-Century British Empire (Oxford University Press, 2017) she shows that the relationship between ‘subjects’ and ‘sovereign’ was defined by complex and shared bonds. The book takes us around the British empire, from Quebec, to Gibraltar to Calcutta, and reveals the many ways in which the status of subject bound the empire together. Charles Prior is Senior Lecturer in Early Modern History at the University of Hull (UK), who has written on the politics of religion in early modern Britain, and whose work has recently expanded to the intersection of colonial, indigenous, and imperial politics in early America. He co-leads the Treatied Spaces Research Cluster. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There is no denying that the public remains fascinated with monarchy. In the United Kingdom, the royal family commands the headlines, but paradoxically they are distant and knowable all at once. The Queen is an iconic yet reserved figure, what with the kerchiefs, the corgis, and the deftly delivered speeches at state occasions. The younger royals seem to be interested in keeping it real, engaging different publics while maintaining ‘the Firm’s’ commitment to service to the nation. Like Greek Gods or reality show contestants, when it comes to the Royals, we all have our favourites. We have come a long way from the eighteenth century, when monarchs were branded as tyrants. At least that is the impression we get if we read the great anti-monarchical voices of the enlightenment. For Thomas Paine, ‘Monarchy and succession have laid the world in blood and ashes’. But lately historians have been taking a second look at the place of monarchy in the history of a global British empire. Hanna Weiss Muller is Assistant Professor of History at Brandeis University. In Subjects and Sovereign: Bonds of Belonging in the Eighteenth-Century British Empire (Oxford University Press, 2017) she shows that the relationship between ‘subjects’ and ‘sovereign’ was defined by complex and shared bonds. The book takes us around the British empire, from Quebec, to Gibraltar to Calcutta, and reveals the many ways in which the status of subject bound the empire together. Charles Prior is Senior Lecturer in Early Modern History at the University of Hull (UK), who has written on the politics of religion in early modern Britain, and whose work has recently expanded to the intersection of colonial, indigenous, and imperial politics in early America. He co-leads the Treatied Spaces Research Cluster. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There is no denying that the public remains fascinated with monarchy. In the United Kingdom, the royal family commands the headlines, but paradoxically they are distant and knowable all at once. The Queen is an iconic yet reserved figure, what with the kerchiefs, the corgis, and the deftly delivered speeches at state occasions. The younger royals seem to be interested in keeping it real, engaging different publics while maintaining ‘the Firm’s’ commitment to service to the nation. Like Greek Gods or reality show contestants, when it comes to the Royals, we all have our favourites. We have come a long way from the eighteenth century, when monarchs were branded as tyrants. At least that is the impression we get if we read the great anti-monarchical voices of the enlightenment. For Thomas Paine, ‘Monarchy and succession have laid the world in blood and ashes’. But lately historians have been taking a second look at the place of monarchy in the history of a global British empire. Hanna Weiss Muller is Assistant Professor of History at Brandeis University. In Subjects and Sovereign: Bonds of Belonging in the Eighteenth-Century British Empire (Oxford University Press, 2017) she shows that the relationship between ‘subjects’ and ‘sovereign’ was defined by complex and shared bonds. The book takes us around the British empire, from Quebec, to Gibraltar to Calcutta, and reveals the many ways in which the status of subject bound the empire together. Charles Prior is Senior Lecturer in Early Modern History at the University of Hull (UK), who has written on the politics of religion in early modern Britain, and whose work has recently expanded to the intersection of colonial, indigenous, and imperial politics in early America. He co-leads the Treatied Spaces Research Cluster. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There is no denying that the public remains fascinated with monarchy. In the United Kingdom, the royal family commands the headlines, but paradoxically they are distant and knowable all at once. The Queen is an iconic yet reserved figure, what with the kerchiefs, the corgis, and the deftly delivered speeches at state occasions. The younger royals seem to be interested in keeping it real, engaging different publics while maintaining ‘the Firm’s’ commitment to service to the nation. Like Greek Gods or reality show contestants, when it comes to the Royals, we all have our favourites. We have come a long way from the eighteenth century, when monarchs were branded as tyrants. At least that is the impression we get if we read the great anti-monarchical voices of the enlightenment. For Thomas Paine, ‘Monarchy and succession have laid the world in blood and ashes’. But lately historians have been taking a second look at the place of monarchy in the history of a global British empire. Hanna Weiss Muller is Assistant Professor of History at Brandeis University. In Subjects and Sovereign: Bonds of Belonging in the Eighteenth-Century British Empire (Oxford University Press, 2017) she shows that the relationship between ‘subjects’ and ‘sovereign’ was defined by complex and shared bonds. The book takes us around the British empire, from Quebec, to Gibraltar to Calcutta, and reveals the many ways in which the status of subject bound the empire together. Charles Prior is Senior Lecturer in Early Modern History at the University of Hull (UK), who has written on the politics of religion in early modern Britain, and whose work has recently expanded to the intersection of colonial, indigenous, and imperial politics in early America. He co-leads the Treatied Spaces Research Cluster. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There is no denying that the public remains fascinated with monarchy. In the United Kingdom, the royal family commands the headlines, but paradoxically they are distant and knowable all at once. The Queen is an iconic yet reserved figure, what with the kerchiefs, the corgis, and the deftly delivered speeches at state occasions. The younger royals seem to be interested in keeping it real, engaging different publics while maintaining ‘the Firm's' commitment to service to the nation. Like Greek Gods or reality show contestants, when it comes to the Royals, we all have our favourites. We have come a long way from the eighteenth century, when monarchs were branded as tyrants. At least that is the impression we get if we read the great anti-monarchical voices of the enlightenment. For Thomas Paine, ‘Monarchy and succession have laid the world in blood and ashes'. But lately historians have been taking a second look at the place of monarchy in the history of a global British empire. Hanna Weiss Muller is Assistant Professor of History at Brandeis University. In Subjects and Sovereign: Bonds of Belonging in the Eighteenth-Century British Empire (Oxford University Press, 2017) she shows that the relationship between ‘subjects' and ‘sovereign' was defined by complex and shared bonds. The book takes us around the British empire, from Quebec, to Gibraltar to Calcutta, and reveals the many ways in which the status of subject bound the empire together. Charles Prior is Senior Lecturer in Early Modern History at the University of Hull (UK), who has written on the politics of religion in early modern Britain, and whose work has recently expanded to the intersection of colonial, indigenous, and imperial politics in early America. He co-leads the Treatied Spaces Research Cluster.

Bank Negara has plans to ease up on rules pertaining to short-selling of Malaysian government bonds. Dr. Suresh considers the implications for such a move.

Bank Negara has plans to ease up on rules pertaining to short-selling of Malaysian government bonds. Dr. Suresh considers the implications for such a move.

Brandywine Global's Jack McIntyre discusses global bond yields on Bloomberg Surveillance with Tom Keene and Michael McKee. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Brandywine Global's Jack McIntyre discusses global bond yields on Bloomberg Surveillance with Tom Keene and Michael McKee.

Major sovereign bond markets are the cornerstone of the financial system. They not only provide a method for governments to raise funds but also offer low-risk, long-term assets for pension funds and insurance companies to invest in, serve as a yardstick for other asset prices, and give investors a means to hedge interest rate risks. Yet, their smooth functioning cannot be taken for granted. Flashes of extreme volatility have punctuated periods of extraordinary calm. This year, record amounts of European and Japanese government bonds—as much as $6 trillion—yielded negative interest, implying that lenders paid governments to borrow rather than the other way around. What does this mean for markets, investors, and the global economy?