bondIT
bondIT sells AI fixed income software for portfolio construction, credit analytics and trading to insurers, wealth managers, financial institutions, asset owners and asset managers. FRONTIER builds, optimizes and rebalances bond portfolios against client constraints. SCORABLE uses explainable machine learning on more than 250 variables a day to predict rating changes for over 3,000 issuers a year ahead, and EMBEDDED puts the tools inside partners' platforms through an API.
BNY Pershing's BondWise, launched in 2023 on bondIT's technology, serves more than 150 broker dealer and adviser firms that have executed several billion dollars in trades. bondIT also names Ampega Asset Management, MEAG and Sarson Strover as clients and says its clients manage over $500 billion.
Advisers and managers review proposals and execute through click to trade or bid wanted lists.
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Machine learning builds and rebalances bond portfolios against each client's constraints and predicts rating transitions for more than 3,000 issuers.
Advisers and managers compare the proposed portfolios and rebalancing trades, then execute them themselves through click to trade or a bid wanted list. Whether any trade can run without a person approving it isn't stated.
Each issuer's rating prediction shows how much every variable contributed, and bondIT cites backtest results such as 17 percentage points more downgrades caught than agency outlooks. The method, period and validation behind those figures aren't published.
BNY Pershing's BondWise, built on bondIT's technology, serves more than 150 broker dealer and adviser firms that have traded several billion dollars since its 2023 launch. Ampega Asset Management and MEAG are named as direct clients.
Competing managers and broker dealers reach the same engine through direct and embedded routes, and bondIT doesn't say whether one client's portfolios or trades inform what another sees.
Client profile data passes through the platform, since portfolios are built to individual constraints, and the product pages carry no privacy or data handling terms.
None of the three product pages names a certification, audit report or trust center.
Proposals reach end clients through advisers and private banks bound by suitability and best interest rules, while bondIT itself cites no license or supervisor.
SCORABLE covers rated issuers only, leaving unrated ones outside its view. Explainable AI is marketed, but that is transparency rather than a fairness test, and no bias testing is described.
A missed downgrade or a misread constraint can mean a loss or an unsuitable allocation, and bondIT publishes no warranty, service level or remedy.
The models are built in house, with no outside foundation model described. Financial statements and market data come from vendors that aren't named.
The API first EMBEDDED offering plugs into custody, portfolio and trading systems and runs inside BondWise, but there's no partner listing or API documentation to check.
Clients sit in several jurisdictions, yet no hosting provider or region is named for their portfolio data.
Sold both directly and inside partner platforms, the product carries no published price on either route.
Insurers, wealth managers and asset owners each have a dedicated solutions page, as do asset managers and other financial institutions.
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