Velexa, recognised as a top WealthTech100 company, has recently unveiled its latest innovation: fractional bonds. This new feature is a significant addition to their comprehensive suite of investment tools, designed for both embedded and standalone applications.
Following the successful implementation of fractional shares, Velexa’s move to introduce fractional bonds marks a strategic step towards making high-quality bond investments accessible to the mass retail market.
The introduction of fractional bonds by Velexa is set to revolutionize the investment landscape. This feature enables institutions to offer retail investors the chance to explore a diverse portfolio of over 300 high-quality corporate and government bonds. These bonds span major markets, including the US and the EU, and are available for investment with minimal initial sums.
This approach to asset fractionalisation—splitting a high-value asset into smaller, tradable units—is gaining momentum among capital market players. Despite the popularity of fractional shares, the bond market has remained relatively untapped, mainly due to its complexity and the high entry barriers for retail investors.
Historically, the bond market has been the playground of institutional investors, largely due to the high entry costs and the intricate trading mechanisms involved. Many bonds come with minimum investment requirements set by the issuers or dealers, typically in increments of $10,000, and often trade in lot sizes exceeding $100,000.
This structure has effectively sidelined retail investors, making it difficult for them to access bond investments. Velexa’s fractional bonds initiative aims to dismantle these barriers, opening up the bond market to a broader audience and democratizing access to what has traditionally been an elite investment domain.
Tamara Kostova, CEO of Velexa, emphasized the transformative potential of fractional bonds, stating, “With the roll-out of fractional bonds functionality, Velexa is taking a significant step to make the bond market more accessible, offering a lower-cost entry point into this vast market.
“More investors will be able to diversify their portfolios, potentially reducing risk and enhancing possible returns. As a company on a mission to democratise wealth generation through investing, building the right tools to empower retail investors to achieve their financial goals is a focal point in the way we design our technology.”
Velexa’s commitment to enhancing the personal investing experience extends beyond the launch of fractional bonds. The company’s API-based platform and solutions are designed to enable customers to offer a personalized and robust investment experience to their end-users. The modular technology allows for easy integration of new functionalities into existing channels and apps through Velexa’s Investing API solution.
The debut of fractional bonds is more than just an expansion of Velexa’s investing toolkit; it represents a crucial shift in the personal investing landscape. By bridging the divide between large-cap investments and the individual investor, Velexa is setting the stage for retail-focused institutions such as banks, neobanks, brokers, and exchanges to expand their customer base and cater to the diverse needs of the next generation of investors.
Velexa is a pioneering WealthTech company dedicated to democratizing the wealth management industry. Its B2B2X investing technology platform enables client institutions to tap into the growing demand for modern and ubiquitous investing solutions among new generation investors.
Source: Fintech Global
