Welcome to Investing in Bonds Europe, an educational non-profit website about bonds brought to you by the Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME).

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Are you a beginning investor? You may want to begin with Bond Basics in the Learn More section to the right. If you are a sophisticated investor, you may want to select a Market-at-a-Glance page from the list to the left to see in-depth market data, indices, relevant economic indicators and market news and commentary.

Government bonds are bonds issued by central governments. The Government Bond Market-at-a-Glance is an overview of government bond market data. You can look up price information and ratings for selected European and US government bonds; see relevant indices and economic indicators, and view other benchmark data. Government bond market news and commentary are presented to provide additional context.

Government Markets In-Depth

The Sub-Sovereign Bond Market-at-a-Glance is an overview of European sub-sovereign bond market data, which includes bonds issued by any level of government below the central government such as regions, provinces, states and municipalities; and by agencies and supranational institutions. You can look up price information and ratings for selected bonds; see relevant indices, indicators and other benchmarks and view sub-sovereign bond market news and commentary.

Sub-Sovereign Markets In-Depth

The corporate bond market sector is second largest after the government bond market sector. The Corporate Bond Market-at-a-Glance is an overview of corporate bond market data. You can look up price information and ratings for selected corporate bonds; see relevant indices and economic indicators, and view other benchmark data. Corporate bond market news and commentary are presented to provide additional context.

Corporate Markets In-Depth

The Collateralised Bond Market Bond Market-at-a-Glance is an overview of European collateralised bond (securitisation, structured products and covered bonds) market data. You can look up price information and ratings for selected collateralised bonds; see relevant indices and economic indicators, and view other benchmark data. Collateralised bond market news and commentary are presented to provide additional context.

Collateralised Debt Markets In-Depth