Beyondbond Inc., a New York-based financial services and technology company, and Nomura Securities International Inc. announced today a partnership to develop an internet-based, fixed income platform to help analyze, value, and trade debt securities and loan pools held by investors.

This comprehensive platform is expected to enhance customer service and trading floor efficiency by facilitating the sale and purchase of fixed-income products including U.S. Treasuries, Corporates, Agencies, and mortgage securities as well as other structured instruments and derivatives.

Beyondbond (http://www.beyondbond.com) is currently incorporating additional functionalities, and the platform should be fully operational by the third or fourth quarter of next year, according to Mark Lieberman, a managing director at Nomura Securities International and Dr. Ted Hong, the president of Beyondbond.

Dr. Hong said the platform would help investment banks and securities issuers, such as finance companies, bundle their loans and other assets into bonds through a process known as asset securitization more easily and speedily. Simultaneously, investors such as insurance companies and banks will be able to buy and sell securities using the same platform. As a result, "both the buy-side and sell-side will benefit from using this platform", said Hong.