Winterflood: It is time to democratise debt markets

We need to recognise the need for change

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In a world of accelerating investor democratisation, the largest capital market of all, in terms of USD equivalent notional outstanding, is the global debt market at $128.3trn, consisting of $40.9trn in corporate debt, according to ICMA in August 2020.

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