# Global GRU Bond Markets

## Overview

Volume III establishes GRU as a **global fixed-income standard**, integrating real-world commodities and cross-reality quantum settlement. The global bond market structure provides multi-layer access from primary issuance through retail/synthetic access.

## Market Layers

```
Primary Market → Supranational Market → Sovereign Market → Institutional Market → Retail/Synthetic Access
```

### Primary Market
- Direct bond issuance by DBIS
- Initial placement to authorized participants
- High minimum investment thresholds
- Reserved for sovereign and supranational entities

### Supranational Market
- Regional stabilization bonds
- Cross-sovereign bond pools
- Supranational council access
- GRU Reserve Bonds (GRB)

### Sovereign Market
- Individual sovereign central bank bonds
- Sovereign-to-sovereign trading
- SCB reserve management
- Sovereign risk-adjusted pricing

### Institutional Market
- Large institutional investors
- Pension funds, insurance companies
- Sovereign wealth funds
- Minimum investment requirements

### Retail/Synthetic Access
- Synthetic instruments (sGRU-BND, sGRU-ETF)
- Exchange-traded access
- Lower minimum thresholds
- Retail investor participation

## Market Participants

- **DBIS** - Issuer and regulator
- **SCBs** - Sovereign buyers/issuers
- **Supranational Councils** - Regional governance bodies
- **Commodity Reserve Authorities** - Reserve-backed bond issuers
- **Institutional Investors** - Large-scale bond holders
- **Quantum/Holographic Market Nodes** - Multi-reality market access points

## Bond Types

### Core Perpetual Bonds
- **Li99PpOsB10** - 99-year perpetual offset bond with 10-year buy-back option
- **Li99PpAvB10** - 99-year perpetual avail bond with liquidity-aligned payout

### Synthetic Instruments
- **sGRU-BND** - Synthetic GRU basket bond
- **sGRU-ETF** - Exchange-traded GRU bond fund
- **sGRU-FWD** - GRU forward-linked bond certificate
- **sGRU-SWAP** - GRU yield swap instrument

### Supranational Structures
- **GRB** - GRU Reserve Bonds (backed by supranational GRU reserves)
- **CRB** - Commodity Reserve Bonds (indexed to XAU, PGM, BMG baskets)

## Market Operations

### Issuance
- Primary market bond issuance
- Auction-based pricing
- Direct placement to authorized participants
- Settlement via QPS → GAS → Ω-Layer → DBIS Prime

### Trading
- Secondary market trading
- Order book management
- Price discovery mechanisms
- Real-time settlement

### Settlement
- Multi-layer settlement architecture
- Atomic settlement guarantees
- Cross-reality reconciliation
- Finality via Ω-Layer

## Integration Points

- **FX Markets** - Bond pricing linked to FX rates
- **SSU Systems** - Synthetic Settlement Unit integration
- **Commodity Markets** - Metal-index linked bonds
- **CBDC Networks** - Cross-sovereign CBDC coupon payments
- **Quantum Ledgers** - Multi-reality bond state tracking

## Regulatory Framework

- DBIS bond market regulations
- Supranational compliance requirements
- Sovereign risk assessment (SRI)
- SARE monitoring for bond markets
- ARI autonomous regulatory intelligence

