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Sally Yates
Media Relations, Giraffe
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LONDON, September 16th 2002 - Tullett Financial Information (C.I.) Ltd, has today launched SwapMarker™ - North America on Bloomberg. SwapMarker™ - North America provides The Benchmark USD Interest Rate Swaps information sourced from the Tullett & Tokyo Liberty Group, whose information has long been regarded as the principal global reference data for the USD Swaps market since the mid 1980's and a major contributory factor in the markets development and tremendous liquidity growth.
SwapMarker™ - North America will also feature Cantor Fitzgerald's market-leading Benchmark US Treasury data for Bloomberg customers subscribing to Cantor Market Data's US Treasury or European Government Bond products.
SwapMarker™ - North America's launch on Bloomberg has been long-awaited by the market," said David Mukerji, Director and Global Head of Sales for Tullett Financial Information. "We are delighted to offer SwapMarker™ - North America on Bloomberg which will allow users to combine our Benchmark Swaps information with the powerful functionality and sophisticated analytics of a Bloomberg terminal".
Mukerji added "Bloomberg's tremendous presence within the Fixed Income and Capital Markets arena combined with the availability of SwapMarker™, will give the market what it has long sought, greater flexibility to access, view and analyse this key reference data".
Jeff Bandman, Senior Vice President, Cantor Fitzgerald and Global Head of Sales, Content & Operations, Cantor Market Data commented, "Since announcing our joint product agreement with Tullett Financial Information in March of this year, we have seen tremendous demand for Cantor Market Data within the SwapMarker™ product, which is widely regarded as the definitive US Treasury and Interest Swaps information combination available."
Tullett Financial Information recognises the interdependency of financial products and as well as combining information sourced from the Tullett & Tokyo Group and Cantor Fitzgerald, SwapMarker™ - North America will also shortly be available with the Bloomberg Bond Trader (BBT) US Treasury information inclusive within the service via Bloomberg.
"We have seen significant demand for SwapMarker™ - North America from our customer base" said Max Linnington, Head of Sales for Bloomberg, North America, "and we are delighted to be able to meet that demand with the inclusion of this Benchmark information on the Bloomberg Professional service. The forthcoming inclusion of Tullett Swaps along with BBT US Treasury information together with the Cantor US Treasuries & Tullett Swaps page, in addition to Bloomberg's superior analytics will provide our customers with unparalleled flexibility and choice".
The comprehensive service includes real-time US Treasury Bonds, Swap Spreads and Interest Rate Swaps, USD Basis Swaps, Caps and Floors and Swaption Volatilities. Also included are Canadian Treasury Bonds, Swap Spreads and Interest Rate Swaps, Canadian Basis Swaps, Caps, Floors and Swaption Volatilities and is now available via Bloomberg on free trial.
To access the SwapMarker™ main menu on your Bloomberg Professional terminal type SMKR then <GO>
To access SwapMarker™ - North America on your Bloomberg Professional terminal type SMKA then <GO>
To learn more about SwapMarker™ contact:
Americas Tel: +1 877 639 7300
Europe & Asia Tel: +44 (0)20 7827 2211
Bloomberg email: tfisales@bloomberg.net
About Tullett Financial Information
SwapMarker™ - North America is a service provided by Tullett Financial Information (C.I.) Ltd, a leading provider of financial information from the wholesale inter-dealer brokered financial markets. TFI(CI) is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Tullett & Tokyo Liberty Group, a fully diversified inter-dealer broker with leading positions in global Fixed Income Securities, Money Markets, Capital Markets, Equities and associated derivative products and a principal source of market information for TFI(CI). TFI(CI) provides the financial community with the highest quality market information delivered both via its information vendor redistributors and directly to some of the worlds largest financial institutions. Its information is relied upon by hundreds of thousands of market professionals around the world, moving billions of dollars of assets daily.
Contact:
David Mukerji
Tullett Financial Information
+44 (0)20 7827 3168
dmukerji@tullib.com
About Bloomberg
Bloomberg is a global news and information organization. The Company provides economic and financial information to the business community, in addition to supplying various news outlets. Bloomberg has forged a unique position within the financial services industry by providing an unparalleled range of features in a single package, the Bloomberg Professional service. By addressing the demand for investment performance and efficiency through an exceptional combination of information, analytic, electronic trading, and Straight Through Processing tools, Bloomberg has built a worldwide customer base of corporations, issuers, financial intermediaries, and institutional investors. Bloomberg media includes global news, television, radio, Internet, and magazine and book publishing operations with 1,500 reporters and editors in 85 bureaus worldwide. For more information please visit www.bloomberg.com.
Contact:
Chris Taylor
Bloomberg L.P.
212-318-2660
taylorc@bloomberg.net
About Cantor Market Data
Cantor Market Data is a subsidiary of Cantor Fitzgerald and the exclusive source of real-time fixed income pricing and data derived from eSpeed for U.S. and European Government Securities. Cantor Fitzgerald first pioneered live pricing data for fixed income markets 30 years ago, and Cantor Market Data now boasts the highest volume of any data source, with data priced from $200 billion in daily fixed income transactions. Cantor Market Data is available on Bloomberg, Reuters, Thomson ILX and on our website, www.cantordata.com. Volume users may also subscribe to Cantor Direct, a direct feed from Cantor Market Data. For more information, call 212-829-4840 or visit our website at www.cantordata.com.
Contact:
Tom Ryan
Cantor Market Data
212-610.2425
tryan@cantor.com