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CQG Provides Desktop Trading Platform for Nasdaq Fixed Income

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CQG, a provider of high-performance trading, market data and technical analysis tools, has partnered Nasdaq Fixed Income (NFI) to deliver its web-based CQG Desktop platform as the official front-end for trading NFI US treasury benchmark products.

Earlier this year, CQG partnered Nasdaq Futures Exchange (NFE) to provide a CQG Desktop as a front-end trading platform for NFE. Alli Brennan, CQG chief of staff, says: “Our partners at Nasdaq were looking for a next generation front-end trading platform for their fixed income customers. CQG Desktop provides easy-to-use trading tools, with added features including CQG’s best-in-class charting and data visualisation.”

CQG partners many futures brokerage and clearing firms, providing direct market access to more than 45 exchanges through its global network of colocated hosted exchange gateways. Its market data feed consolidates more than 75 sources, including exchanges worldwide for futures, options, fixed income, foreign exchange, and equities, as well as data on debt securities, industry reports, and financial indices.

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