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FINBOURNE Selected by Bloomberg, MarketAxess and Tradeweb to Build Fixed Income Consolidated Tape

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Following a closely fought tender process against a number of industry peers, FINBOURNE Technology has been selected as the technology infrastructure provider for the Bloomberg, MarketAxess and Tradeweb initiative to build a consolidated tape (CT) for fixed income in Europe.

In a media statement, the company said it had spent significant time collaborating with capital markets firms, regulators and industry bodies, to collectively understand the data, its quality and how to deliver a resilient and practical CT to the market.

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