Trading / Trading Venues
Multilateral Trading Facility
For a seamless transition to MiFID II
Bloomberg Trading Facility Limited’s multilateral trading facility, BMTF, is a robust trading platform for trading cash bonds, repos, credit default swaps (“CDS”), interest rate swaps (“IRS”), exchange-traded funds (“ETF”), equity derivatives and foreign exchange derivatives (“FX”). Bloomberg has examined and built upon its existing end-to-end trading workflows to offer an efficient trading platform to ensure a seamless transition into the MiFID II regulatory environment.
By building upon the core technology of Bloomberg’s existing fixed-income, equity and derivative trading platforms – used by more than 1,000 global institutions – Bloomberg’s MTF provides eligible participants access to request for quote and request for trade functionality and liquidity across the Fixed Income asset class.
Bloomberg’s solutions are integrated into one seamless workflow and are suitable for clients on the buy-side and sell-side.
The value of working with Bloomberg
Transparency: Bloomberg remains committed to increasing transparency in the financial markets and continues to share best practices and industry perspectives with customers.
Assets Supported: Cash bonds, repos, credit default swaps, interest rate swaps, exchange-traded funds, equity derivatives (OTC Equity Options and OTC Equity Index Options) and foreign exchange derivatives (deliverable forwards; deliverable swaps*; non-deliverable forwards; non-deliverable swaps*; average rate forwards and options).
*FX Swap is a batch or package transaction consisting of two legs for the same currency pair in the opposite direction.
Electronic Trading: Bloomberg has a deep and proven history operating electronic trading platforms for clients and offers them efficient access to clearing
Regulatory information
MiFIDPRU Public Disclosure
BTFL’s MiFIDPRU 8 Disclosure can be found here.
Complaints
BTFL has adopted a comprehensive Complaints Policy, which is designed to investigate and resolve complaints competently, diligently and impartially. BTFL’s Complaints Policy specifies the procedures BTFL will follow and measures BTFL has adopted in order to investigate, resolve and close the complaints.
To find out how to make a complaint, please email mtfcomp@bloomberg.net.
Bloomberg Trading Facility Ltd’s representative in the EU is Bloomberg L.P. – Netherlands Branch. If you have questions related to EU personal data processing, you may contact the representative at:
BTFL’s Modern Slavery Statements can be found here.
Disclaimers
Bloomberg Trading Facility Limited is a limited company incorporated in England and Wales under Company No. 9019569, whose registered office is at 3 Queen Victoria Street, London, England, EC4N 4TQ, United Kingdom, authorised and regulated by the UK Financial Conduct Authority, reference no. 629485. Bloomberg Trading Facility Limited is registered on the Financial Services Register, available here: https://register.fca.org.uk/ShPo_HomePage. Please note that some products and services of Bloomberg Trading Facility Limited may not be available in all jurisdictions or to everyone.
© 2018 Bloomberg Trading Facility Limited. All Rights Reserved.
Bloomberg Trading Facility Limited does not have the requisite license to offer services for over-the-counter derivative transactions that are required to be executed on eligible electronic trading platforms under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act of Japan (the “FIEA”). Japanese financial institution participants subject to such requirement must execute mandated over-the-counter derivative transactions on electronic trading platforms qualified under the FIEA. Bloomberg ETP operated by Bloomberg Tradebook Japan Limited, a registered Financial Instruments Business Operator under the FIEA, qualifies as such an eligible electronic trading platform.
Contact
If you have any questions please contact +44 20 7330 7500 (EMEA), +1 212 318 2000 (US), +65 6212 1000 (Asia). Alternatively, please raise a help desk ticket via the terminal or via the Enterprise Console.
Resources
| BMTF Rulebook |
| BMTF Fees |
| BMTF Market Data |
| BMTF Suspended Instruments |
