Investors in fixed income and derivatives face a complex set of challenges. Due to changes in marketplace dynamics and regulatory mandates, robust pricing solutions are critical for investors in fixed income and derivatives.

From buy-side and sell-side trading desks to compliance, pricing and accounting teams, the need is more acute than ever for thinly-traded instruments with little or no observable liquidity.

Bloomberg is uniquely positioned to combine data, analytics and trading workflow to support price discovery, execution and regulatory reporting. Our pricing solutions leverage these strengths so we can offer specific pricing sources to fulfill your needs.

Workflow transparency
With global regulators demanding ever more detailed disclosures and stricter risk measurement, meaningful transparency is critical. Bloomberg’s evaluated pricing service, BVAL, provides accurate and defensible pricing of fixed income and derivatives instruments for mutual funds, money managers, hedge funds, internal pricing groups, auditors, and regulators. Whether your priority is quality, coverage or independence, BVAL consistently augments transparency with high-quality data for the front, middle office and operations via the Bloomberg Terminal and an enterprise feed.

BVAL draws on Bloomberg’s industry leading reference data and yield calculators to price more than 2.5 million securities daily. Utilizing only the highest quality market contributors—including TRACE, MSRB, exchanges and broker quotes—this pricing data is further filtered, cleansed and verified for ongoing quality and consistency. The entire process is overseen by capital market experts who monitor the final pricing result and provide exceptional customer service. BVAL provides extensive coverage for fixed income and derivatives instruments, including pricing the Bloomberg Barclays Indices, the global market leader in fixed income indexing.