Thomson TradeWeb announced the arrival of its newest member of its electronic trading platform for European Government Bonds in the Banc of America Securities Limited.
Banc of America supports US products in treasuries and agencies. It also offers US treasuries on TradeWeb in the European morning, several hours before they open on the US market.
Trading volumes in European Government Bonds attained a record EUR1.73 trillion in 2005 because of a growing numbers of clients. Nearly 500 institutions traded European Government Bonds online last year, affirming TradeWeb has a broad base of users.