Benefits and Features
Bondtrac provides offerings in all major types of fixed-income securities.
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Municipal
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Treasury
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International
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Corporate
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Zeros/STRIPs
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CDs (Primary and secondary)
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Agency
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Hundreds of firms use Bondtrac throughout their organization to save time,
enhance productivity and provide improved service to customers.
Subscribers enjoy the advantages of the following benefits and many more:
PowerfulWe offer more search options and flexibility than
any competing system; this means it takes less time to find bonds. A user may
search, sort, and analyze thousands of bond offerings within minutes.
TimelyInstant query results and e-mail notifications provide
you with the latest availability. Nowhere in the financial markets is this
more important than in fixed-income securities where availability of specific
bond types is the critical element in profitable trading.
Customizable From the appearance and logo on the screen to
which information is available to a user, the system can be configured to exactly
suit the business needs of a client.
Flexible Our integration option allows your firm to private-label
our system within your own web site. Your clients and correspondents will love
it!
No Software The system is totally web based and eliminates
the headaches of software installation and maintenance. Enhancements to the
system are available immediately without upgrading the client's computers.
TrainingWe are constantly developing and enhancing new features
for Bondtrac based on requests from our customers. Online tutorials and optional
onsite training help keep your users working as effectively as possible.
Support Our customer service and technical staff are available
to provide your users with timely assistance when needed.
Bondtrac System Components
The system is comprised of the following eight key components:
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Offering Distribution - Traders have complete control over
their offerings. You can publish them to select groups within your account
or leverage the selling power of thousands of brokers searching the Bondtrac
database on a daily basis.
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Inventory Management - Bondtrac makes a variety of inventory
management services available. Subscribers may use Bondtrac to manage both their
internal and street offerings. We take pride in having the freshest and most
abundant offerings yet also understand the limitations of many brokerage firms.
Your offerings can be posted online using any method you choose: real-time feed,
multi-batch updates, web-browser, e-mail, FAX or over the phone.
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Query Tool and Management - Users may search for offerings
meeting their criteria using our powerful query engine. The listed result set
may be sorted and further refined to just the bonds you want with descriptive
details a click away. Reports may be generated for investors, brokers, or traders.
Search criteria may be saved for frequent usage or e-mail notification functionality.
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Calculator Tool - Industry standard SIA calculations are
used to provide for yield/price, accrued interest, duration, convexity, and
much more.
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Yield Scales - A single glance at this page shows you the
current yields for the treasury, agency, corporate, and municipal markets. It
illustrates this with a yield curve chart and a 180-day yield or spread history
chart for each market.
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Portfolio Tracking and Management (coming soon) -
Users may build, edit and save portfolios containing different types of securities.
Asset distribution, monthly income, principal redemption and more make holdings
analysis crystal clear.
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Order Routing and Management - Client firms have the option
of using Bondtrac for order entry and routing orders between brokers and traders
within their firm. Traders are able to provide faster response time to brokers
by receiving and processing electronic orders directly from their brokers. Orders
are easily tracked on the order-status list by time, individual broker and status.
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Usage Tracking and Administration - Bondtrac provides several
usage reports and detailed user configuration.
Bondtrac Increases the Bottom Line
Our users have praised Bondtrac for its powerful features, offering freshness
and selection, and ease of use. Time-saving query and analysis tools make it
the most cost effective service available. The bottom line is that you will
be more successful using Bondtrac.
For more information or a trial subscription, click here to have a sales professional contact you.
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