SunGard facilitates cross-asset trading with addition of fixed income market MTS BondVision to Valdi Market Access.

SunGard Valdi has added access to the fixed income market MTS BondVision to its hosted connectivity platform, Valdi Market Access. By delivering an intuitive and cost-effective service to connect to one of Europe’s key bond trading platforms, SunGard continues to help its customers to cover more asset classes through an integrated and outsourced cross-asset technology platform.

“As one of Europe’s leading electronic fixed income trading markets with more than 500 unique counterparties and average daily volumes exceeding EUR 100 billion, selecting the right technology providers is critical. MTS is excited to work with SunGard to help expand the choices of solutions we already offer to our clients worldwide.” said Fabrizio Testa, CEO, MTS.

“Expanding our capabilities in the fixed income electronic trading space is strategic, as our customers increasingly look at combining previously siloed operations into multi-product distribution channels. Changes in the fixed income market structure are pushing electronic trading to become the standard.” – Philippe Carré, global head of connectivity, SunGard’s capital markets business

Banca Generali is one of the first customers to use the fully hosted trading service, which enables traders to benefit from an integrated, multi-asset class platform.