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BlackRock and Tradeweb to Create a Fully Integrated Electronic Rates Trading Solution

NEW YORK, NY, May 14, 2014 – BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) and Tradeweb Markets LLC have formed a strategic alliance to create electronic trading solutions in the rates and derivatives markets.

Tradeweb Markets LLC Acquires BondDesk Group LLC

NEW YORK, NY (November 1, 2013) – Tradeweb Markets, a leading builder and operator of global fixed income and derivatives marketplaces, announced today that it has completed the acquisition of BondDesk Group LLC, and has rebranded its combined retail fixed income division as Tradeweb Direct.

Live Trading Begins on Tradeweb Markets SEFs

NEW YORK, NY (October 2, 2013) – Tradeweb Markets, the leading global provider of fixed income and derivatives marketplaces, announced that its Swap Execution Facilities (SEFs), TW SEF and DW SEF, are live and operational. U.S. and European-based market participants are active on the platforms, including asset managers, hedge funds, and banks, and trades have been executed using request-for-quote (RFQ), order book and anonymous central limit order book (CLOB) protocols.

Tradeweb Markets Designates Swaps to be Made Available to Trade on SEFs

NEW YORK, NY (October 29, 2013) – Tradeweb Markets, the leading global provider of fixed income and derivatives marketplaces, announced that TW SEF LLC has submitted a self-certification determination for interest rate and credit default swaps to be made available to trade (MAT) to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

CFTC Approves Tradeweb Swap Execution Facilities

NEW YORK, NY (September 6, 2013) – Tradeweb Markets, the leading global provider of fixed income and derivatives marketplaces, announced it has received temporary registration approval for its two wholly-owned swap execution facilities (SEFs) from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

Tradeweb Applies to be a Swap Execution Facility with CFTC

NEW YORK, NY (July 3, 2013) – Tradeweb Markets, the leading global provider of fixed income and derivatives marketplaces, announced two wholly-owned subsidiaries that have applied for temporary registration with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) as Swap Execution Facilities (SEFs) in support of new derivatives trading regulations under Dodd-Frank.

Tradeweb Introduces Electronic Hedging Tool for European ETFs

LONDON (July 1, 2013): Tradeweb Markets, the leading global provider of fixed income marketplaces, announced a 34 percent year-on-year increase in trade volume for European government bonds in the first half of 2013, and 31 percent growth for European cash credit volume during the same period.

Tradeweb Completes First Swap Trade by an FCM on Behalf of a Client

NEW YORK, NY (February 13, 2014) – Tradeweb Markets, the leading global provider of fixed income and derivatives marketplaces, announced that it has completed the first swap trade by a Futures Commission Merchant (FCM) “On Behalf Of” (OBO) a U.S.-based asset manager on a swap execution facility (SEF).

Tradeweb Launches Floating Rate Notes for U.S. Treasury Trading

NEW YORK, NY (January 23, 2014) – Tradeweb Markets, the leading global provider of fixed income and derivatives marketplaces, has added U.S. Treasury Floating Rate Notes (FRNs) to its institutional Treasury trading platform with liquidity from 16 dealers. FRNs are the first new security launched by the Treasury since 1997, and will have a two-year maturity with a rate that is indexed to the highest accepted discount rate of the most recent 13-week Treasury bill auction, and will be reset when the bill is auctioned each week.

Tradeweb TW SEF Completes First Swaps Compression Trade

NEW YORK, NY (November 26, 2013) – Tradeweb Markets, the leading global provider of fixed income and derivatives marketplaces, announced that it has completed the first fully-electronic compression transaction of cleared derivatives trades on its swap execution facility (SEF), TW SEF LLC.