IHS Markit Extends thinkFolio with Bond Pricing Data

IHS Markit has partnered with fixed income market data provider BondCliQ to embed US corporate bond pricing data with its investment management platform thinkFolio. The partnership will see IHS Markit’s thinkFolio clients gain click-to-view, consolidated, and pre-trade institutional bond quote data from 34 dealers, as well as post-trade and normalized TRACE data. BondCliQ offers a consolidated quote display and generates a centralized institutional pricing quote for both buy-side institutions and sell-side dealers. Combined with thinkFolio order and execution management workflow, both firms added BondCliQ’s data will boost pre-trade liquidity insights for traders.