New York, January 3, 2013 – GFI Market Data, a division of GFI Group Inc. (NYSE:”GFIG”) announced today that it has signed an agreement with Mexico’s Proveedor Integral de Precios “PiP” under which GFI Market Data will become an official price contributor to PiP’s eurobond pricing and curve calculations.
PiP started operations in the year 2000 and was the first price vendor company authorized by the Mexican Securities Commission (CNBV) to provide prices for the valuation of financial assets. They currently have operations in Mexico, Peru, Colombia, Panama and Costa Rica.
Francesco Cicero, Head of eTrading at GFI Group said: “We are very happy to be working with PiP and to be able to supply them and their clients with an independent view of the eurobond markets derived from our highly experienced brokers as well as from our premier electronic trading screen for fixed income, GFI CreditMatch®”.
PiP distributes official closing prices via its PiP- Latam© system (www.piplatam.com)
GFI Market Data provides real bid and offer prices and spreads for a broad range of instruments including asset backed securities, corporate bonds, emerging market bonds, floating rate notes, high yield bonds and structured products. Sourced directly from GFI CreditMatch®, our award-winning electronic trading platform for bonds and fixed income derivatives GFI data reflects market sentiment rather than indications gleaned through aggregated pricing.
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About GFI Market Data
GFI is uniquely positioned to provide the capital markets with specific suites of data. GFI Market Data’s product suite includes CDS, bonds, fx options, equities, interest rates and energy and commodities data.
About GFI Group Inc.
GFI Group Inc. (NYSE: “GFIG”) is a leading provider of wholesale brokerage services, clearing services, electronic execution and trading support products for global financial markets. GFI Group Inc. provides brokerage services, market data, trading platform and analytics software products to institutional clients in markets for a range of fixed income, financial, equity and commodity instruments.
Headquartered in New York, GFI was founded in 1987 and employs more than 2,100 people with additional offices in London, Paris, Nyon, Hong Kong, Seoul, Tokyo, Singapore, Sydney, Cape Town, Santiago, Bogota, Buenos Aires, Dubai, Dublin, Tel Aviv, Los Angeles and Sugar Land (TX).
GFI Group Inc. provides services and products to over 2,600 institutional clients, including leading investment and commercial banks, corporations, insurance companies and hedge funds. Its brands include GFISM, GFInet®, CreditMatch®, GFI ForexMatch®, EnergyMatch®, FENICS®, Starsupply®, Amerex®, Trayport® and Kyte®.
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Patricia Gutierrez
Vice President – Public Relations
GFI Group Inc.
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