Frequently Asked Questions

Q. Who can use the system?

A. Bondscape is for the sole use of professional investment advisers with the aim of providing them with the services they need to meet their clients' Fixed Income trading requirements. Private Investors wishing to trade Fixed Income products should therefore contact their usual broker/IFA.

Q. How much does it cost?

A. Bondscape is offered as a free service to all authorised users.

Q. What markets does it cover?

A. Bondscape currently supports the trading of gilts, index linked gilts, and Eurosterling bonds. For a full list of the bonds that are quoted on the platform, please see the Closing Prices link on the Bondscape.net homepage.

Q. Where do prices come from?

A. Each price provider contributes realtime tradeable prices to Bondscape.

Q. Is there a min/max trade size?

A. Bondscape limits trading to a maximum size of 250,000 nominal for core instruments and 100,000 nominal for all other instruments. The minimum trading size is set at the minimum deliverable amount for each instrument.

Q. Where do I settle?

A. Settlement is determined by standing settlement instructions setup with each individual bank. All instrument on Bondscape can be settled by one of the following: CREST, Clearstream or EUROCLEAR.

Q. Is the system secure?

A. Bondscape uses 128 bit encryption and digital certificates to ensure high levels of authentication and encryption for its internet service.

Q. What hardware do we need?

A. Access to Bondscape can be through a variety of distribution mechanisms such as internet access, ILX Global Systems (TOPIC3 and GlobalTOPIC) services or direct computer to computer API connectivity depending on the needs of the professional investment adviser.

Q. How do I sign up?

A. To request a joining pack or for further information please contact xraEcommsalesassista@barclayscapital.com or call 08702 4BONDS (08702 426637).