Thomson Financial’s emergence as the lead bidder for TradeWeb, a leading multidealer transaction system for fixed-income securities, would add substantially to Thomson’s arsenal of trading capabilities and data services as it moves to take on market leaders Reuters and, more specifically, Bloomberg. The bid – details of which were published exclusively by Transaction Networks & Technologies in a news alert released on February 17 – is now being considered by TradeWeb’s owners, who are expected to make a decision within a month.

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