headquarters new york city new york key people lee olesky ceo ; billy hult president ; jim toffey founder 1 2 website www.tradeweb.com tradeweb markets llc tradeweb is an international financial services company that builds and operates electronic over the counter otc marketplaces for companies that trade fixed income products and derivatives . the company was founded in 1998 by jim toffey 3 4 and now serves a variety of institutions a network that includes the largest banks asset managers central banks pension funds and insurance companies . since its founding tradeweb has grown into a global company that operates across multiple currencies and in numerous countries . its focus is on applying technology to drive greater efficiency transparency and overall performance for institutions that trade fixed income and derivatives products . contents 1 history 2 offices 3 operations 4 references history edit tradeweb launched its first multi dealer online marketplace for u.s. treasuries in 1998 . in 2000 the firm opened its london office and launched marketplaces for trading european government bonds and agencies . the firm was privately held until 2004 when it was acquired by the thomson corporation . 5 tradeweb established its tokyo office in 2005 . thus began a partnership with candeal to launch canadian debt securities trading . 6 in the same year the firm grew by introducing marketplaces for interest rate swaps credit default swap indices and repo . in 2006 tradeweb retail was established as the firm entered the retail fixed income marketplace through the acquisition of lever trade a provider of web based fixed income management systems for the retail marketplace . 7 in 2007 thomson financial a unit of the thomson corporation announced its plans to expand electronic trading by creating a strategic partnership with nine other global dealers through tradeweb . 8 following its acquisition by the thomson corporation the firm entered the inter dealer broker space . in 2008 it acquired hilliard farber & co. inc. the voice brokerage company which was known for its reputation and industry expertise . 9 in 2009 it launched dealerweb an electronic interdealer platform for to be announced or forward mortgage backed securities tba mbs 10 with an emphasis on being highly liquid . in 2010 tradeweb facilitated the first fully electronic dealer to customer interest rate swap to be processed by a central clearing house in the u.s. 11 that same year the firm relocated its u.s. headquarters to new york city where it is now and established the u.s. center for brokerage technology and operations in jersey city . in 2011 tradeweb acquired the brokerage assets of rafferty capital markets llc raffcap and the municipal bond broking business of j.j. kenny drake . 12 in 2013 tradeweb through dealerweb s european and interdealer trading division launched an interdealer itraxx credit default swap index platform . 13 in addition tradeweb s institutional business completed the first electronic buy side pre trade credit check for swaps trading in the u.s. 14 the firm also secured cftc temporary approval of two wholly owned swap execution facilities sefs tw sef and dw sef . 15 live sef trading on the platforms began on october 2 2013 . 16 in november 2013 tradeweb acquired bonddesk group a bond trading venue in the u.s. for advisors and middle market investors . 17 tradeweb integrated the businesses technology services and support of tradeweb retail and bonddesk to form tradeweb direct . in may 2014 tradeweb and blackrock announced a strategeic partnership that created electronic trading solutions in rates and derivatives markets for blackrock s aladdin clients . 18 in june 2014 tradeweb launched active u.s. treasury bond trading on the dealerweb platform supporting trading of the most liquid on the run treasury bonds with participation from dealers and several electronic market making firms . 19 in october 2014 the company announced that investors can trade company debt for american companies on its web platform . 20 offices edit tradeweb s headquarters are in new york city . it also has offices in garden city new york ; jersey city new jersey ; jupiter and boca raton florida ; and los angeles . its european presence is in london while its asian presence is in tokyo singapore and hong kong . operations edit tradeweb institutional dealerweb and tradeweb direct are the company s three divisions . tradeweb institutional supports the client to dealer business . it is the largest of company s three market divisions . dealerweb is the inter dealer division that provides a range of voice electronic and hybrid markets for major global banks . tradeweb direct provides fixed income trading solutions for financial advisors the institutional buy side traders and broker dealers . references edit tradeweb names lee olesky president of tradeweb group and tradeweb europe ; tradeweb europe looks to extend its leadership with olesky . pr newswire association llc . april 1 2002 . retrieved 6 april 2015 . weinberg neil september 10 2001 . b2b grows up . forbes.com . retrieved 6 april 2015 . tradeweb names lee olesky president of tradeweb group and tradeweb europe ; 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