ETS Connect UK, the UK’s appointed bond Consolidated Tape Provider (CTP), today announced the official launch of the service.

The UK bond Consolidated Tape (CT) delivers a single source of real-time bond transaction data for every fixed income trade executed by, or on a UK regulated entity. By providing a consolidated, reliable, and accessible view of bond market activity, the CT supports improved transparency, price formation, and market efficiency.

Until now, post-trade bond data in the UK has been fragmented across trading venues and publication arrangements, leaving investors, regulators, and other market participants without a complete or timely picture of market activity. The CT changes this, aggregating data from all UK trading venues and Approved Publication Arrangements (APAs) into a single, authoritative stream, standardised across key fields and available to all participants on equal terms. The UK bond CT launches today with contributor coverage at 98%, by notional trade value.

Today’s launch is the result of sustained engagement with market participants and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), which authorised ETS Connect UK as the CTP in May 2026, and a comprehensive programme of preparation spanning technical onboarding, connectivity frameworks, governance structures, and extensive collaboration with ETS Connect UK’s Consultative Committee, Board of Directors and partners.

ETS Connect UK operates on a single, standards-based API aligned with the FIX Trading Community’s Recommended Practices to simplify onboarding, ensure fair access and enable seamless integration.

The CT is built on Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud-native infrastructure to deliver the operational resilience, scalability, and security required of a regulated market infrastructure. AWS continues to support the migration and innovation of critical market infrastructure providers as the industry builds toward the future of capital markets.