Fixed income investment instruments are debt issuances from the government and companies, directed at participants in the capital market.

Fixed income investments may be acquired when they are offered to the public for the first time or at the moment of issuance, denominated "primary market," or may be bought from other investors in what is known as the "secondary market."

MEC Plus

Fixed income securities are traded in the primary and/or secondary market through Colombia's Electronic Market (MEC Plus) that includes the centralized system for transaction trading and registration.
 

Participants

All institutions having an affiliate status may trade securities directly in the system - among which are: credit institutions, trust companies, exchange brokerage companies, independent brokerage firms, pension and unemployment funds management companies, insurance companies, capitalization companies, Dirección General de Crédito Público y Tesorería Nacional of the Ministerio de Hacienda y Crédito Público, Instituto de Seguros Sociales - ISS, the Fondo de Garantías de Instituciones Financieras - FOGAFIN, the Fondo para el Financiamiento del Sector Agropecuario - FINAGRO, the Banco de la República, and all other public entities that according to the provisions of the Decree 1525of 2008 and other regulations that modify or replace this Decree, are able to access the System directly, and all the other entities that are supervised by the Financial Superintendence of Colombia that in accordance with their legal regime, are authorized or obligated to perform operations through trading and securities registration systems.

The investors, individuals and legal entities may participate through broker dealers under the brokerage contract.

Service offering of BVC for Fixed Income

	Electronic transaction and registration systems with more than 140 trading entities.
	Completion of operations through the method of delivery-versus-payment.
	Unified caps control.
	Information.
	Ample schedule.
	Commercial support.
	Personalized attention through the service line 6068966.