Bloomberg Valuation Service (BVAL)

aid: bloomberg-valuation-service-bval
name: Bloomberg Valuation Service (BVAL)
description: Bloomberg Valuation Service (BVAL) is Bloomberg's evaluated pricing
  service providing independent fair value prices for over 2.5 million fixed income
  securities including corporate bonds, municipal bonds, government securities, structured
  products, and derivatives. BVAL prices are designed for portfolio valuation, NAV
  calculation, regulatory reporting, and risk management, with full transparency on
  pricing methodology and inputs.
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bloomberg-valuation-service-bval/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2024-01-01'
modified: '2026-04-21'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
- BVAL
- Evaluated Pricing
- Fixed Income
- Fair Value
- Bond Pricing
- Municipal Bonds
- Structured Products
- Bloomberg
apis:
- aid: bloomberg-valuation-service-bval:bval-api
  name: Bloomberg BVAL Pricing API
  description: Access BVAL evaluated prices, yield curves, spread data, and pricing
    transparency metadata for fixed income securities via BLPAPI and Data License.
    Supports corporate bonds, municipal bonds, government bonds, ABS, MBS, and other
    structured products.
  humanURL: https://www.bloomberg.com/professional/solution/bval/
  baseURL: blpapi://localhost:8194
  tags:
  - Evaluated Pricing
  - Fixed Income
  - BVAL
  - Bond Pricing
  - Fair Value
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.bloomberg.com/professional/solution/bval/
- aid: bloomberg-valuation-service-bval:bval-muni
  name: Bloomberg BVAL Municipal Bond Pricing
  description: Evaluated pricing for US municipal bonds with BVAL's deep munis coverage
    providing independent prices for general obligation, revenue, and specialty municipal
    securities. Widely used for NAV calculation and portfolio valuation.
  humanURL: https://www.bloomberg.com/professional/solution/bval/
  baseURL: blpapi://localhost:8194
  tags:
  - Municipal Bonds
  - Munis
  - NAV
  - Portfolio Valuation
  - Tax-Exempt
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.bloomberg.com/professional/solution/bval/
- aid: bloomberg-valuation-service-bval:bval-structured-products
  name: Bloomberg BVAL Structured Product Pricing
  description: Evaluated pricing for complex structured finance instruments including
    ABS, MBS, CMBS, CLOs, and other securitized products using market-consistent
    models and observable market data inputs.
  humanURL: https://www.bloomberg.com/professional/solution/bval/
  baseURL: blpapi://localhost:8194
  tags:
  - ABS
  - MBS
  - CMBS
  - CLO
  - Structured Products
  - Securitization
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.bloomberg.com/professional/solution/bval/
common:
- type: Portal
  url: https://www.bloomberg.com/professional/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.bloomberg.com/professional/solution/bval/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.bloomberg.com/notices/tos/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.bloomberg.com/privacy/
- type: Support
  url: https://www.bloomberg.com/professional/support/
- type: Features
  data:
  - name: Independent Fair Value Prices
    description: Third-party evaluated prices for over 2.5 million fixed income securities.
  - name: Price Transparency
    description: Full transparency on pricing methodology, comparable securities,
      and model inputs.
  - name: Coverage Breadth
    description: Pricing coverage for corporate, government, municipal, and structured
      products globally.
  - name: Regulatory-Grade Prices
    description: BVAL prices designed to meet ASC 820/IFRS 13 fair value hierarchy
      requirements.
  - name: Yield Curve Data
    description: Bloomberg yield curves and spread surfaces used in BVAL pricing.
  - name: Audit Trail
    description: Full audit trail and pricing justification for regulatory and compliance
      review.
- type: UseCases
  data:
  - name: NAV Calculation
    description: Use BVAL prices for end-of-day NAV calculation for fixed income
      funds.
  - name: Portfolio Valuation
    description: Value fixed income portfolios at fair value for reporting and analytics.
  - name: Regulatory Reporting
    description: Meet fair value measurement requirements for ASC 820 and IFRS 13
      reporting.
  - name: Risk Management
    description: Use BVAL prices for mark-to-market and risk analytics.
  - name: Collateral Valuation
    description: Value fixed income collateral for repo, lending, and margin purposes.
  - name: Performance Attribution
    description: Calculate accurate returns and attribution using BVAL evaluated
      prices.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: [email protected]