UBS and NYSE Bonds Announce Strategic Relationship

UBS Bond Port connects with NYSE Bonds to give customers access to corporate bond liquidity

UBS and the New York Stock Exchange today announced a new strategic relationship whereby UBS customers can connect to NYSE Bonds through the UBS Bond Port (formerly named UBS PIN-FI) to access a centralized pool of corporate bond liquidity.

NYSE Bonds is the only corporate bond exchange in the U.S. and offers customers real-time, electronic access to live and executable prices with direct interaction with the marketplace through limit order functionality. Orders are executed on a strict price/time priority, helping customers establish best execution in an open, transparent trading environment.

With this new relationship, UBS Bond Port prices will now be available on the NYSE Bonds platform, and UBS Bond Port will also distribute NYSE Bonds’ live and executable prices to its U.S. and European customers, giving them seamless access to the U.S. credit market.

“This link will help us bring the best possible prices to our clients,” said Kevin Arnold, UBS Head of FX, Rates and Credit- Americas. “And it takes bond market access to a new level, allowing clients access to global liquidity, 24-hours-a-day trading and the ability to distribute NYSE Bonds prices around the world.”

“The addition of UBS Bond Port to the NYSE Bonds platform offers bond market participants access to a unique pool of liquidity in the U.S. corporate bond market, where live, executable prices are displayed electronically in a transparent environment,” said Steve Crutchfield, NYSE Group Vice President and Head of NYSE Bonds, Options and ETPs.

About UBS Bond Port:

Built on the decades of experience UBS has in the Fixed Income markets and our commitment to innovation and market efficiency, UBS Bond Port (formerly known as UBS PIN-FI) provides our clients with UBS liquidity and liquidity from other third-party venues. When quotes interact with UBS Bond Port they will be kept strictly anonymous and users have the opportunity for price improvement by sending quotes inside the bid/ask spread or at a target level they choose.

About UBS

UBS draws on its 150-year heritage to serve Private, Institutional and Corporate Clients Worldwide, as well as Retail Clients in Switzerland. Its Business Strategy is centered on its pre-eminent Global Wealth Management Businesses and its universal bank in Switzerland. Together with a client-focused Investment Bank and a strong, well-diversified Global Asset Management Business, UBS will drive further growth and expand its Premier Wealth Management franchise.

UBS is present in all major Financial Centers Worldwide. It has offices in 57 countries, with around 35% of employees working in the Americas, 36% in Switzerland, 17% in the rest of Europe, the Middle East and Africa and 12% in Asia Pacific. UBS employs around 65,000 people around the world. Its shares are listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).

About NYSE Group

NYSE Group is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE), operator of the leading global network of exchanges and clearing houses. NYSE Group operates multi-asset exchanges, and a range of related data products and technology services. The company’s equity exchanges - the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE MKT and NYSE Arca - trade more U.S. equity volume than any other exchange group. NYSE is the global leader in capital raising for listed companies, including the majority of technology IPOs globally since 2012. The company’s equity options markets, NYSE Arca Options and NYSE Amex Options offer complementary market models. NYSE Group also provides comprehensive global connectivity services and a range of market data products to support efficient, transparent markets.

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