UBS and Bloomberg deal draws criticism

For new users this resulted in a payment to Bloomberg Tradebook, the futures dealing platform and an execution fee to UBS.

Brokers criticised the agreement – one futures official said it was ridiculous to have one information vendor tie-up with a bank.

While UBS defended the agreement by saying it would allow clients direct market access, Bloomberg said end users could execute the trades themselves by becoming members of the electronic futures exchange.

Criticism of the deal gathered steam as

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