Wall Street Banks Eye E-Trading Gains From New Europe Bond Rules

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Wall Street’s biggest banks expect changes to the quality and availability of European bond market data will unlock the next wave of electronic trading growth.

Officials at JPMorgan Chase & Co, Bank of America Corp. and Morgan Stanley say that new rules requiring more detailed bond trade reporting, and the development of a data pool that tracks real-time market activity, will boost transparency and improve computer-driven trading models.