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Fixed Income Sales & Trading: Outsourced Trading SolutionsIndependent Investment Advisors and Broker-Dealers frequently encounter challenges when providing fixed-income investments to their clients. Because bonds trade in an OTC marketplace, advisors do not often have the resources to negotiate the bond market alone. Inventories are fragmented across a myriad of dealer inventories and institutional portfolios. Access to broad fixed income dealer inventories and institutional investor portfolios take years to develop and are necessary to obtain wholesale pricing. Advisors may have clearing firms that attempt to provide fixed income coverage however, clearing firms encounter the very same trouble negotiating the fixed income market as their correspondents or prime brokerage clients. As a result, many advisors may turn to bond funds which inherently do not offer the same benefits of individual bonds. Sub-advisors may provide access to the fixed income market at wholesale pricing but their fees drag performance and can eliminate profitability for the advisor. Our outsourced fixed income trading solutions provide investment managers and broker-dealers with the infrastructure and expertise they need to execute trades and grow their assets, without the costs and concerns associated with building an in-house team. Northern Capital provides outsourced trading solutions to address these challenges that offer several advantages:
Our firm is singularly focused on bond trading. We are able to function as an extension of our clients’ trading desks because our interests are truly aligned. We have no conflicts of interest, no proprietary trading, no proprietary products, no payment for order flow, or asset management. As a result, we are an ideal partner for advisors that are seeking a reliable best practice fixed income solution. |
