BGC Partners has completed its first fully electronic U.K. Sterling interest rate swap (IRS) trade. The U.S. inter-dealer broker completed the transaction through the Volume Match tool on its trader platform. At pre-set times during the day, Volume Match provides customers auction-style electronic trading across a varied asset classes. The asset classes include credit default swaps, foreign exchange options, precious metals and interest rate swaps.

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