The UnaVista platform will provide J.P. Morgan with a central, secure and audited communication channel through which they can connect to their client community using standard message formats. J.P. Morgan, will be a participant on the Swaps Portal in its capacity as Prime Broker and equity Execution Broker.

Mark Husler, Head of Business Development at LSEG said:

"We are delighted that J.P. Morgan has become the latest brokerage to join the UnaVista community. UnaVista's Swaps Portal can be used for any trade on any global market, offering flexible, asset-class neutral business solutions designed to reduce risk for clients whilst maintaining a complete audit trail for the trade."

Teresa Heitsenrether, European Prime Brokerage head at J.P. Morgan said:

"We are excited to be working with UnaVista and London Stock Exchange Group to provide scalable equity swap trade management solutions to our clients. We welcome the opportunity to work with our client and broker communities to bring efficiencies to this market, and significantly lower its inherent risks."

UnaVista Swaps Portal enables firms to automate communication at all stages of the equity swaps process, including orders, allocations and give-ups. The platform can normalise, validate and match all of the data automatically and employs strict data segregation to ensure all compliance rules are met.

UnaVista is LSEG's secure, hosted platform for all validation, matching and reconciliation needs. Its community includes over 500 clients and nearly 7000 global users, allowing automated monitoring and communication with these counterparties; accepting data in all standard formats, including SWIFT, FIX, flat files, and email.