Advent Europe, the software company, and FT Interactive Data, an information division of Pearson, have developed an interface between their products aimed at investment managers handling unlisted fixed income instruments.

The interface will enable users of Advent Office to process information automatically from the FT data feed, including regular prices and dividend updates for client portfolios as well as indices and foreign exchange information, via FTS, FT Interactive Data's desktop portfolio administration service. The two companies worked together on a non-exclusive basis to develop the interface.