There was a lot of confusion when Federal and Speer were thrown together in the 1990's. But back then I toured the Federal factory, the Federal guys showed me some of the new Trophy Bonded bullets they said they were making, and later shipped me some Federal ammo loaded with them for testing.
Probably it was easier for Speer to distribute bullets for handloading, since Federal didn't offer any component bullets (even though they sold brass and primers, which I saw being made. Or maybe Speer actually made them--and makes the present "tipped" version of the Trophy Bonded. Though I doubt it, since Speer has never offered any plastic-tipped bullets under their brand name, despite every other major American bullet-making company offering plastic-tips--these days even Sierra.
