The TRADE

JANUARY 10, 2024

Impax Asset Management has entered into an agreement to acquire the corporate credit assets from fixed income manager Absalon Corporate Credit, part of Formuepleje Group. Impax’s existing fixed income team is based in the US and runs strategies across investment grade and US high yield.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 2, 2023

James Hilton was appointed multi-asset managing director in RBC’s low touch team, joining from Credit Suisse, where he had been serving as head of sales for EMEA for the bank’s advanced execution sales (AES) team. Prior to joining Credit Suisse in 2006, Hilton spent six years at UBS Investment Bank as a director.

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The TRADE

MARCH 7, 2024

He will now manage the entire desk, made up of 14 traders, having previously managed a team of six. Read more: Embracing change on the BlackRock EMEA equity trading desk Craze joined the asset manager back in 2006, initially working in asset allocation and equity investments before becoming an equity trader.

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The TRADE

JULY 18, 2023

M&G’s global asset management arm has secured a Securities Investment Consulting Enterprise (SICE) business license in Taiwan, allowing the firm to establish a new office in Taipei as part of its Asia expansion strategy. With our expertise and track record, we are well positioned to provide investment excellence.”

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The TRADE

JULY 24, 2023

Head of Europe for UK-based asset manager Federated Hermes, James Rutherford, has stepped down from his role to pursue a technology venture, The TRADE can reveal. I shall be taking up a more active role in a corporate development and investment advisory position, at an extraordinarily exciting time for the business.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 28, 2023

He originally joined the bank in 2006 in a securities lending role. Pictet Asset Management appointed Jade Beckmann as an equity trader. Beckmann joined Pictet Asset Management from Bloomberg, where she most recently served as a professional services sales account manager.

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The TRADE

JULY 31, 2023

During his time with the asset manager, Taitz was responsible for Invesco’s fixed income trading desks in the US, UK and Hong Kong. Prior to joining Invesco in 2016, Taitz spent two and a half years at RBC Capital Markets in a fixed income role and 10 and a half years at UBS Investment Bank as an executive vice president.

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