The TRADE

AUGUST 30, 2024

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s (FINRA) findings state that Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (Merrill) and BofA Securities (together BAML) failed to establish and maintain a supervisory system and written supervisory procedures reasonably designed to detect potentially manipulative trading.

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The TRADE

JUNE 29, 2023

Liquidnet’s co-head of trading for EMEA, James Kirk, has departed for pastures new, The TRADE can reveal. He departs after spending the last two years as Liquidnet’s co-head of EMEA trading, according to an update on social media. When I joined, we were doing only a handful of trades a day on the execution desk.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Commodities specialist Marex has completed its acquisition of TD Cowen’s outsourced trading and prime brokerage business, first announced in September. Rosen and Seibald have been with the business since its inception in the ’90s, selling it to Cowen in 2015. TD Bank Group then agreed to acquire Cowen in August 2022. “The

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The TRADE is delighted to announce the shortlisted nominees for the Industry Person of the Year Award 2023. The winner will be decided by a live industry vote at The TRADE’s Leaders in Trading gala awards night on 8 November. Congratulations to this year’s shortlisted nominees!

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The TRADE

APRIL 25, 2024

However, despite this, Joe Collery, head of trading at Comgest endorsed a measured approach whilst speaking at TradeTech earlier this week. With innovation rife across the emerging markets space, it should come as no surprise that plans for further investment are picking up pace.

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The TRADE

JULY 29, 2024

David Kirk is set to join Millennium, following almost three and a half years at Marble Bar Asset Management where he most recently served as a trader, The TRADE understands. Previously he worked as an equities and fixed income trader at James Hambro & Partners and before that as a high touch cash equities trader for Jefferies.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 22, 2025

What has your journey to the trading desk been like? I spent the first 20 years of my career at the global bulge bracket banks, first in investment banking and then on the institutional equity desks, in a cross-asset and special situations role. My day may range from trading liquid US stocks to more illiquid European names.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Asset manager Ninety One has promoted from within for its new deputy global head of trading and head of trading for South Africa, The TRADE can reveal. Former head of trading for South Africa at Ninety One, Doug Blatch, has been selected to support global head of trading at Ninety One, Cathy Gibson, as deputy.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Marex to acquire Cowen’s prime brokerage and outsourced trading business from TD At number ten was a story broken by The TRADE in September, news that Cowen’s prime brokerage and outsourced trading business had been acquired by Marex just six months after TD completed its purchase of the business. He will report to Blatch.

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Peak Frameworks

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The World Trade Organization (WTO ) plays a pivotal role in shaping the global economic landscape. From GATT to WTO The WTO, born out of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) , has been pivotal since its inception in 1995. GATT’s initial role was to regulate international trade post-WWII.

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Growth Business

MARCH 1, 2024

By Dom Walbanke on Growth Business - Your gateway to entrepreneurial success Raising private equity funds is seen as the holy grail for businesses who want to grow quickly, simply because the strength of capital opens the door for rapid growth.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Louis de Kock is set to depart J O Hambro Capital Management in the coming weeks, with Adam Simmons taking over as head of trading, as revealed by The TRADE. Asset manager Ninety One promoted from within for its new deputy global head of trading and head of trading for South Africa. He will report to Blatch.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 8, 2024

Industry stalwart Dan Hinxman joined Bloomberg as head of European credit electronic trading following almost six years as managing director at TP ICAP. Earlier in his career, Hinxman also held senior positions at CME Group before departing in 2015, most recently working as head of sales and commercial development for CME Europe.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Albon has been appointed associate director, senior sales for EMEA electronic trading and program trading, set to join the firm in February next year. She will report to global head of electronic trading and distribution, Jason Rand. She began her career at Newedge in a cash equity trading and sales role.

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The TRADE

JULY 10, 2023

RBC’s co-head of European electronic sales and trading, Bianca Gould, is set to leave the bank after almost three years, as part of streamlining measures. Gould joined RBC Capital Markets in October 2020 to co-lead its European low touch sales and trading business alongside Chris Parker, who has been in the role since 2011.

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The TRADE

JULY 17, 2024

Royal London Asset Management’s (RLAM) trading team is no stranger to change. After moving to a centralised equity dealing desk in 2002, the institution added fixed income to the mix to create a multi-asset offering in 2018. More recently though, RLAM’s trading team has undergone another revamp. It’s too broad.

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InvestmentBank.com

OCTOBER 24, 2019

For the better part of the last decade, physician practices have seen a wave of consolidation by hospitals and private equity with 2018 being no exception [1]. In fact, acquisitions by hospitals and private equity in provider services broke records last year according to Bain & Co’s 2019 global healthcare report.

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Growth Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

By Dom Walbanke on Growth Business - Your gateway to entrepreneurial success It has been a maritime trade hub for centuries, but it’s tech companies in Bristol that are making waves today. The company was founded in 2016 and has raised over £30 million in equity investment since then. #2 million in equity investment to date. #6

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Peak Frameworks

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

FOB is an important concept in trade, as it indicates the conditions under which the buyer/seller is liable for the goods. Historically, FOB was coined to standardize and simplify the responsibilities of buyers and sellers in international trade. A recent example of this would be Tesla's acquisition of Grohmann Engineering in Germany.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

MAY 10, 2023

You’ll learn about the trade-offs of Singapore and other locations in this article. The basic difference is that the international bulge bracket banks tend to be stronger in M&A advisory and weaker in equity and debt capital markets. If you’re in the first group, congrats! 7,200 | U.K.: 1,000 | Singapore: ~170 Hedge Funds: U.S.:

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Sica Fletcher

JULY 1, 2020

Update on Private Equity and Insurance Brokerages In our ,, previous article , we reported that the COVID-19 pandemic had not diminished the pace of mergers and acquisitions transactions we are seeing in the insurance agency and brokerage sector. Dry PE powder had almost doubled since the end of 2015, when it stood at $750 billion.

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Peak Frameworks

MAY 23, 2023

These include the media, trade associations, non-profit organizations, and local communities. For instance, Volkswagen's " Dieselgate " scandal in 2015, where the carmaker was found to have cheated on emission tests, is a case in point. Stakeholders can also be categorized as voluntary or involuntary.

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Peak Frameworks

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The oil price drop in 2015-2016, for example, forced many firms to adjust their budgets to the new market reality. This is especially true in the high-stakes realms of Private Equity, Investment Banking, and Corporate Finance. These sectors have developed specialized budgeting techniques tailored to their unique challenges and goals.

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Cooley M&A

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The sale of a publicly traded company in the US will generally require the approval of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the company’s outstanding shares as a precondition to the sale’s completion. [5] of the transaction’s equity value. [15]. Voting agreements in public M&A transactions. Stockholder litigation.

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Growth Business

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

In November 2015 they launched the Edge Creative Enterprise Fund, a £40m fund with backing from the British Business Bank. Regions covered: Europe and UK Fund size: £135m Types of funding round: Growth equity Investment range: €5m – €20m Sectors interested in: B2B and B2C No.

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Growth Business

AUGUST 22, 2023

This valuation is either achieved through an equity financing round or via financial performance indicators. 2 – Revolut Value: $27.8bn Founded: 2015 What do they do? Fintech Bio: Founded in 2015, Revolut started off offering money transfer and exchange. 8 – Monzo Value: $4.5bn Founded: 2015 What do they do?

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Cleary M&A and Corporate Governance Watch

MAY 10, 2023

Furthermore, as is customary, the provision only restricted a trade to an investor who was known to be on the SharkWatch list. Notably, the terms of the Stockholders’ Agreement that were most at issue in this case are generally customary for significant equity investments and are seen in many PIPE transactions. 3d 304 (Del.

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Cooley M&A

JULY 9, 2021

Panera Bread was a publicly traded company that JAB Holdings B.V. 26, 2015), the court found that plaintiffs had not waived their appraisal rights because the controlling stockholder did not strictly adhere to the terms of the stockholders’ agreement. took private in 2017 for $315/share. 1] In Halpin v. Riverstone Nat’l, Inc.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 21, 2023

This realisation became one of the catalysts which has sparked more of an acceptance of outsourcing parts of the trading desk among buy-side firms, something which many once considered – though some still do – an unthinkable concept. Outsourced trading is no longer a taboo topic. It’s no longer all or nothing.

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Cooley M&A

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Carve out tech acquisitions also continued to be attractive to strategic and private equity buyers, with GTCR’s acquisition of a majority stake in Worldpay from FIS for up to $18.5 Private equity activity accounted for only 27% of tech M&A in 2023, a six-year low (and a substantial decrease from the 2021 record of 36%).

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The TRADE

MARCH 3, 2025

Before that, Braunstein served as chief information officer at E-Trade, where he developed an options trading platform. Most recently, Visconti served as head of EMEA equities market structure and market connectivity, overseeing Barclays equities low latency market access to EMEA trading venues and liquidity providers.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 23, 2024

FIS acquires post-trade platform Torstone Technology Coming in at number 10 in our 2024 most read countdown was a major merger and acquisition scoop announced at the start of the year. As revealed by The TRADE and sister publication Global Custodian in February, fintech giant acquired SaaS post-trade platform Torstone Technology.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 20, 2025

Following almost ten years at ING bank, market structure expert Stephane Malrait joined Etrading Software as chair of its industry stakeholder group (ISG) on the consolidated tape (CT), as revealed by The TRADE. Before that, he served as a Fidessa cash equities business analyst at HSBC Global Banking and Markets.

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The TRADE

MARCH 31, 2025

Liontrusts chief commercial officer and former head of trading, Matt McLoughlin, left the UK-based asset manager after 10 years, The TRADE revealed. His departure followed news broken by The TRADE in January that Liontrust was exploring outsourcing its trading to BNY.

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The TRADE

MARCH 25, 2025

Liontrusts chief commercial officer and former head of trading, Matt McLoughlin, has left the UK-based asset manager after 10 years, The TRADE can reveal. McLoughlin declined to comment when approached by The TRADE. McLoughlin was recognised as one of The TRADEs Rising Stars of Trading and Execution in 2016.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 13, 2025

Following almost ten years at ING bank, market structure expert Stephane Malrait has joined Etrading Software as chair of its industry stakeholder group (ISG) on the consolidated tape (CT), The TRADE can reveal. Before joining ING in 2015, he spent eight years at Socit Gnrale, most recently working as global head of FIC eCommerce.

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Focus Investment Banking

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

McKessons acquisition of PRISM Vision Group is an important milestone for private equitys investments in optometry practices. At the same time, there has always been uncertainty about the ultimate home for these assets, since private equity does not keep its investments forever.

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