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State Street Global Advisors equity trader and VP departs

The TRADE

Most recently, Corbyn served as equity and derivatives trader, vice president at SSGA, focused on the EMEA region, having joined the desk in December 2016. Rikki Corbyn has left State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) following 11 and a half years with the firm, The TRADE has learnt.

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People Moves Monday: SSGA, Citi, Clear Street and more…

The TRADE

He joins Barclays after almost 12 years with SSGA, originally joining the firm in 2013 in a trade support role before moving into an equity and derivatives trading role in 2016. Previously in his career, he undertook several banking, capital markets, and portfolio management internships across PwC, KPMG UK, BlackRock, and Jefferies.

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MarketAxess and Investortools partner on municipal bond offering

The TRADE

He added: “[it] gives our clients the ability to measure SMA portfolio construction in days instead of months while adding alpha through an STP user experience.” MarketAxess and Investortools integrated the former’s Municipal Bond Platform within the Investortools Perform and Smart portfolio management systems back in 2016.

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People Moves Monday: Weekly roundup

The TRADE

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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Chasing innovation on Robeco’s global equity trading desk: ‘In order to stay good, we need to become better’

The TRADE

“In the end, the efficiency that we hoped to reach with having one desk was not realised and therefore we said we want to focus on one specific asset class with dedicated equity traders, fixed income traders and FX traders,” says head of equity trading and operational portfolio management at Robeco, Robbert Wijgerse. “We

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What is Value at Risk (VaR)? Definition and Basics

Peak Frameworks

Example: In assessing the impact of Brexit in 2016 , many firms employed Monte Carlo simulations to understand the myriad of potential outcomes and their effects on portfolios. Monte Carlo Simulation: Generates a vast number of potential economic scenarios using random value generation.

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A closer look at restricted currency execution and custody

The TRADE

When you look at some of the larger currency control moves such as Malaysia in 2016 or Argentina in 2019, they have certainly placed more eyes on internal processes and external offerings.