The TRADE

JULY 15, 2024

Most recently, he served as equity and derivatives trader, vice president at SSGA, focused on the EMEA region, having joined the desk in December 2016. He also previously served as managing director at both American Express Bank International and Deutsche Bank, Argentina. Following his departure he is set to join Barclays Capital.

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The TRADE

MARCH 4, 2024

Atkins joined Redburn Atlantic in 2004 as a sales trader having previously served for eight years at Morgan Grenfell and two years at Marathon Asset Management. Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) promoted one of its own to the role of head of US equity and foreign exchange trading.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 22, 2024

Imogen Hepsworth has been appointed to the desk at the London-headquartered asset manager after spending the last four and a half years at MarketAxess in a facilitation trading role. He joined the asset manager after most recently serving as a vice president in equity trading at Cantor Fitzgerald in London and New York.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 29, 2024

Elsewhere, Sherlock most recently served in a European equity sales role since 2021. Hepsworth was appointed to the desk at the London-headquartered asset manager after spending the last four and a half years at MarketAxess in a facilitation trading role.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Elsewhere in her career, Sueng – one of The TRADE’s Rising Stars in 2019 – worked in fixed income sales at both Tullet Prebon and Newedge as well as previously serving in fixed income performance analyst roles at Amundi and Societe Generale Asset Management. Bernstein, also working as an equity trader.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Luke Holmes, head of equity sales trading, US clients at Kepler Cheuvreux left the firm after five years, as revealed by The TRADE. Holmes joined Kepler in 2019 having previously served in equity sales trading roles at Sanford C. Janus Henderson Investors appointed Francesca Alesi as a junior equity trader, based in London.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Almost two thirds (63%) of buy-side equity market participants believe outsourced desks would result in improved execution quality and trade performance when trading across regions, according to new research from Coalition Greenwich. These most recent findings therefore demonstrate a huge leap in terms of market opinion.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 18, 2024

Derivatives exchange Eurex will expand its equity-index linked product suite with futures on Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) indices. Our offering will certainly appeal to new user groups that have stricter ESG mandates and need to invest responsibly, such as asset managers who invest on behalf of endowment funds or foundations.”

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The TRADE

AUGUST 12, 2024

He was previously head of international trading analytics and strategy at Vanguard, having joined in 2019. His new role will see Robert take charge of the firm’s market structure content and “provide key regulatory insights to assist clients in navigating the complexities of the equities trading ecosystem”.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 17, 2024

In 2019, Nutting was nominated by her industry peers as one of The TRADE’s Rising Stars of Trading and Execution, and just four years later, she was shortlisted for The TRADE’s coveted Buy-side Trader of the Year Award. In 2016, I joined a small European long/short firm as a fund manager’s assistant and trader.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Samuel Henderson, EMEA equities head trader, Invesco   I predict we will see increased flows into international equities and active management coming back into vogue amidst a rise in earnings and macro volatility. This has been a voluntary adoption, not driven by a regulatory mandate.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

She joined Instinet Europe in 2019 as managing director and head of execution sales, her current role where she is responsible for the growth of new and existing client revenue. He served in a variety of senior equities roles until his most recent one as global head of equity strategy and head of equities for EMEA.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Ask anyone interested in distressed debt hedge funds for “the pitch,” and they’ll probably mention one of the following: “It’s like long/short equity or credit , but more interesting!” Distressed investing offers equity-like returns with lower risk.” Distressed assets offer non-correlated returns, similar to global macro.”

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 4, 2023

He re-joined the agency only broker-dealer after also previously serving as a director for almost three years from 2019 to 2022. Previously in his career, McMahon worked as a centralised dealer at Bank of Ireland Asset Management, working on the multi-asset global trading desk.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Goldman Sachs’ chief operating officer for EMEA equity execution services Eleanor Beasley took home the Industry Person of the Year Award last night at The TRADE’s annual glittering awards gala. Beasley joined Goldman Sachs to manage its new-look market structure team in 2019.

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The TRADE

JUNE 5, 2023

Jenkins has been head of trading at Polar Capital for three and a half years, joining in 2019 after serving with Highbridge Capital Management for five years as its head of European trading. Previously in her career she spent several years at Cantor Fitzgerald and Virtu Financial in equity sales trading roles.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

JANUARY 31, 2024

Also, most of its outperformance came from strong results in 2004 – 2010, which is why it struggled and lost AUM and investor support in the 2011 – 2019 period. By contrast, a top multi-manager hedge fund would post more consistent results but probably wouldn’t outperform the S&P by 5% annually over 14 years.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Finding fixed income After spending three months as a trading assistant intern at PPM America, Raymond landed his first permanent buy-side position, joining UBS Asset Management as an operations assistant in 2003. Equities was already a globalised product and in 2021, LGIM opted to globalise its fixed income product offering.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 9, 2024

The active investment manager specialises in emerging and frontier markets trading across fixed income, credit and specialist equities. At the helm of the team is global head of trading Cathy Gibson who oversees trading across the asset manager’s offices in London, the US, Asia Pacific and South Africa.

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Software Equity Group

APRIL 24, 2024

2019 saw 49 SaaS acquisitions in the manufacturing/industrial space, compared to 67 in 2023. Historically, strategic buyers have dominated the space, conducting the majority of transactions each year from 2019 to 2021. These transformative technologies run across various software domains, including ERP , EAM, MES, QMS, and SCM.

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The Deal

AUGUST 9, 2023

Sandell Asset Management and Marcato Capital, two members of the SharkWatch 50, were closed in 2019, The Deal previously reported. of outstanding equity shares. The SEC didn’t respond to a request for comment. Zabel also suggested that the 13D disclosure proposal conflicts with SEC rules for hostile bidders.

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The Deal

JULY 24, 2023

The list, for instance, lists zero assets for Elliott, and two other prominent activists, TCI Fund Management Ltd. Sandell Asset Management and Marcato Capital, two members of the SharkWatch 50, were closed in 2019, The Deal previously reported. of outstanding equity shares.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 7, 2024

The responses included views from 45 buy-side equities market participants across the US and Europe, of which 28% expect their firms to ‘at least consider’ adding an outsourced provider over the next two years. At that time, the last thing that a trader wanted to hear about was the wonderful attributes of outsourcing.

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Peak Frameworks

OCTOBER 30, 2023

These charges were in the spotlight in 2019 when U.S. 2019 was a notable year for trading, especially for banks like J.P. Asset Management and Private Banking While most of us are familiar with regular banking services, there's a high-end segment dedicated to the uber-rich and institutional investors.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Meanwhile, with regards to equities, revenue deriving from prime brokerage compared to trading shifted from a 30% versus 70% ratio a decade ago, to 40% to 60% in 2023. Dominic Rieb-Smith, managing director, international head, prime services sales, JP Morgan, refers to the past year as “a standout”. billion in 2023.

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The TRADE

MAY 1, 2024

Papanichola then re-joined the industry in 2007 for a brief stint on Barclays’ proprietary trading desk before serving in a series of head of trading roles at hedge funds Perry Capital, Centaurus Capital and P Squared Asset Management. A hybrid role Bluebell has a small but punchy refit.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 21, 2023

For some asset managers and hedge funds, the seemingly impossible notion of all traders not physically sitting together on a centralised desk and communicating face-to-face was all but wiped away overnight as the hybrid working setup was forcibly tested and passed with flying colours.

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Software Equity Group

OCTOBER 29, 2024

billion (2019): This acquisition enhanced Salesforce’s workforce optimization tools, leveraging predictive AI and IoT features—an area that FSM Software companies can’t afford to ignore. Consider these notable examples: Salesforce’s Acquisition of ClickSoftware for $1.35

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