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Artemis Investment Management outsources equities and derivatives trading to Northern Trust

The TRADE

UK-based asset manager Artemis has selected Northern Trust to provide outsourced trading services for its equities and derivatives activity, effective January 2025. Northern Trust will support all trading activity for Artemis’ equity funds under management and all related over-the-counter and exchange-traded derivatives.

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Franklin Templeton taps BlackRock’s Aladdin for OMS

The TRADE

Investment manager Franklin Templeton has become the latest buy-sider to integrate BlackRock’s flagship order management platform, Aladdin. The transition will begin in Q2 2025 and will be made up of phases over several years. Aladdin supports the entire investment management process across asset classes.

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BNP Paribas to pay €5.1 billion for AXA Investment Managers in trillion-dollar asset management JV

The TRADE

BNP Paribas has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of AXA Investment Managers – representing around €850 million in assets under management – for just over €5 billion. The deal is set to include an agreement for BNP Paribas’ long term management of a large part of AXA’s assets.

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The Thursday T+1 trading conundrum

The TRADE

The shift to T+1 in the US can largely be described as a success – affirmation rates remain comfortably high, fail rates have stayed reasonably low and FX trades don’t appear to have shifted to bilateral settlement as feared. Depending on the day of the week or the settlement cycle used it’ll be more expensive to trade.”

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Trader of the Year Hedge Fund: Conversant Capital’s David Alfred

The TRADE

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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GAM shares turnaround plan to return to profitability

The TRADE

The immediate focus for the business is set to be investing in client service and portfolio management, specifically hiring in senior sales and distribution team members focused on Europe and the UK, as well as investment managers for both the luxury brands and credit opportunities strategies.

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What kind of startups are VCTs looking to invest in?

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However, he points out that VCTs still outperform VCs when it comes to attracting investment by proportion. A VCT is a company whose shares trade on the stock market and aims to make money by investing in rapid-growth companies. What kind of startups do VCTs want to invest in? What is a VCT?