The TRADE

JUNE 5, 2023

Polar Capital’s head of trading Alex Jenkins has left the boutique hedge fund to join rival Millennium later this year, The TRADE can reveal. Her new title is unconfirmed; however, The TRADE understands that it is not a trading role. The post People Moves Monday: Shifts in the trading space appeared first on The TRADE.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 2, 2024

Eric Heliene, head of buy-side trading desk, Groupama Asset Management  The intensification of financial regulation is a fundamental trend transforming the asset management ecosystem. We also expect to see a heightened demand for the pan-European clearing model, which we pioneered in cash equities, in other asset classes.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 9, 2024

The London-based trading team at Ninety One has a very particular set of skills. The active investment manager specialises in emerging and frontier markets trading across fixed income, credit and specialist equities. Ninety One’s trading team consists of 17 globally with six – soon to be seven – based in London.

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The TRADE

JULY 12, 2024

Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management has appointed Regine Wiedmann as head of distribution for the DACH region. She will report directly to Marie Jacot, global head of distribution at Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management, and will be based between Frankfurt and Geneva.

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The TRADE

JULY 15, 2024

Rikki Corbyn left State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) following 11 and a half years with the firm, The TRADE learnt. He also previously served as managing director at both American Express Bank International and Deutsche Bank, Argentina. Before that, she co-founded Vicenda Asset Management in Zug, Switzerland.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The annual Leaders i n Trading gala is the most distinguished awards night for the trading community. Among the most coveted awards categories is the Editors’ Choice Awards and today we bring you the 2023 nominees for Outstanding Post-Trade Services Provider.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

MARCH 8, 2023

But a few related areas, such as commodity desks at banks, commodity trading advisors (CTAs), and physical commodity trading shops could put up a good fight for that “most cyclical” title. We should also step back and define “commodities” and “commodity trading” since they’re massive areas.

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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. Outsourced trading is no longer a taboo topic.

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The TRADE

APRIL 17, 2024

Global asset manager Robeco leverages a low touch and high touch trading team that spans across three continents. And, like most asset managers across the street, its global equity trading desk plays host to a variety of characters, each bringing their own individual string to the wider team’s bow.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Jupiter Asset Management has signed a five-year deal with asset management software provider Room Zero in order to optimise its operations across the business. The move comes as the asset manager seeks to better meet its clients’ needs and streamline operations.

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The TRADE

MAY 14, 2024

Erste Asset Management, part of Erste Group Bank, has become the latest European client to join Clearwater Analytics’ buy-side community. The development will see Clearwater aggregate multi-asset client investment data, help increase asset flows and improve client service. “We

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The TRADE

JULY 17, 2023

Around-the-clock (24/7) trading is something we already see in the foreign exchange markets and the growing cryptocurrency landscape. Some exchanges do offer pre-market and after-hours trading sessions, where limited trading activity occurs outside regular trading hours. Already in EMEA, we have six valid trading days.

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The TRADE

MAY 30, 2023

TS Imagine has expanded its team in the Asia Pacific with two new appointments from investment management fintech Enfusion. Stephanie Cheung has been appointed sales director, while An Hoong will work within the account management team, responsible for technical account management and client support.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 6, 2024

Saphyre’s technology manages the onboarding and maintenance of custody, broker trading, and buy-side accounts. The benefits of using the Saphyre platform will continue from the start of a new fund through settlement after every trade execution.” Saphyre won the Fintech of the Year Award at Leaders in Trading 2023.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 28, 2023

Elsewhere, Irwin spent almost six years at Nordic universal bank Nordea, most recently serving as senior dealer – foreign exchange sales and trading. Pictet Asset Management appointed Jade Beckmann as an equity trader. Elsewhere, Clare Forster has been appointed as global head of business management and strategic delivery.

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The TRADE

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

What are the costs associated with opening a North American FX trading desk? Each trader will need a terminal depending on the trading platform being used, which carries a considerable cost. All of that is the bare minimum set up and the cost of those items are necessary when considering opening a trading desk.

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The TRADE

JUNE 28, 2024

One prominent asset manager stated in the conversation that it still has a war room in place because “we’re now into an index rebalancing cycle, with Russell coming up it will be the highest volume of trading activity on the street – it is every single year – on 28 June.”.

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The TRADE

JULY 1, 2024

He is currently on gardening leave set to join ODDO in the coming months, The TRADE understands. Griffin originally joined Kepler in 2016 as its head of portfolio and electronic sales trading, later assuming his most recent role as head of market structure and liquidity solutions in 2022.

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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. Alesi joined the asset manager from GSA Capital, where she spent the last two years.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Currently, FX swaps account for more than half of total daily FX turnover and are the most traded instrument (in excess of $3.8 The post LMAX Group acquires FX HedgePool appeared first on The TRADE. trillion per day).

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Grasso joined FlexTrade last year after three and a half years at Bloomberg, also with a buy-side OMS focus, most recently serving as an account manager for its AIM solution. Previously he also served across ANIMA Asset Management and Mediobanca.

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The TRADE

JUNE 19, 2023

BlackRock promoted Dean Catton to take the helm for its European credit business after spending the last two years as its head of European leveraged finance trading for its alternatives business. Previously in his career, he spent several years in credit trading roles at StormHarbour Securities, UBS and Elgin Capital.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Huttman told The TRADE: “Hedging is a well telegraphed programme that you can do when there is heightened uncertainty elsewhere,” asserting that demonstrably many are not trading FX out of a particular desire to do so, but rather out of need.

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The TRADE

MAY 24, 2024

The onus is now on these providers to alleviate any workflow issues that may arise for buy-side firms looking to trade around the time of the cut offs – of which there are many. The idea that more trades might be settled bilaterally also increases the counterparty risk that regulators have been looking to avoid across the industry.

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OfficeHours

MAY 24, 2023

If you would like a leg up in the recruiting process, consider pursuing courses that focus on finance, accounting, statistics, mathematics, engineering, and economics. Investment banking hiring managers are looking for students who have high GPAs for what they signal about the candidate. investment banking, private equity , VC, etc.)

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Razorpay

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

In this blog, we will explore essential best practices that can help merchants safeguard their clients’ investments and ensure a secure trading environment. Transaction Alerts and Notifications Sending real-time alerts for all account activities, including logins, trades, and withdrawals, is a crucial step toward fraud prevention.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Grasso joined FlexTrade last year after three and a half years at Bloomberg, also with a buy-side OMS focus, most recently serving as an account manager for its AIM solution. Previously he also served across ANIMA Asset Management and Mediobanca.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 4, 2023

As part of the acquisition, Bryan Messer has been appointed general manager of Asia Pacific, managing director of portfolio management solutions and artificial intelligence at LiquidityBook, with his staff also joining. In addition, the accounting and reconciliation engines of Messer Financial Software will be integrated.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

DECEMBER 6, 2023

They do this by setting up entire teams (“pods”) for specific sectors, having each team learn their stocks or other securities in-depth, and then trading frequently based on catalysts and changes in investor sentiment. It’s more about “trading” and less about investing (but this could be a pro for the right person).

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 6, 2023

We need good, consistent data sets in order to build logic to automate and make informed decisions,” said Martin Hendry, deputy head of trading at Liontrust Asset Management. A trader will no longer have to step outside of all these different screens and can instead focus on the trading,” added Loggia.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

JULY 19, 2023

And if you are interested in this strategy, should you even target hedge funds, or would a long-only asset management firm be better? And if you are interested in long-only investing, should you target asset management firms instead? This second trade would be much less likely at a long-only asset management firm.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Elsewhere in his career, Chalkley served as a European government bond, inflation and absolute return fund manager at BlackRock. Tourmaline Partners hired three new seasoned financial markets executives as managing directors to help strengthen its global trading capabilities.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

The TRADE reported on 14 August that the testing period for the shift to T+1 settlement in the US had officially begun. Many of the chief concerns revolve around FX trades which are typically executed after an equity trade has been matched and executed and subsequently will be under increased time pressure.

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The TRADE

JULY 1, 2024

Before that, he served as vice president and relationship manager for JP Morgan’s priority asset manager clients. Wilkes began his career as an account manager at Targetbase Claydon Heeley and also held a senior analyst position at Goldman Sachs.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Read more – The Outsourced Trading Handbook 2023 Finally, the important aspect of data was addressed, specifically its role in model risk management and the potential for AI to affect risk through sample bias, model drift, and the black box effect.

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The TRADE

JULY 30, 2024

In recent years, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have undergone significant evolution, shifting from simple passive investment instruments to more versatile tools that help reinforce a range of strategies. However, huge disparities exist between trading volumes in the US and Pan-European markets. In Europe, ETFs accounted for $782.9

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The TRADE

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

What strategies are asset managers employing to pre-fund accounts and what are the associated challenges and costs? The banks are hesitant to skew or show aggressive skews so it’ll be interesting to see how the trading works out. In addition, related to overnight trading, is mobile trading.

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