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Commodity Hedge Funds: The Most Lucrative “Hidden Gem” in Finance?

Mergers and Inquisitions

If you want to work in the most cyclical role in the finance industry, it’s hard to beat commodity hedge funds. Many of the largest hedge funds put commodity trading within their global macro strategies , but plenty of smaller funds, banks, and desks make it a separate category or focus on commodities within their macro strategies.

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LiquidityBook acquires Messer to boost multi-asset capabilities

The TRADE

Jonathan Cross, general manager of EMEA at LiquidityBook, said: “Our clients range from start-up hedge funds and large, established asset managers to broker-dealers, outsourced trading desks and software vendors.

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Liquidnet to imminently roll out derivatives predicted volume curve and suite price analytics

The TRADE

“The pre trade analytics are a very useful means by which clients can assess the quality of a block price,” the global head of listed derivatives at Liquidnet, Mike du Plessis, tells The TRADE. “They can choose not to trade on block and actually aggress the order book directly if that seems to be a better option at the point of trade.

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A new chapter for RBC BlueBay Asset Management’s London-based fixed income trading desk

The TRADE

UK-based boutique fixed income trading desk BlueBay Asset Management is beginning a new chapter in its life. The move has opened up swathes of synergy opportunities for the pure fixed income asset manager, with its traders now working directly alongside RBC BlueBay Asset Management’s equities desk.

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Leaders in Trading 2023: Meet the nominees for… Outstanding Innovation in Fixed Income

The TRADE

FlexTrade Systems Over the past 12 months, multi-asset execution and order management systems provider, FlexTrade has made gone from strength to strength in this space, continually developing its offering to better meet the needs of the market.

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Leaders in Trading 2023: Meet the nominees for… Outstanding Market Data Provider

The TRADE

BMLL Technologies BMLL provides its clients – banks, brokers, asset managers, hedge funds, global exchange groups, academic institutions and regulators immediate and flexible access to Level 3, harmonised, T+1 historical order book data and advanced pre- and post-trade analytics at scale.

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Wealth Management vs. Investment Banking: Career Deathmatch

Mergers and Inquisitions

.” Interviews are broader than IB interviews and require knowledge of asset allocation, economics, and and financial markets, but far less specific technical knowledge. However, the “sales shift” starts much earlier in wealth management , as it’s pretty much a sales job from Day 1 (with some analytical work mixed in).