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

JANUARY 26, 2024

Andrew Jackson Vontobel Asset Management has appointed ex-Credit Suisse senior executive Andrew Jackson, as its new head of fixed income, replacing Simon Lue-Fong who is departing after three years in the role. A spokesperson told The TRADE that Jackson will oversee a team of 39 investment professionals in his new role.

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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. Polar Capital confirmed Jenkins’ departure, while Millennium declined to comment.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 20, 2024

Northern Trust has been selected to provide outsourced trading to global asset manager Nedgroup Investments via its Integrated Trading Solutions (ITS). Amy Thorne Specifically, Northern Trust will support Nedgroup with its new in-house multi-boutique fixed income platform.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 9, 2023

For Sharon Ruffles, head of fixed income trading for EMEA and Asia Pacific at State Street Global Advisors, the beauty of fixed income lies in how much one day can vary from the next. She began her trading career on an all-female trading desk, and says it was watching the world’s news play out in the markets that drew her to trading. “I

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The TRADE

JUNE 12, 2023

Citi appointed Leo Arduini as interim head of FX, effectively immediately, according to an internal memo seen by The TRADE. According to the internal memo seen by The TRADE, the bank is conducting a search for a permanent head of FX, with the expectation to fill the position in the coming weeks.

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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

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Greg Finke joined the boutique asset manager after just over a year at Rothschild & Co as a senior investment dealer covering equities. Prior to joining Rothschild in January 2023, Finke spent nearly five years at Marathon Asset Management as a global equity trader covering equities and FX.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Distressed Debt Hedge Funds Definition: Distressed debt hedge funds buy and sell debt that is trading at a steep discount to face value, such as 40%+, and make money by betting on changes in the price of this debt or using it to gain influence in a restructuring or bankruptcy process.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 3, 2024

The service provider landscape for outsourced trading is made up of an eclectic mix of firms. Boutique independents and the largest financial services providers co-exist in this burgeoning space which has some elements of comradery and others of fierce rivalry.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 4, 2023

LiquidityBook is set to acquire boutique capital markets fintech provider, Messer Financial Software, in a bid to accelerate its multi-asset capabilities. With regard to our buy-side clients, and especially newer or smaller funds, time and again we hear their need to shadow their fund admins or manage their own books and records. “The

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Mergers and Inquisitions

MARCH 27, 2024

run them, but so do many elite boutiques (Lazard, Evercore, PJT, etc.), Outside of IB, various asset managers, hedge funds, consulting firms, and trading firms also run some type of spring week program, but we’re focusing on banking here. All the bulge bracket banks in the U.K.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

JANUARY 10, 2024

.” Interviews are broader than IB interviews and require knowledge of asset allocation, economics, and and financial markets, but far less specific technical knowledge. Even hedge fund and asset management roles are unlikely unless you’ve had a lot of experience analyzing individual companies or doing very technical analysis.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

JANUARY 22, 2025

Traditionally, banks gave away equity research reports for free to incentivize large clients to trade with the bank. Therefore, equity research generated revenue indirectly via trading commissions , but it was still considered a front-office role due to the compensation, interaction with managers and investors, and exit opportunities.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Northern Trusts Integrated Trading Solutions (ITS) outsourced trading desk has confirmed that it is set to be supporting Stockholm-based fund company Avanza Fonder. As part of the development, Northern Trust will provide outsourced trading primarily for Avanza Fonders global, emerging market, European and US equity market index funds.

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The TRADE

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

It really depends on how those how those big asset pools structure themselves, but we can foresee certain areas in the future where an asset manager and a very large buy-side pool will collaborate on a bespoke index.

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