The TRADE

JUNE 10, 2024

Alex Livingstone, formerly head of trading for ETFs and FX at Titan Asset Management, joined Titan Investment Solutions as a junior portfolio manager and trader. He will also be involved in the ongoing management of the Titan Hybrid Capital, Core Credit, and Short Duration IG income funds.

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The TRADE

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Ryan O’Connor has left Goldman Sachs Asset Management and is set to join ETF provider Global X ETFs as chief executive on 8 April. He most recently served as global head of ETF product, having initially joined Goldman Sachs Asset Management back in 2017 to build out the US fund strategist model portfolio business.

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The TRADE

MAY 1, 2024

Some 83% of asset managers plan to change product strategy in the next two years, a new survey from Northern Trust has found, emphasising the need to cater to diverse investor needs. Technology appears to be at the heart of that change, with 77% planning to leverage new tech within the same timeframe.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

The service also supports key regulatory initiatives including EMIR, CSDR and the Securities Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR), with the aim to help promote transparency, market integrity and the competitiveness of European capital markets. “We

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The TRADE

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The deal will further bolster FIS’ capital markets technology offering, having acquired SunGard in a major deal back in 2015. trillion asset manager Franklin Templeton outsourcing its entire global transfer agency (TA) operations to FinTech FIS.

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Accenture Capital Markets

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The year ahead will be busy for institutional investors and pension funds as they navigate political turbulence and speculations around when the economic cycle will shift. The industry is rethinking how to manage the generation, storage, transformation, usage and retirement of both structured and unstructured data.

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Accenture Capital Markets

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

According to the cyber crime study, an asset management firm could spend more than $17 million per year on charges relating to managing and recovering from incidents. The overriding question explored in the research: Are businesses allocating their funds wisely to fight cyber crime? 1] Accenture, Ponemon Institute, LLC.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 8, 2024

His experience also encompasses hedge fund related roles, including futures and options trading and work on a fixed income desk. RBC BlueBay Asset Management equity trader, Michael Tamou, left the asset manager to join Qube Research & Technologies (QRT).

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The TRADE

JULY 24, 2023

RBC Capital Markets appointed Giles Gleave and Mike Heraty as its newest managing directors, according to an internal memo seen by The TRADE. He has been appointed senior trader at Norges Bank Investment Management, based in New York.

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The TRADE

APRIL 10, 2024

Start-up bond trading platform LedgerEdge shuttered three years after its establishment due to “an extremely challenging funding environment”, the organisation confirmed.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 11, 2024

As part of the expansion, FIS has extended its FIS’ Cleared Derivatives (CD) platform – historically used by clearing members – to buy-side firms including hedge funds, asset managers and insurance companies, allowing them to access trading venues and clearing houses directly, which can help reduce counterparty risk and free up capital.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 26, 2024

What is the future outlook for AI use across capital markets? This year the market will see more generative AI use-cases go from pilots to production. Throughout 2023, we saw generative AI experimentation across the capital markets ecosystem. How is the industry adjusting to the increasing prevalence of the cloud?

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Razorpay

AUGUST 9, 2023

Fundraising Merchant banking helps businesses raise funds from the public by issuing shares and debentures, rights issues of shares, preferential allotment of shares, private placement of shares and debentures, and other instruments. This service helps companies to raise the required funds from the public.

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Accenture Capital Markets

JANUARY 22, 2024

As the name suggests, these are fixed-income financial instruments issued specifically to fund projects that generate positive environmental and/or climate benefits. Investor appetite for such investments is rapidly increasing, as banks, asset managers and large corporates all seek ways to invest in sustainability.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 27, 2023

“One of the key reasons Singapore is an attractive market is it’s pretty well positioned, as it shares the same time zone as Hong Kong,” Gerard Walsh, global head of capital markets client solutions at Northern Trust, told The TRADE.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

“The strengthening of Abu Dhabi’s dynamic capital market will serve to support the long-term sustainable growth of the UAE economy and the exchange will continue to explore partnerships that support both regional and global connectivity as well as a deeper and more liquid market.”

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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.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

For the right person, though, fixed income research can be even better than equity research, whether you’re at a bank, an asset management firm, a hedge fund, or a credit rating agency: Table of Contents: What is Fixed Income Research? closer to the work at a quant fund ).

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Previously in his career, he spent almost a decade at the asset manager in an equity trading role until 2006 and later spent nearly four years at SEB. The sell-side equities specialist joined Coinbase’s institutional team last July, focused on leading the business’ efforts in hedge fund sales for EMEA.

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The TRADE

JULY 11, 2023

“We therefore welcome the FCA’s commitment to start immediate engagement with the market to inform any rule changes on removing the requirement to unbundle research costs by the first half of next year. This will ensure we are better able to fund quality research into the new Silicon Valley sectors.”

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The Deal

JULY 18, 2023

That’s made these firms more attractive to sponsors and sellers, giving the asset class an upper hand in setting buyout terms. “Credit funds have become the go-to for financing—they can cut big checks and raise money with relative ease with a track record,” said Joe Stein , managing director at Solomon Partners.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The ‘one thing after another’ era was a thorn in the side for a segment that is particularly sensitive to market forces impacting its clients’ appetites for lending and other prime services. From our cap intro team, we’re certainly seeing from the allocator community renewed interest in hedge funds.” billion in 2023.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 7, 2024

Outsourced trading, though undoubtedly a contentious topic, is something that has been around in capital markets for decades in some form or another. As larger funds utilise the service, other groups such as sovereign wealth and platform providers are becoming increasingly involved. were in $50-100 billion and another 2.5%

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The TRADE

AUGUST 4, 2023

There are pockets within the digital asset ecosystem where inroads are being made, primarily with respect to tokenisation. Although I think that the greatest potential is probably withthe hedge fund and the asset manager clients.

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The TRADE

APRIL 10, 2024

Buy-side cover interview – Keeping ESG commercial Annabel Smith sits down with head of trading at activist hedge fund Bluebell Capital Partners, Pete Papanichola, to explore his path to activist investing and the importance of keeping ESG investment initiatives commercial to ensure their continued success.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 7, 2023

We can’t just rely on our houses, pension funds, and saving plans anymore.” It’s in people’s DNA to invest in capital markets in the US. It’s part of creating their financial future – not relying on pension funds is important. Dirk Donker added: “Covid has been a main accelerator for retail.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 3, 2024

And what happens if the floodgates truly open with the arrival of the $100 billion funds? The narrative of the service being used solely by smaller hedge funds has been replaced by suggestions that outsourced trading is gathering pace among larger fund managers.

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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. The global head of capital markets at German asset manager DWS, Keshava Shastry, has left the business, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 22, 2024

“In a period when jurisdictions are aiming to demonstrate and boost the competitiveness of their capital markets, the ecosystem’s ability to enact a fast but orderly transition to T+1 settlement is crucial,” the IA concluded. The paper outlines a range of considerations across the UK, EU and Switzerland.

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The TRADE

JULY 6, 2023

Speaking to the key considerations for the European buy-side community, Susan Yavari, regulatory policy advisor – capital markets at European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) highlighted that identifying potential pain points is the overarching focus.

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The TRADE

JUNE 23, 2023

EU asset managers, banks and brokers are urging policy markets not to succumb to pressure that could potentially lead to suboptimal outcomes in the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Mifid/r) review.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The pandemic marked a seminal moment across the capital markets, effectively drawing a line between the old world and the new. And soon, it may no longer be just a service that applies to smaller fund managers. Hedge fund launches now often choose outsourced trading over building their own capabilities.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Improved post-trade efficiencies and initial regulatory leniency will hopefully make this an easier pill to swallow but funding costs and liquidity impacts are yet to be realised. Despite the ongoing uncertainty for participants, 2024 promises to be another eventful year for Pan-European market structure.

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The TRADE

APRIL 30, 2024

These regulations have significantly impacted the operations and behaviour of financial institutions, contributing to greater stability, transparency, and accountability in global financial markets. New rules have impacted almost every financial firm, ranging from banks to asset managers.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The highly anticipated award for Trader of the Year – Long Only went to Chris Fiorito of River Road Asset Management. Meanwhile, the award for Trader of the Year – Hedge Fund was given to David Alfred of Conversant Capital. Rowe Price was awarded Fixed Income Trading Desk of the Year.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Central clearing will play a key role in this debate, which will be essential for advancing the region’s capital markets, and we look forward to Emir 3.0 This conversation is especially relevant as cross-border transactions grow in volume and as asset managers expand their investment in international markets.

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The TRADE

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

The aim is to make the CT a successful and viable tool for EU Capital Markets [] from a users point of view, said the firms.

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