The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

BlackRock selected a former FlexTrade order management system pre-sales specialist for a solutions engineering role on its flagship Aladdin platform. 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.

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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. According to an update on his social media, Cain joined Millennium from Segantii Capital Management, where he served as a trader for nearly six years.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 7, 2023

It’s in people’s DNA to invest in capital markets in the US. Hendry on the other hand expressed that it was a one-off case: “It was a perfect storm, people had more time on their hands, more cash to spend, and a social media presence promoting that trade idea to millions of people. I don’t think we are going to see it again.”

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 18, 2024

On the topic, Rieb-Smith adds: “We’re in an environment where you’ve seen the macro community morph into multi-strats (because they’ve gone into equity strategies whether that be volume, capital markets and ultimately quant). Then you’ve got the quants who have started to look at fixed income products.

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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. So balance is key here: there are obviously benefits to an internal trading desk within an asset manager or hedge fund, but the same is true of the opposite for many in 2023.

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Accenture Capital Markets

AUGUST 23, 2022

At the same time, competition is intensifying across the industry—from traditional wealth managers, asset managers, insurers, workplace providers, independent advisors, banks and new wealth techs. The post Europe’s mass affluent market—a tough but rewarding nut to crack appeared first on Accenture Capital Markets Blog.

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The TRADE

MARCH 28, 2025

Fidelity Internationals head of debt capital markets for EMEA is set to leave the buy-side firm, The TRADE can reveal. According to an update on his social media, Stephen Whyman is leaving Fidelity after seven years to pursue another entrepreneurial path. Previously in his career, he also spent three years at ABN AMRO N.V

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The TRADE

MARCH 18, 2025

Mullin most recently worked as an FX trader at BASF, based in Dublin and prior to this served as a senior associate – ETF capital markets at JP Morgan Asset Management in London. His previous experience also includes a stint in an ETF pricing and trading role at Susquehanna International Group.

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The TRADE

MARCH 31, 2025

Liontrusts chief commercial officer and former head of trading, Matt McLoughlin, left the UK-based asset manager after 10 years, The TRADE revealed. Under his stewardship, Liontrust was awarded The TRADEs Multi-Asset Trading Desk of the Year and Mid-Cap Trading Desk of the Year in 2022 and 2017 respectively.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 23, 2024

The deal will further bolster FIS capital markets technology offering, having acquired SunGard in a major deal back in 2015. As revealed by The TRADE following a post on his social media, Citadel appointed Mukunth Raghavan as head of American Treasury quants, based in New York , in October earlier this year.

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