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DWS Group’s global head of capital markets leaves the business

The TRADE

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, The TRADE can reveal. Keshava Shastry Shastry, a managing director based in London, had been with the German firm for over ten years.

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Major investment banks and asset managers partake in landmark blockchain pilot

The TRADE

Digital Asset’s blockchain network Canton has completed a pilot involving a large group of major investment banks and asset managers demonstrating interoperability of independent distributed ledger applications (dApps) in the capital markets domain.

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People Moves Monday: Investec, BMO Capital Markets and BNP Paribas AM

The TRADE

Joe Wald, BMO Capital Marketsmanaging director and co-head of electronic trading left the bank, departing after four years in his most recent role, according to an update on his social media. Prior to founding Clearpool, Wald spent a year and a half at GAIN Capital as an executive vice president.

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People Moves Monday: UBS, MEAG, Northern Trust Asset Management and more…

The TRADE

UBS appointed Carlos Salcedo head of capital markets financing sales Americas, according to an internal memo seen by The TRADE. Before joining MEAG, Malakis held senior sales positions with international asset managers, including Generali Insurance, Vanguard International and Schroders.

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What Asset Managers need to get right with generative AI

Accenture Capital Markets

Generative AI (gen AI) is predicted to impact over two-thirds of all functions across the capital markets industry, suggesting that the technology has the potential to significantly transform all its segments—including asset management. The majority of asset manager have already started on this journey.

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Silicon Valley: A Friend or Foe to Asset Management?

Accenture Capital Markets

The financial services industry—including asset managers—has had an interesting relationship with Silicon Valley. Asset managers should not assume that these tech giants will look past this industry. This is just what Alibaba, an Amazon-like tech firm in China, did when it entered the mutual fund business in that market.

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People Moves Monday: RBC, UBS, Balyasny Asset Management and more…

The TRADE

James Hilton was appointed multi-asset managing director in RBC’s low touch team, joining from Credit Suisse, where he had been serving as head of sales for EMEA for the bank’s advanced execution sales (AES) team. Balyasny Asset Management appointed Harrison Chesterton as associate director within its equity finance trading division.