The TRADE

OCTOBER 2, 2023

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.

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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

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

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

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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The TRADE

OCTOBER 22, 2024

One other point was that there should be a recommendation, but not a regulatory requirement, to transition the mutual fund subscription and redemption settlement cycle to T+2 from the common T+3/4 in the UK and other popular EEA fund jurisdictions to coincide with the UK, EU and Swiss transition to T+1 in capital markets.

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The TRADE

JUNE 15, 2023

SIFMA and its asset management arm have published an open letter expressing concerns about the SEC’s proposal to redefine what constitutes an exchange and expand Regulation ATS, stating that it is not appropriately tailored to existing systems.

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The TRADE

JUNE 27, 2023

Asset managers are turning to third party vendor relationships as a means of reducing costs, a report from Northern Trust and Coalition Greenwich has found. Around 37% of the 151 asset managers surveyed by Northern Trust confirmed plans to renegotiate fees with vendors to reduce costs and increase efficiencies.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Louis de Kock is set to depart J O Hambro Capital Management in the coming weeks, with Adam Simmons taking over as head of trading, as revealed by The TRADE. Asset manager Ninety One promoted from within for its new deputy global head of trading and head of trading for South Africa. He will report to Blatch.

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The TRADE

MARCH 11, 2024

BNY Mellon made two key senior managing director hires into its fixed income and equity sales and trading businesses. Gould joined BNY Mellon after three years at RBC Capital Markets where she previously served as co-head of equities electronic sales and trading.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 8, 2024

RBC BlueBay Asset Management equity trader, Michael Tamou, left the asset manager to join Qube Research & Technologies (QRT). He originally joined the asset manager as an investment operations analyst in 2020. Throughout his career Jenkins has also worked at SWIFT, Macgregor, and AXA Investment Managers.

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The TRADE

JULY 15, 2024

Following his departure he is set to join Barclays Capital. Prior to his time at SSGA, Corbyn held settlement-related roles at Credit Suisse, Citigroup, and Barclays Capital. Previously in his career, Paparella ran the institutional structured products Latin America desk for RBC Capital Markets.

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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. For more on cyber resiliency, read our InsideOps: Cybersecurity for Asset Managers: Shielding Your Firm from Risks. Cost of Cyber Crime Study.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 31, 2023

Liquidnet brings knowledge and experience in capital markets to the Partnership and will play a crucial role in shaping and informing Plato’s initiatives within capital markets, the organisation said.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 27, 2023

The acquisition was completed earlier this month, with operations acquired set to be rebranded as Marex Prime Services and Market Outsourced Trading, with both becoming part of the Marex Capital Markets business (formed last year following the acquisition of ED&F Man Capital Markets). He will report to Blatch.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 28, 2023

Northern Trust promoted Dane Fannin as its new head of global foreign exchange (GFX)and securities finance within its capital markets business. Pictet Asset Management appointed Jade Beckmann as an equity trader. Prior to that, she held the role of financial products equity specialist at the firm.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The post Trade associations emphasise need for credit ratings to bolster EU corporate bond transparency regime appeared first on The TRADE.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 28, 2023

This time being the internal promotion from Northern Trust for its new head of global foreign exchange within its capital markets business. Fannin took up the role after spending the last 17 years at Northern Trust within its capital markets business in Asia Pacific and London, most recently as its global head of securities finance.

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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

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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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

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

JULY 29, 2024

David Kirk is set to join Millennium, following almost three and a half years at Marble Bar Asset Management where he most recently served as a trader, The TRADE understands. Kirk joins the capital management firm with experience working as a trader on both the buy- and sell-side.

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Global Banking & Finance

MAY 7, 2024

Race for Europe’s first ‘real-time’ stock trade tape heats up By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Banks and asset managers are vying with Europe’s exchanges to develop technology that can deepen the pool of investors in the continent’s capital markets and better compete with Wall Street.

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The TRADE

MAY 15, 2024

BNY Mellon has today announced the integration of Global Markets Trading (GMT), which will combine the firm’s capabilities in foreign exchange, fixed income, equities and capital markets to provide full-service client provisions.

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The TRADE

JULY 31, 2023

Deutsche Bank has re-entered the local DCM in South Korea as it expands its investment banking capabilities in the region in a bid to support its local clients in accessing global debt capital markets. It also provides asset management services to its South Korean clients through Deutsche Bank subsidiary, DWS.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Justin Llewellyn-Jones, head of capital markets, North America (equities, FX and derivatives) and chief product officer for capital markets at fintech firm Broadridge announced his departure after more than four years with the business. He began his career as a fixed income support analyst at JP Morgan.

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The TRADE

APRIL 10, 2024

Read more: LedgerEdge closes three years after launch “As many of you know, Brian is a proven multi-asset trader and trading technologist with valuable asset management and capital markets experience,” said Stephen Berte, president at BIDS Trading, in a social media post.

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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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Accenture Capital Markets

JANUARY 22, 2024

Investor appetite for such investments is rapidly increasing, as banks, asset managers and large corporates all seek ways to invest in sustainability. While issuing green bonds on DLT may not be the only way, it is at present probably one of the most promising and practical mechanisms to drive capital towards green initiatives.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Previously in his career, he also spent almost a decade at the asset manager in an equity trading role until 2006 and later spent nearly four years at SEB. LSEG has reshuffled its capital markets top brass significantly in recent years in a bid to simplify its leadership across its expanding asset class remit.

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Razorpay

AUGUST 9, 2023

Leasing Services Merchant banks provide leasing services to companies in the form of capital goods, vehicles and office equipment. Example of Merchant Banking In 2021, merchant bank Avendus Capital helped the Indian company Piramal Enterprises acquire the debt-ridden assets of Dewan Housing Finance Corporation (DHFL) for ₹34,250 crore ($4.4

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The TRADE

APRIL 15, 2024

billion, posting its third best quarter for capital markets ever – again in large part thanks to stronger performances in equities. Jefferies Jefferies’ results saw a net revenue of $1.74 year on year (up 47.9% from Q4 2023), fixed income net revenues remained consistent from year on year.

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The TRADE

JULY 25, 2023

During his time with the asset manager Taitz was responsible for Invesco’s fixed income trading desks in the US, UK and Hong Kong. Prior to joining Invesco in 2016, Taitz spent two and a half years at RBC Capital Markets in a fixed income role and 10 and a half years at UBS Investment Bank as an executive vice president.

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The TRADE

APRIL 8, 2024

He joined Cowen as managing director for fixed income outsourcing in February 2022, transitioning to commodities specialist Marex as part of the sale of Cowen’s outsourced trading and prime brokerage business at the end of last year. Other previous tenures include credit trading roles at both Barclays Investment Bank and Credit Suisse.

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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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Accenture Capital Markets

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Not only could it help manage cost pressures, it could also help reduce errors, improve compliance, and simplify overall business complexity. The post Three Ways Institutional Investors Could Increase RPA Success appeared first on Accenture Capital Markets Blog.

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