The TRADE

JULY 7, 2023

Generali has entered a definitive agreement to acquire US-based Conning from Cathay Life in a deal that will see it become one of the largest asset management firms in Europe. Earlier this year, UK asset manager Liontrust also entered into a conditional agreement to acquire Swiss asset management company, GAM Holding for £96 million.

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The TRADE

JULY 31, 2024

UK asset manager Gravis Capital Management has become the latest to integrate Bloomberg AIM in a bid to enhance its front-office workflows. Bloomberg is also set to provide Gravis with services related to inbound asset servicer integrations and data reconciliation.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Previously recognised individuals have gone on to head up some of the largest and most successful desks across leading asset managers and hedge funds.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 22, 2025

I was there through 2015, then Bank of America, before I joined Conversant Capital in early 2021. He envisioned Conversant as a platform to capitalise on real estate opportunities across the liquidity spectrum in both public and private and up and down the capital structure including equity and credit. What does your role involve?

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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. He began his career as a junior portfolio manager at RSA covering US equities.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 8, 2024

German asset manager BayernInvest has adopted an integrated suite of Bloomberg solutions to support its front-to-back workflows. Expanding our engagement with Bloomberg as our technology partner has enabled us to streamline our investment management and operations workflows,” said Alexander Mertz, chief executive of BayernInvest. “It

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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

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Deutsche Börse’s final tender result for its public takeover of SimCorp has been announced today, with the company holding 93.97% of the share capital and voting rights in SimCorp upon completion of the acquisition. These are set to be grouped under a newly created investment management solutions segment.

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The TRADE

JUNE 7, 2024

Alex Livingstone, formerly head of trading for ETFs and FX at Titan Asset Management has joined Titan Investment Solutions as a junior portfolio manager and trader, according to an announcement on social media. Livingstone has previously served as head of trading – FX and ETFs at Tavistock Investments.

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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. Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) promoted one of its own to the role of head of US equity and foreign exchange trading.

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Global Newswire by Notified: M&A

JULY 30, 2024

Following completion of the transaction, BCI will remain a significant and strategic limited partner in certain key Hayfin fund strategies.

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The TRADE

JULY 31, 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

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. This year, the industry has seen interest in Singapore grow from the buy-side too.

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The TRADE

JUNE 19, 2023

Previously in his career, he spent several years in credit trading roles at StormHarbour Securities, UBS and Elgin Capital. He also spent several years at Goldman Sachs in a risk management and product control role. He joined KNG Securities from VTB Capital, where he served as global head of fixed income sales over the last 10 years.

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Accenture Capital Markets

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The traditional RPA approach used by large financial services players usually doesn’t easily work in institutional investing. This is mostly because a large share of the total spend is related to front-office costs that RPA does not address, such as staff compensation, investment management fees and deal costs.

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Accenture Capital Markets

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Players are also investing in a range of solutions, like data lakes, to generate new data-driven insights that are relevant to the core business, such as using artificial intelligence (AI) to manage foreign exchange based on macroeconomic data and country sentiment intelligence. A strong push to refocus on investment management.

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The TRADE

JUNE 5, 2023

Polar Capital confirmed Jenkins’ departure, while Millennium declined to comment. Jenkins has been head of trading at Polar Capital for three and a half years, joining in 2019 after serving with Highbridge Capital Management for five years as its head of European trading. Both will operate out of Hong Kong.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Elsewhere, Kirk is set to oversee and enhance Tourmaline’s services in support of asset managers globally as part of his new role. BlueCrest Capital Management’s new company, FX trading technology platform BlueX, has appointed Graham MacGregor as chief executive officer.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Stéphane Marie-Françoise, director, multi-asset trader, Unigestion Senior vice president and multi-asset trader at Unigestion, Stéphane Marie-Françoise, has an extensive financial markets career spanning more than 20 years. He began his career at the UK’s HM Treasury, before moving to AIG Investments to manage fixed income funds.

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The Deal

JULY 18, 2023

For instance, Ridgemont Equity Partners ‘ January investment in food distributor Worldwide Produce was supported by six direct lenders including Ares Capital Corp. , NXT Capital LLC , Kayne Anderson Private Credit, Manulife Investment Management , PNC Erieview Capital and Yukon Partners Management LLC.

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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. These groups have an inherent nature of complexity that require outsourced trading providers to heavily invest in human capital and technology to meet all of their requirements effectively.”

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The TRADE

JANUARY 3, 2024

David Berney and Michael Broadbent run Ergo Consultancy which delivers what it refers to as provider “beauty parades” for buy-side organisations looking to outsource their trading, whereby it presents all the services in the industry to that asset manager, hedge fund or asset owner. But they have gone on risk.

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Razorpay

DECEMBER 15, 2024

A private banker is a financial professional who manages the investments and financial needs of high-net-worth individuals and organizations. Private bankers provide personalized financial services, such as asset management, estate planning, and tax advice. Is Private Banking Right For You?

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 9, 2024

The active investment manager specialises in emerging and frontier markets trading across fixed income, credit and specialist equities. She joined Ninety One in 2021 from Royal London Asset Management where she had been head of dealing for three years. Gibson is a seasoned trader with an extensive career in markets.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Rowe Price Buy-Side Market Structure Expert of the Year Simon Cohen, Morgan Stanley Investment Management Dan Eiseman, MFS Investment Management Melissa Hinmon, Glenmede Investment Management Mett Kinack, T.

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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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The TRADE

MARCH 20, 2025

Seilern Investment Management has appointed John Grant as its new head of trading. He most recently served as trading and operations manager, with responsibilities covering the management of trade execution and investment operations. Elsewhere in his tenure at Seilern, Grant served as an equity trader.

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The TRADE

MARCH 24, 2025

Seilern Investment Management appointed John Grant as its new head of trading. He most recently served as trading and operations manager, with responsibilities covering the management of trade execution and investment operations. Grant was promoted to the role, having spent six and a half years at the firm.

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The TRADE

MARCH 4, 2025

of alternative financing and private equity platform, Tresmares Capital. Founded in 2020, the platform offers financial solutions to high-growth small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and private equity managers across Europe. trillion assets under management.

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The TRADE

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Rokos Capital Management appointed Sabina Awan as trading solutions consultant, based in London. Prior to that, she worked as global trading business manager. Before joining Fidelity International, Awan spent two years at Royal London Asset Management.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Magnus Haglind, head of products for marketplace technology, Nasdaq The first wave of gen-AI use cases across capital markets technology has sparked widespread energy and excitement about its future potential. We have seen early applications of GenAI in the areas of market observability, risk assessment and operational efficiency.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Michael Lam joined TT International as a senior trader, following three and a half years at Jupiter Asset Management as a fixed income trader. He has previous experience across multi-asset trading and his past roles include stints as a multi asset trader at Manulife Investment Management and BNP Paribas Asset Management.

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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

MARCH 10, 2025

Prior to joining the firm, London-based Power served as a global multi-asset and derivatives trader at Newton IM, and before that as head of trading at Standard Life Investments. Power has also worked in derivatives-related positions at various firms, including: Ignis Asset Management, Axial Investment Management, and RBS.

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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

MARCH 25, 2025

Liontrusts chief commercial officer and former head of trading, Matt McLoughlin, has left the UK-based asset manager after 10 years, The TRADE can reveal. 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

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

After two years in his first role, Grady moved to Bankers Trust Asset Management where he spent four and a half years as an international equity dealer also based in Sydney. He then moved to London in 1997 for a senior dealer role at Legal & General Investment Management.

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