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

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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The TRADE

MARCH 22, 2024

He announced his appointment in a social media post, adding: “I’m grateful for this opportunity to broaden my horizons and am thankful to the wonderful individuals and mentors in my professional life.” In November, Umair Khan Marwat joined Millennium as a trader , following almost two and a half years at Balyasny Asset Management.

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The TRADE

JUNE 3, 2024

At the time, BondCliQ asserted that the capital would in large part be focused on a move into new corporate bond markets, especially in Europe. Also lending its support was buy-side giant Vanguard, which formed a strategic partnership with the BondCliq; and Aflac Ventures and SEI, which both took part in the latest $7.5

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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

JULY 25, 2023

According to an update on his social media, Taitz joins buy-side OEMS provider Adroit as its head of business operations after seven and a half years with Invesco helming its fixed income trading business. During his time with the asset manager Taitz was responsible for Invesco’s fixed income trading desks in the US, UK and Hong Kong.

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The TRADE

JUNE 13, 2023

BlackRock has promoted from within for its new head of European credit trading, according to an update on social media. Dean Catton has been selected to take the helm for the asset manager’s European credit business after spending the last two years as its head of European leveraged finance trading for its alternatives business.

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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

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

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

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

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. This is just one of the strategic plays designed to capitalize on this evolving opportunity.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Additionally, multi-manager hedge funds have continued to win the lion’s share of the new capital coming into the industry as they have been rewarded for their ability to mitigate risk while still delivering positive alpha to their investors. That’s why the money’s with them and they will probably attract even more capital.

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Intrepid Banker Insights

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

I had forgotten about the magic that happens at these events, like the random breakfast table conversation that turns into a business opportunity or the chance meeting with someone you would never seek out in your daily life who ends up putting an inspiring idea into your head.

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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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Transactional Delights

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

The obvious counter to the view that Fink is showing more teeth in this letter is that BlackRock consists of mostly passive index funds that can’t sell a company that doesn’t comply with its request since that particular capital is mostly permanent. How have some commentators responded? and $2,000 in Canada”.

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The TRADE

MARCH 21, 2025

Spencer Copp has joined Jefferies as an equity trader following his departure from Jupiter Asset Management in December 2024, where he had most recently served as a senior dealer. Copp confirmed his new position in a social media announcement.

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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 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. He assumed his most recent role as head of debt capital markets for EMEA in 2022.

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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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