The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Union Investment’s Christoph Hock is set to step away from his role as head of multi-asset trading later this year to pursue an opportunity in digital assets and tokenisation within the asset management firm, as revealed by The TRADE. His new role is not yet public but will be communicated in due course.

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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

JULY 15, 2024

Impax Asset Management Group has completed its acquisition of Absalon Corporate Credit’s fixed income assets. Following the deal’s conclusion, Absalon’s portfolio managers are set to join Impax’s fixed income team and report to Impax head of fixed income, Ross Pamphilon.

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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

AUGUST 8, 2024

German asset manager BayernInvest has adopted an integrated suite of Bloomberg solutions to support its front-to-back workflows. Bloomberg’s MARS Collateral Management offering will also provide BayernInvest increased connectivity across workflows, with fewer manual processes.

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Razorpay

AUGUST 9, 2023

Portfolio Management Merchant banking companies provide portfolio management services to high -net-worth individuals and corporate investors. These services include a selection of securities, portfolio monitoring and review, advice on the rationalization of portfolios, and tax planning.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Following the height of Covid, we’ve had the memestock saga, the collapse of Archegos Capital and the war in Ukraine impacting the space in concurrent years as unprecedented events seem to have become the norm, driving market volatility in each of the post-pandemic years. Obviously, that process won’t cut it in a T+1 environment.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

. “As demand for hedging and income generation rises, our goal is to broaden access to the derivatives markets by simplifying complex, capital-intensive strategies and making them more easily tradable in an exchange-listed, centrally cleared environment.”

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 26, 2023

UK-based boutique fixed income trading desk BlueBay Asset Management is beginning a new chapter in its life. The move has opened up swathes of synergy opportunities for the pure fixed income asset manager, with its traders now working directly alongside RBC BlueBay Asset Management’s equities desk.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 4, 2023

LiquidityBook is set to acquire boutique capital markets fintech provider, Messer Financial Software, in a bid to accelerate its multi-asset capabilities. With regard to our buy-side clients, and especially newer or smaller funds, time and again we hear their need to shadow their fund admins or manage their own books and records.

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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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Mergers and Inquisitions

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The multi-manager hedge fund model is simple: Raise $10-20 billion, borrow at the fund level to take this to $50-$100 billion, and then allocate this capital to dozens of internal teams. By contrast, at a single-manager fund, you’d probably get a more open-ended task, such as one week to find, research, and pitch your own idea.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

RBC appointed Guy Chalkley as managing director, UK flow rates sales. Chalkley brings more than three decades worth of financial services to the role, in both portfolio management and rates sales. Elsewhere, Kirk is set to oversee and enhance Tourmaline’s services in support of asset managers globally as part of his new role.

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The TRADE

MAY 1, 2024

But running through the Brighton born and bred Papanichola’s veins is an activist streak that has continued to influence his decisions and shape the course of his career to date, ultimately leading him to his current role as head of trading at London-based activist hedge fund, Bluebell Capital Partners.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

JANUARY 31, 2024

Depending on your personality, skill set, and long-term goals, these single-manager funds or “hybrid funds” could be perfect or far from ideal: What Are Single-Manager Hedge Funds? The Top Single-Manager Hedge Funds Single-manager funds far outnumber multi-manager funds, but they’re also much smaller.

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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.

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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

OCTOBER 9, 2024

She joined Ninety One in 2021 from Royal London Asset Management where she had been head of dealing for three years. They’re newer in terms of access to capital but less developed in terms of how feasible it is to get into them. Gibson is a seasoned trader with an extensive career in markets.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

MAY 24, 2023

Special Situations – These funds focus on companies that are spinning off or divesting divisions, reorganizing, or otherwise going through more unusual changes (not just simple acquisitions or capital raises). include Elliott Management, Third Point Partners, ValueAct Capital, Trian Partners, JANA Partners, and Starboard Value.

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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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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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Mergers and Inquisitions

APRIL 5, 2023

Some SWFs operate like long-only asset managers (i.e., mutual funds ) that allocate their assets top-down and then pick specific indices, companies, and securities that meet their criteria. The firm uses passive and active strategies, often deviating from its reference portfolio based on the macro environment.

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The TRADE

MAY 23, 2024

It is rare, for example, that you’ll find an asset manager worrying about the good of the market or how an order might influence the primary lit market share, over whether or not they have achieved the optimal outcome for their portfolio manager and end investor. They’re built for slightly different purposes.”

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JD Supra: Mergers

MARCH 7, 2025

Given the UKs status as the largest centre for private market asset management in Europe, and the importance of fair and robust valuation practices in private markets, the FCA has addressed its review to valuation practices in the fund and portfolio management sector, as well as advisory services in the private equity, venture capital, private debt.

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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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Mergers and Inquisitions

MARCH 5, 2025

In technology, as a startup keeps raising capital, it normally does so at gradually higher valuations as its customers, users, and revenue grow. But in biotech, companies valuations often remain close to their total capital raised until much later in the process (i.e., Other large funds include Perceptive Advisors, RA Capital, and RTW.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 2, 2025

From a capital markets perspective, Japan has offered the region valuable lessons in how to stimulate market activity through a package of measures and corporate governance reforms. Elsewhere in Asia, the capital markets emergence from a decade-long low interest rate environment has been slower. Asia remains a very dynamic region.

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