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SIX launches new data offering for global fixed income markets

The TRADE

The solution, called SIX Fixed Income Data, is designed to provide banks, asset managers, wealth managers and hedge funds globally with reliable fixed income data, based off an array of information sourced from global markets. The provider has said that the offering will give clients access to data for 3.6

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The TRADE’s most read stories of the year part two: A string of leadership changes

The TRADE

UBS shakes up execution services management team structure People moves are always one of our biggest draws in readership, and in October, UBS’ plans to make changes within its execution services business , specifically the electronic trading area, became one of most read stories of the year.

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Prime brokerage: The intersection of challenge and opportunity

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Settlement overhaul The SEC also greenlit the shift to T+1 settlement earlier this year, as Global Custodian has well-documented. This is a timing problem which causes issues on T+1 if there are any trade discrepancies between the asset manager and the executing broker. Obviously, that process won’t cut it in a T+1 environment.

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Distressed Debt Hedge Funds: How to Become a Vulture Capitalist

Mergers and Inquisitions

You can also get into distressed investing with a legal background because the job requires you to interpret confusing documents and know the details of the restructuring and bankruptcy processes. If you want to join directly out of an MBA program, you’ll almost certainly need turnaround or distressed experience pre-MBA.

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Safeguarding Your Investment Firm: 10 Best Practices to Prevent Fraud

Razorpay

For added security, dynamic adjustments to withdrawal limits should only occur after additional verifications, such as identity checks or documentation submission. Know Your Customer (KYC) Compliance & AML Guidelines Ensuring complete and accurate KYC documentation is vital for preventing identity-related fraud.

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An evolving service provider landscape

The TRADE

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.

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Event-Driven Hedge Funds: The Best Home for Bankers Turned Investors?

Mergers and Inquisitions

All the large multi-manager funds , such as Millennium, also use event-driven strategies to some extent. Schoenfeld Asset Management (PSAM), Pentwater, Silver Point, Anchorage, and King Street. Other well-known funds with a broad event-driven focus include Davidson Kempner, Farallon, HG Vora, Luxor, Canyon, P.

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