The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

BlackRock has 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

AUGUST 27, 2024

Acadian Asset Management appointed Jian Du vice president, senior trader in its Sydney office. Du joined the asset manager from Goldman Sachs, where he most recently served as executive director of electronic trading, also based in Sydney. Elsewhere in his tenure at Dimensional, he served as an analyst.

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The TRADE

JUNE 26, 2024

The past year has seen vast improvement across the algorithmic trading space when it came to hedge funds’ strategies, new data from The TRADE has found. The TRADE received a record number of responses to this year’s Algorithmic Trading Survey. The survey is accessible here.

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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. However, an undeniable surge has occurred across the trading sphere over the last few years, with decidedly mixed results. And the number is climbing.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

The world of trading, and investment generally, is littered with the remnants of now-redundant solutions once thought to be the ‘future’ of the industry. But what does the persistent evolution of AI mean for capital markets specifically? A reminder perhaps that caution is our best friend when it comes to technological innovation.

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The TRADE

JULY 17, 2023

Around-the-clock (24/7) trading is something we already see in the foreign exchange markets and the growing cryptocurrency landscape. Some exchanges do offer pre-market and after-hours trading sessions, where limited trading activity occurs outside regular trading hours. Already in EMEA, we have six valid trading days.

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The TRADE

APRIL 18, 2024

Paul Humphrey The collaboration will combine BMLL’s historical Level 1, 2 and 3 data with Quanthouse’s real-time service in a bid to allow hedge funds and asset managers to better understand market behaviours and test their investment strategies.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Next up in our introduction to the distinguished nominees for Leaders in Trading 2023 Editors’ Choice Awards, we bring you the shortlist for the Outstanding Market Data Provider category, shining a light on those displaying recent excellence in the data sphere.

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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

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The partnership is set to include execution venues, precise market data and trade analytics, with Cürex’s bank and buy-side relationships complementing the existing institutional client base of LMAX Group’s FX business. The post LMAX Group to acquire Cürex’s FX business in institutional push appeared first on The TRADE.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Interoperability and improvements through partnerships were championed by speakers including buy-sider Jon Tricker, head trader, global credit at Vanguard who confirmed the investment manager was leveraging the “maturing API community” to expand its systems. You don’t need your own lab.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 4, 2023

As part of the acquisition, Bryan Messer has been appointed general manager of Asia Pacific, managing director of portfolio management solutions and artificial intelligence at LiquidityBook, with his staff also joining. In addition, the accounting and reconciliation engines of Messer Financial Software will be integrated.

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OfficeHours

MAY 24, 2023

If you would like a leg up in the recruiting process, consider pursuing courses that focus on finance, accounting, statistics, mathematics, engineering, and economics. Investment banking hiring managers are looking for students who have high GPAs for what they signal about the candidate.

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The TRADE

MARCH 22, 2024

Speaking broadly, the prioritisation or the key focus more recently has been on the emergence of pre-trade TCA. Where post-trade TCA is generally a well-known concept and widely adopted where needed, the pre-trade question is one which is now coming into the fore. with the ultimate intention of improving outcomes post-trade.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 12, 2023

At a headline level, a shift to T+1 doesn’t immediately sound the alarm bells for FX markets, given a large portion of funding FX is already traded this way. Another key question though, is if we can access the liquidity we need to get the trade done – at what sort of spreads will this be?

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Mergers and Inquisitions

JANUARY 22, 2025

Traditionally, banks gave away equity research reports for free to incentivize large clients to trade with the bank. Therefore, equity research generated revenue indirectly via trading commissions , but it was still considered a front-office role due to the compensation, interaction with managers and investors, and exit opportunities.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Gen-AI is far more than just a trendy term; if you stop to consider it, it’s akin to a significant technological revolution, comparable in magnitude to the advent of the steam engine, electricity, computers, or the internet. The post Fireside Friday with… H2O Asset Management’s Timothee Consigny appeared first on The TRADE.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 26, 2024

There’s a skills gap in the financial market for new roles like AI quality assurance testers, prompt engineers, AI strategy consultants, and AI product managers. The post Fireside Friday with… Google’s Rohit Bhat appeared first on The TRADE. Capital markets firms will have to work harder to meet new AI talent demands.

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The TRADE

MAY 23, 2024

Several European exchanges are well underway with plans to bring out offerings of this ilk in the next few months The TRADE understands, while a handful of US alternative trading systems (ATS) are also preparing to make the crossing over to the Bloc to replicate the progress they have achieved in the US.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Alan Martin Lucero, Gregory Armon-Jones Specifically, the speakers claimed two sides of a coin – either that the traders of the future will speak the language of software engineering first and foremost (Lucero) or that coding skills will be irrelevant as AI solutions will fill that need and traders will go back to the phones (Armon-Jones).

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The TRADE

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Whats spurring the rapidly evolving electronic trading landscape and what are the implications of this growing demand for automated trading solutions? Electronic trading is like Amazon, or the iPhone, or the internal combustion engine: it’s the story of technolog y writ large, applied to trading.

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