The TRADE

APRIL 17, 2024

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Asset Management has adopted DTCC’s Institutional Trade Processing (ITP) suite of services in a bid to enhance its offering as the US shift to a T+1 settlement cycle fast-approaches, scheduled for 28 May. We are happy to collaborate with the wider industry to bring accelerated settlement to our clients.”

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The TRADE

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

In the ever-evolving landscape of financial markets, the emergence of digital assets has resulted in a paradigm shift as conventional notions have been challenged and new players have emerged along with a reshaping of the way in which financial systems are perceived and interacted with.

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JANUARY 10, 2024

If you want to read angry comments and long threads with plenty of insults, you can’t go wrong with the wealth management vs. investment banking debate. These individuals are usually “high net worth” (HNW), meaning an average of $5 – $10 in assets, but it could be as low as $1 million.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 31, 2023

“At Liquidnet, we are big supporters of the work that Plato is doing to help the investment community navigate our evolving markets,” said Chris Jackson, global head of equity strategy and head of EMEA equities at Liquidnet. “We

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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. AI, like other areas of capital markets must avoid the widely feared ‘garbage in, garbage out’ position at all costs.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

“As part of our mission to improve markets, we proactively seek to share our knowledge and expertise as a way of driving progress throughout our industry,” said Jan Boomaars, chief executive of Optiver. “A The post Optiver becomes first market maker to join Plato partnership as full member appeared first on The TRADE.

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The TRADE

JUNE 11, 2024

Prior to joining LCH, Robinson held roles within JP Morgan’s investment banking and asset management divisions and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s financial markets division. The post LCH SA names new head of CDSClear and head of DigitalAssetClear appeared first on The TRADE.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

He began his career in program trading sales at London-based investment bank SG Warburg. 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.

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The TRADE

JUNE 23, 2023

EU asset managers, banks and brokers are urging policy markets not to succumb to pressure that could potentially lead to suboptimal outcomes in the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Mifid/r) review.

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The TRADE

JUNE 17, 2024

She takes up her new role after spending the last three years with State Street in several roles including as country head for Switzerland, working for its depository bank business in Germany, and overseeing the investment services business for the Netherlands, Austria and the Nordics.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Lastly, as active management becomes more relevant again, so too the impact a buy-side trader can have on the investment process; gone are the days of execution only dealers. 

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The TRADE

JULY 3, 2023

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has allowed its no-action letter to the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA), based on enforcements surrounding research services, to expire – reinforcing that it was not intended to be permanent solution. That bill is, however, not in effect.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Elsewhere in his career, Chalkley served as a European government bond, inflation and absolute return fund manager at BlackRock. Tourmaline Partners hired three new seasoned financial markets executives as managing directors to help strengthen its global trading capabilities.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Balraj Bassi, co-founder and chief executive officer, Tradefeedr Data analytics in financial markets has reached the point where clients have access to complete global data sets, and we see 2024 as the year where this will drive change in how counterparties interact and in automating trading workflows.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Citadel Securities Needing little introduction, Citadel Securities, is one of the largest market makers in US Treasuries and USD interest rate swaps globally, and serves an extensive list of financial institutions, including: banks, asset managers, pension funds, hedge funds, central banks, and sovereign wealth fund.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 26, 2024

Capital markets firms will have to work harder to meet new AI talent demands. 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. How are industry players adapting to AI developments?

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The TRADE

JULY 26, 2023

Despite overall profits in some areas of the bank, the investment bank revenues fell by 11% in the second quarter compared to the Q2 2022 results. According to the bank, this compares to a prior year quarter where “extreme market activity in the wake of uncertainty surrounding the war in Ukraine” affected results.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 18, 2023

RBC BlueBay Asset Management The market is already pricing in rate cuts in Q1 although I, along with many others, don’t believe they will begin before the end of H1. Finally, the era of QE is well and truly over and the investment environment where “everything is going up” has disappeared with it.

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The TRADE

MAY 1, 2024

“It was basically six guys in Berkley Square in a loosely regulated industry at a time where markets were incredibly imperfect,” says Papanichola. “I I cut my teeth in investment trust arbitrage and fund reconstructions. These are old investment structures which, pretty much in the majority, have no place in modern investing.” “We

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Speaking to The TRADE, Oksana Pidkuyko, managing director, head of client analytics, financial markets at Standard Chartered stressed the potential positives of this increased volatility, stating that – if handled correctly – the changing landscape could bring potential benefits.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

What are the key drivers behind asset managers’ move towards multi-asset trading and what benefit can this provide? Stephane Marie-Francoise Marie-Francoise: Everything starts with the desire from the investment team to develop a multi-asset class strategy offering.

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The TRADE

MAY 24, 2024

While fingers of blame are being pointed in each direction, the bottom line is asset managers are now facing operational challenges, the notion of pre-funding trades and balancing settlement security with best execution obligations. One of the biggest talking points for asset managers and their custodians is liquidity.

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The TRADE

JULY 17, 2023

On the other hand, foreign exchange – the largest financial market in the world – benefits from the fact that trading is not limited to one central location but is instead conducted between participants by phone and electronic communication networks (ECNs) in a wide range of markets globally.

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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. And sitting on its global trading desks are a pod of traders known for their ability to interact with some of the most inaccessible financial markets around the world.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 18, 2023

Traditionally, pre-MiFID II, our institutional segment clients were primarily asset managers, central banks and other real money-type players. There is a lot of participation of specialist market makers, and their success in ETFs is being replicated in other adjacent markets.

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The TRADE

APRIL 30, 2024

Over the past two decades, several critical financial market regulations have been implemented globally, particularly in response to the 2008 Global Financial Crisis (GFC). The years following 2008’s GFC experienced continued financial regulatory reform.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Cboe Global Markets Cboe Global Markets makes another appearance in this award category shortlist for 2023, following its win at last year’s Leaders in Trading awards gala. The exchange has continued to drive innovation within financial markets by extending its remit through various product launches.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 20, 2025

Malrait was most recently managing director and global head of market structure and innovation for financial markets at ING Bank, overseeing the financial market innovation strategies within the firm.Before joining ING in 2015, he spent eight years at Socit Gnrale, most recently working as global head of FIC eCommerce.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 30, 2024

For asset managers, maintaining quality execution expertise in this changing landscape will be critical for sustained fund performance. As investors continue to seek greater exposure to digital assets, emerging technologies such as blockchain could further drive electronification across newer adjacent markets.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Beginning his career in 1990 as an FX dealer at Bank of America in Sydney, Grady has spent almost four decades working in financial markets across the globe. 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.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 13, 2025

As part of the role, Wilkes will be responsible for the firms sales efforts across EMEA and APAC, focusing on the asset management and asset servicing communities. The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) appointed April Day head of capital markets.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 30, 2024

For asset managers, maintaining quality execution expertise in this changing landscape will be critical for sustained fund performance. As investors continue to seek greater exposure to digital assets, emerging technologies such as blockchain could further drive electronification across newer adjacent markets.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 2, 2025

Elsewhere in Asia, the capital markets emergence from a decade-long low interest rate environment has been slower. We will be looking closelyat China, Hong Kong and Singapore as they find means to stimulate growth and investment in public markets.

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