The TRADE

JUNE 24, 2024

Singapore-headquartered fund manager APS Asset Management has adopted order and investment management technology solution, Bloomberg AIM, to automate its post-trade workflows. We are proud that our partnership with APS Asset Management will help them scale and automate workflows.”

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The TRADE

JUNE 24, 2024

Before joining MEAG, Malakis held senior sales positions with international asset managers, including Generali Insurance, Vanguard International and Schroders. Northern Trust Asset Management appointed Naoto Komoro to lead its asset management business in Japan.

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The TRADE

JULY 27, 2023

Bloomberg AIM and Bloomberg Vault have been adopted by India-based NJ Asset Management to help enable its enterprise-wide digital strategy across the entire investment workflow. According to the firms, Bloomberg AIM addresses NJ Asset Management’s specific needs for tools to support rule-based investment decision-making.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Umair Khan Marwat joined Millennium as a trader, following almost two and a half years at Balyasny Asset Management. Hong Kong-based Marwat previously worked at Credit Suisse, focused on AES, algorithmic, and direct market access (DMA) trading, before joining Balyasny Asset Management in 2021 as a trader.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 22, 2024

UK-based asset manager Artemis has selected Northern Trust to provide outsourced trading services for its equities and derivatives activity, effective January 2025. Northern Trust will support all trading activity for Artemis’ equity funds under management and all related over-the-counter and exchange-traded derivatives.

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The TRADE

JULY 25, 2023

Clearwater Analytics is set to launch a new generative artificial intelligence solution aimed at improving the way institutional clients analyse investment data and respond to changing market dynamics. The solution applies to all asset classes and its use cases will vary depending on varying client types, Clearwater confirmed.

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The TRADE

MARCH 4, 2024

Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has promoted one of its own to the role of head of US equity and foreign exchange trading, The TRADE can reveal. The post Legal & General Investment Management names new head of US equity and FX trading appeared first on The TRADE.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 2, 2024

RBC BlueBay Asset Management equity trader, Michael Tamou, has left the asset manager to join Qube Research & Technologies (QRT), The TRADE can reveal. He originally joined the asset manager as an investment operations analyst in 2020.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Triodos Investment Management has selected Bloomberg’s AIM and PORT Enterprise solutions in a bid to support its front-office workflows. Specifically, the Netherlands-based impact asset manager will utilise Bloomberg’s offerings to enhance processes for its investment funds and discretionary clients’ business.

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Global Banking & Finance

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Empowering ESG Investment Managers with Standard Methodology Aligned Green, Social, Sustainability, Sustainability-Linked and Transition (ESG bonds or GSS+) finance volumes passed the $4trillion mark in H1 2023, according to the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI). How Green is Green? But how green is green?

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The TRADE

JULY 20, 2023

An investment-grade credit trader from RBC BlueBay Asset Management has left the firm to join Norges Bank Investment Management, The TRADE can reveal. Christopher Lemmo left BlueBay, part of RBC Global Asset Management, in April this year after almost 13 years at the fixed income focused asset manager.

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The TRADE

MAY 8, 2024

Singapore-based investment manager New Silk Road has outsourced its trading to Northern Trust as it seeks to fortify its offering as T+1 looms. The post Singaporean investment manager New Silk Road outsources trading to Northern Trust appeared first on The TRADE.

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The TRADE

MARCH 25, 2024

State Street’s Charles River is set to manage the front-office operations for Perpetual Group’s Australian asset management business. Craig Squires, group chief operating officer at Perpetual, explained that the decision came as the business sought to address current challenges and complexities across investment management.

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The TRADE

JULY 24, 2023

Head of Europe for UK-based asset manager Federated Hermes, James Rutherford, has stepped down from his role to pursue a technology venture, The TRADE can reveal. He departs following a 35-year long career in investment management, spending 19 years at Fidelity Investments as a European portfolio manager until 2006.

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The TRADE

JULY 31, 2024

UK asset manager Gravis Capital Management has become the latest to integrate Bloomberg AIM in a bid to enhance its front-office workflows. Bloomberg is also set to provide Gravis with services related to inbound asset servicer integrations and data reconciliation.

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The TRADE

JULY 24, 2024

Investment manager Franklin Templeton has become the latest buy-sider to integrate BlackRock’s flagship order management platform, Aladdin. Aladdin supports the entire investment management process across asset classes. The transition will begin in Q2 2025 and will be made up of phases over several years.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

If you are a member of the buy-side community and would like information on attending please contact Karen Delahoy at karen.delahoy@thetradenews.com or Annabel Smith at annabel.smith@thetradenews.com.

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The TRADE

JULY 10, 2024

Honor Woods has been appointed equity trader at RBC BlueBay Asset Management, based in London. Earlier this year, Michael Tamou left RBC BlueBay Asset Management for quantitative investment manager Qube, having also served as an equity trader.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 18, 2023

The scheme has recognised numerous promising talents over the years, many of whom have gone on to expanded roles such as head of trading at some of the world’s largest asset managers and hedge funds. Find previous years’ recognised shortlists here: 2022 – 2021 – 2020 – 2019 – 2018 – 2017 – 2016 – 2015.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Previously recognised individuals have gone on to head up some of the largest and most successful desks across leading asset managers and hedge funds.

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The TRADE

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

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, The TRADE can reveal. Keshava Shastry Shastry, a managing director based in London, had been with the German firm for over ten years. DWS declined to comment.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Deutsche Börse Group subsidiary SimCorp and infrastructure and technology provider for digital assets, Alloy, have entered a strategic partnership to assist SimCorp clients with managing digital asset investments. Alloy’s clients consist of a range of firms including family offices, hedge funds and listed asset managers.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Rowe Price Unigestion Fixed Income Trading Desk of the Year AXA Investment Managers Barings Manulife Investment Management PIMCO State Street Global Advisors Buy-side Market Structure Expert of the Year Evan Canwell, Equity Trader & Market Structure Analyst, T.

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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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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.

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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. Expanding our engagement with Bloomberg as our technology partner has enabled us to streamline our investment management and operations workflows,” said Alexander Mertz, chief executive of BayernInvest. “It

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The TRADE

JULY 24, 2023

RBC Capital Markets appointed Giles Gleave and Mike Heraty as its newest managing directors, according to an internal memo seen by The TRADE. He has been appointed senior trader at Norges Bank Investment Management, based in New York.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Running for its ninth year, the Rising Stars initiative, in partnership with Instinet, has recognised a number of up-and-coming talents over the years, many of whom have gone on to hold impressive roles and head up some of the largest and most successful desks across the world’s leading asset managers and hedge funds.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Martin Hendry, deputy head of trading, Liontrust Asset Management As we peer into the crystal ball for 2024 trading, a notable shift is anticipated with the adoption of T+1 settlement for US equity transactions. What challenges will Asian and European asset managers face with their FX overlay process?

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The TRADE

AUGUST 6, 2024

Saphyre’s technology manages the onboarding and maintenance of custody, broker trading, and buy-side accounts. Having Capital Group, a top five financial investment management firm, join this endeavor is incredibly exciting,” said Stephen Roche, president and co-founder at Saphyre.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The highly anticipated award for Trader of the Year – Long Only went to Chris Fiorito of River Road Asset Management. Elsewhere within the buy-side category, Balyasny Asset Management took home the award for Trading Desk of the Year, while T. Rowe Price was awarded Fixed Income Trading Desk of the Year.

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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 Guardian: Mergers & Acquisitions

MAY 14, 2023

A consortium comprised of Macquarie Asset Management and British Columbia Investment Management Corporation completed the acquisition of 60% of the equity in National Grid’s gas transmission and meter business in January, in a deal which valued the business at £7.5bn.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 8, 2024

Industry stalwart Dan Hinxman joined Bloomberg as head of European credit electronic trading following almost six years as managing director at TP ICAP. RBC BlueBay Asset Management equity trader, Michael Tamou, left the asset manager to join Qube Research & Technologies (QRT).

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Global Newswire by Notified: M&A

JULY 30, 2024

Following completion of the transaction, BCI will remain a significant and strategic limited partner in certain key Hayfin fund strategies.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Asset manager Thomas Miller Investment (TMI) has selected Amundi Technology and its ALTO Investment platform to bolster its operating model and consolidate its investment management systems. By using ALTO Investment, TMI will leverage a solution covering the entire front-to-back value chain. The ALTO platform consists of tools including analysis, (..)

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Guido Baltussen has been appointed international head of quantitative strategies at Northern Trust Asset Management, a newly created role in which he will oversee EMEA and APAC. His experience also includes a stint as quantitative investment strategist at ING Investment Management.

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