The TRADE

JULY 24, 2023

Heraty will take on the role of head of US equity solutions and structured product sales, whilst Gleave has been appointed as head of European equity solutions. Heraty was previously at Credit Suisse where he spent four years as head of North American equity derivative sales.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Alexandra Roby, head of equity sales UK and Ireland at SIX Swiss Exchange, said: “Our long-standing support of the Leaders in Trading awards emphasises how much we value both the awards and the exceptional efforts of all the buy-side nominees. Voting will close on Friday 18 October.

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The TRADE

JUNE 16, 2023

M&G’s global asset management arm has appointed Manabu Fujita as head of M&A Investments Japan. Fujita joins from Schroders Investment Management Japan, where he spent the last 15 years, most recently serving as head of sales.

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The TRADE

JULY 18, 2023

Bank of America has reported a strong second quarter and first half of the year overall, despite its global wealth and investment management total revenue decreasing 4% to $5.2 The bank also highlighted that lower than average transactional volumes had contributed to lower asset management and brokerage fees.

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The TRADE

JUNE 19, 2023

Fixed income investment banking boutique KNG Securities appointed Fernando Ortega as its new head of emerging market sales. He joined KNG Securities from VTB Capital, where he served as global head of fixed income sales over the last 10 years. She joined from Maple Finance, where she served as general counsel.

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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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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. Kepler Cheuvreux Execution Services (KCx) appointed Seb Klatt as program trading (PT) sales trader.

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The TRADE

JULY 18, 2023

Aviva’s global asset management business has appointed Jill Barber as global head of distribution, who is expected to join the firm later this year subject to regulatory approval. Barber will join Aviva Investors from GAM Investments, where she has served as global head of institutional solutions since November 2020. She brings 25 years’ experience (..)

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The TRADE

JUNE 29, 2023

Specialist multi-asset manager Candriam and its parent company New York Life Investments have expanded their partnership to grow their remit in the US offshore market. Following the expansion of the partnership, the pair will offer solutions and services to non-US resident investors who invest through US intermediaries.

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The TRADE

MAY 30, 2023

TS Imagine has expanded its team in the Asia Pacific with two new appointments from investment management fintech Enfusion. Stephanie Cheung has been appointed sales director, while An Hoong will work within the account management team, responsible for technical account management and client support.

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The TRADE

JUNE 5, 2023

Previously in her career she spent several years at Cantor Fitzgerald and Virtu Financial in equity sales trading roles. Imandra’s vice president of sales Dan Squires has departed for pastures new after less than a year in his new role. Both will operate out of Hong Kong.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Industry Person of the Year 2023 shortlist: Seema Arora, managing director, head of execution sales, Instinet Europe Champion of The TRADE’s Rising Stars of Trading and Execution award scheme, Instinet Europe’s Seema Arora needs little introduction with an extensive financial career spanning more than 25 years.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 17, 2024

GAM heads, Mark Hawtin and Jeremy Roberts, are set to join Liontrust Asset Management in the coming months as head of global growth equities, and head of global distribution (ex UK), respectively. Prior to GAM, Roberts was co-head of EMEA retail sales and head of UK retail business at BlackRock.

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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

JULY 18, 2023

M&G’s global asset management arm has secured a Securities Investment Consulting Enterprise (SICE) business license in Taiwan, allowing the firm to establish a new office in Taipei as part of its Asia expansion strategy. Lin will be responsible for strengthening M&G’s wholesale and institutional presence in the region.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The immediate focus for the business is set to be investing in client service and portfolio management, specifically hiring in senior sales and distribution team members focused on Europe and the UK, as well as investment managers for both the luxury brands and credit opportunities strategies.

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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.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 7, 2024

Brendan Burke, Brown Brothers Harriman’s (BBH) managing director and head of Americas FX sales and business development tells The TRADE: “Managers need to be comfortable that execution via an outsourced platform is comparable to managing the process in-house.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Technology is at the forefront of this movement and the electronification/automation of many parts of the execution function allow the human element of trading to be more focused on larger, more complex trades that carry greater risk and as the role of trading develops, into other areas of the overall asset management business.

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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. She joined Ninety One in 2021 from Royal London Asset Management where she had been head of dealing for three years. Gibson is a seasoned trader with an extensive career in markets.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 21, 2023

For some asset managers and hedge funds, the seemingly impossible notion of all traders not physically sitting together on a centralised desk and communicating face-to-face was all but wiped away overnight as the hybrid working setup was forcibly tested and passed with flying colours.

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The TRADE

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Broadridge Financial Solutions has appointed Stephen Wilkes senior vice president, head of international buy-side sales. As part of the new role, he will lead Broadridges sales efforts across the EMEA and APAC regions, with a focus on asset managers and fund administrators.

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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

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Further roles at Fidelity International include stints as fixed income trading business manager, senior fixed income change manager, and senior fixed income portfolio analyst. Before joining Fidelity International, Awan spent two years at Royal London Asset Management.

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The TRADE

MARCH 31, 2025

Liontrusts chief commercial officer and former head of trading, Matt McLoughlin, left the UK-based asset manager after 10 years, The TRADE revealed. Under his stewardship, Liontrust was awarded The TRADEs Multi-Asset Trading Desk of the Year and Mid-Cap Trading Desk of the Year in 2022 and 2017 respectively.

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The TRADE

MARCH 10, 2025

Prior to joining the firm, London-based Power served as a global multi-asset and derivatives trader at Newton IM, and before that as head of trading at Standard Life Investments. Power has also worked in derivatives-related positions at various firms, including: Ignis Asset Management, Axial Investment Management, and RBS.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

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. He then moved to London in 1997 for a senior dealer role at Legal & General Investment Management.

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