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The TRADE’s most read stories of the year part three: Regulation, consolidation and resignation

The TRADE

Perpetual merges regional asset management businesses under one global umbrella At number two in our most read stories series, we have the announcement that Perpetual Group had merged its regional assets management businesses to form one global division in August.

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LMAX Group acquires FX HedgePool

The TRADE

“We believe that with the acquisition of FX HedgePool, our combined client base will benefit from access to a wider suite of products and increased global distribution,” said David Mercer, chief executive, LMAX Group.  “Following this acquisition and that of Cürex last year, we now have a compelling proposition for asset managers and other buy-side (..)

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LMAX Group goes live with FX NDF trading in Singapore and London

The TRADE

Read more: LMAX Group given green light for NDF trading in both Singapore and London The FX NDFs are traded on a central limit order book (CLOB), delivering transparent price discovery and execution to all market participants including banks, non-banks, proprietary trading firms, institutional brokers, asset managers and buy-side institutions. “We (..)

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How do Banks Make Money? Explanation, Examples

Peak Frameworks

Trading and Proprietary Trading Many large banks are involved in trading activities. This can be trading on behalf of their clients (like when you buy a stock through a bank's brokerage service) or proprietary trading where banks invest their own money.

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Leaders in Trading 2023: Meet the nominees for… Outstanding FX Trading Venue

The TRADE

In 2022, CME Group saw a record year for its exchange-listed foreign exchange products, which was followed by a record day for its FX suite of products in March this year, trading $296 billion notional in one day across over three million contracts.

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Keeping ESG commercial

The TRADE

It was then that he moved onto the proprietary trading desk at the bank, mentored by former head trader at Moore Capital, Joe Cardello, and Jim Byrd, global head of macro trading at RBC. “My My key takeaway from those guys was that the core foundation of trading isn’t about buying and selling.

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Elliott Picks Apart SEC Case on Disclosures

The Deal

Sandell Asset Management and Marcato Capital, two members of the SharkWatch 50, were closed in 2019, The Deal previously reported. and Carl Icahn, which “is obviously incorrect,” Zabel wrote, adding 14 of the list’s constituents are no longer in operation, or haven’t engaged in activism for at least four years.