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Schroders streamlines data and operations automation through expanded Xceptor partnership

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The announcement builds on an existing relationship between Schroders and Xceptor which saw the active investment manager use the platform to process incoming transfer agency cashflows into its investment book of record, BlackRock’s Aladdin.

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Leaders in Trading 2023: Meet the nominees for… Outstanding Innovation in Fixed Income

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Following this, in June, the business launched BondGPT, an application powered by OpenAI GPT-4 which answers bond-related questions and helps users identify corporate bonds on the LTX platform. Invesco Asset Management and Charles River Development (CRD) were the first to facilitate the new functionality following an initial testing period.

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How to raise pre-seed funding

Growth Business

By Anna Jordan on Growth Business - Your gateway to entrepreneurial success So, you’ve got your idea in place and your business is running, now you just need some money. Pre-seed funding is there to build the foundations of your business before you move on to your subsequent funding rounds. And we did it.

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Keeping an aircraft carrier nimble in times of turbulence

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Chicago-based head of US trading at Legal and General Investment Management (LGIM) Ryan Raymond has seen enough economic turmoil during his career to know what to do when markets turn volatile. In his first role at LGIM, Raymond was responsible for overseeing its credit trading business out of the US.

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Trading at the frontier

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The active investment manager specialises in emerging and frontier markets trading across fixed income, credit and specialist equities. When people have ownership in their function and they can see their contribution to the business, that really motivates them to make sure that they are constantly improving,” she explains. “In

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Eyes on a new prize: How outsourced trading has taken off and why the attention is now turning to larger managers

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Suddenly the longstanding narratives of ‘giving up control’, ‘loss of information’ and ‘replacing jobs’ have been replaced with the realisation for some fund managers that you can supplement your trading desk with an outsourced trading provider by turning to them for a particular geography, asset class or cover for holiday periods or busy times.

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In-house algorithmic execution platforms are the way forward

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Storing order book updates received at millisecond intervals in a well-designed database enables high-level back testing. Moreover, algorithms help better understand the market, providing investment managers with valuable information to make more informed decisions. Are in-house algorithmic execution platforms the way forward?