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LiquidityBook acquires Messer to boost multi-asset capabilities

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As part of the acquisition, Bryan Messer has been appointed general manager of Asia Pacific, managing director of portfolio management solutions and artificial intelligence at LiquidityBook, with his staff also joining. In addition, the accounting and reconciliation engines of Messer Financial Software will be integrated.

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The prime brokerage pie is growing, which means bigger slices for everyone

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But the headwinds have subsided, and the tailwinds have finally arrived in the form of new fund launches, a rise in allocations and increasing returns for funds, not to mention the continuing emergence of multi-strategy hedge funds. That’s adding a level of interest in the sector again by allocators. billion in 2023.

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Venture capital jobs – what to expect working for a VC

Growth Business

You’ll have portfolio managers or associates dealing only with companies who have already received investment, and finally supportive roles in marketing, administration, and assistants which can be an entry point for people starting a VC career.” It is the most senior position in venture capital.

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A new chapter for RBC BlueBay Asset Management’s London-based fixed income trading desk

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A bit like a multi-strategy house, BlueBay was once a hedge fund and long only shop and home to as many as eight investment teams with dedicated traders working on each one independently. The trading team work closely in tandem with portfolio managers when preparing a strategy. It’s not building up over weeks and weeks.

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DWS Group’s Werner Eppacher: ‘Liquidity is like a shy deer’

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He joined DWS Group a year later as a portfolio manager and worked his way up through the ranks, going on to lead teams of PMs focused on a range of instruments that stretched across asset classes. We share the burden of finding budgets and funding things going forward.” Finding traders is the easier part.

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Keeping an aircraft carrier nimble in times of turbulence

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He subsequently moved into a role on the money market and short duration team focused on multi-asset accounts, money markets, and enhanced cash funds, among other products, serving in this capacity for eight years before moving over to the investment grade credit team. It’s different needs for our clients and our fund managers.

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SSGA’s Sharon Ruffles on fixed income trading: It’s a different job every day

The TRADE

Beginning her career on the buy-side at boutique asset manager Credit Suisse First Boston as an investment portfolio analyst in London in 1986, Ruffles has seen the markets through several highs and lows. It’s a shame that they’ve gone. It gives you a sense of what the systems enable us to scale.”

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