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Schroders streamlines data and operations automation through expanded Xceptor partnership

The TRADE

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

The TRADE

In July, LTX integrated with BlackRock’s end-to-end investment management and operations platform Aladdin as part of the next phase of the pair’s multi-year partnership. The business has also captured over 1660 new bond deals to trade, with more than 300 traders engaged with the order book, and received $22 billion in order.

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How to raise pre-seed funding

Growth Business

Pre-seed funding is there to build the foundations of your business before you move on to your subsequent funding rounds. It can give you a boost to develop early-stage versions of your product and/or build your team, as well as giving you some steer with the strategy in your firm’s infancy. “I What can I use the funding for?

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Keeping an aircraft carrier nimble in times of turbulence

The TRADE

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. For us, we do a lot of data aggregation and we’re trying to build out as much as we can internally.

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Trading at the frontier

The TRADE

The active investment manager specialises in emerging and frontier markets trading across fixed income, credit and specialist equities. In nothing short of a baptism of fire, he took his first steps into trading in January 2007 in the build-up to the global financial crisis.

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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

The TRADE

Hedge fund launches now often choose outsourced trading over building their own capabilities. It’s a portal to markets to express their investment thesis. For them, it’s about building a brand with the sell-side, ensuring that they get all the resources they require.”

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In-house algorithmic execution platforms are the way forward

The TRADE

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?