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Prime brokerage: The intersection of challenge and opportunity

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Instead, a combination of rising interest rates, inflation, soaring energy prices and geopolitical tensions have hit hedge funds, and subsequently the risk management practices of prime brokers. These forces have rumbled markets and led to heightened volatility.

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Retail boost is driving volumes off-exchange, Liquidnet finds

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Despite retail flows not necessarily adding much in terms of available liquidity, Liquidnet noted that book depth, lower correlations and reduced volatility had improved for traders and portfolio managers. Wholesales were found to have increased their consumption of flow from retail brokers. billion worth of purchasing.

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Fabien Oreve: Fixing Europe’s future markets

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Are central limit order books still fit for purpose? Central limit order books (CLOBs) across primary exchanges remain a significant part of the trading ecosystem for European equities. The evolution towards agility and flexibility has clearly been supported by the new generation of order and execution management systems (OEMS).

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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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Dominic Rieb-Smith, managing director, international head, prime services sales, JP Morgan, refers to the past year as “a standout”. Data from Convergence tracking the top 25 prime brokers showed their market share grew from 83.3% in April 2023, to 92% in 2024.

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

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While traders don’t have the authority to load up trades, outside of execution they are expected to collaborate with their portfolio managers to bring value add to the investment process by making suggestions around idea generation and execution. The trading team work closely in tandem with portfolio managers when preparing a strategy.

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Trading at the frontier

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If a portfolio manager wants to execute a trade days after such an event, they need to understand that liquidity may be reduced, and they must be confident in their strategy if they’re willing to pay more in the bid-offer spread.” “Post the GFC [global financial crisis] things have changed 180 degrees in terms of regulation and compliance regimes.”

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