The TRADE

JANUARY 17, 2024

Trading volumes executed electronically by equity investors increased last year, accelerating the evolution of the US stock trading business into an increasingly complex, technologically driven market structure. Buy-side desks have reduced their equity trading counterparty lists slightly to an average of 31 brokers, a reduction from 31.5

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The TRADE

AUGUST 2, 2023

One of BCS Global Markets’ prime services sales leads has left the investment bank to join boutique merging markets broker and investment bank BancTrust. Grigoriy Kozin has been appointed head of business development, prime services and electronic execution at BancTrust after three years in his role at BCS.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Kepler Cheuvreux execution sales specialist Cherry Albon is set to join Berenberg next year, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. Albon has been appointed associate director, senior sales for EMEA electronic trading and program trading, set to join the firm in February next year, The TRADE can reveal.

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The TRADE

MAY 20, 2024

Kepler Cheuvreux’s head of market structure and liquidity solutions has left the broker dealer, The TRADE can reveal. He joined the broker dealer in 2016 as its head of portfolio and electronic sales trading, later assuming his most recent role as head of market structure and liquidity solutions in 2022.

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The TRADE

JULY 1, 2024

Former head of market structure and liquidity solutions at broker dealer Kepler Cheuvreux Byron Griffin is set to join Franco-German financial services firm ODDO BHF. He joins as head of execution sales and microstructure. Griffin left Kepler in May after over eight years with the broker dealer.

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The TRADE

JUNE 26, 2024

Former head of market structure and liquidity solutions at broker dealer Kepler Cheuvreux Byron Griffin is set to join Franco-German financial services firm ODDO BHF, The TRADE can reveal. He joins as head of execution sales and microstructure. Griffin left Kepler in May after over eight years with the broker dealer.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 30, 2024

Electronic trading platforms captured almost a third (32%) of overall Canadian equity trading volume in 2023, with this share expected to rise in the next three years, a new report by Coalition Greenwich has found. As a result, electronic and/or algorithmic trading has seen usage increase.

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Sun Acquisitions

APRIL 25, 2023

Navigating the sales process can help ensure you secure the best buyer and get the most out of your sale. The post Navigating the Sales Process: A Step-by-Step Guide to Selling Your Business appeared first on Sun Acquisitions | Chicago Business Broker and M&A Firm.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 2, 2023

RBC appointed two former Credit Suisse senior algorithmic trading individuals to join its low touch electronic sales and trading team. Also appointed to the low touch sales and trading team at RBC is Suzanne Webster, who joined as a multi-asset director. He joined from Luminex where he most recently served as head of sales.

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Sun Acquisitions

AUGUST 2, 2022

Sun Acquisitions is pleased to announce the closing of three Buy-Side campaigns in the last two months including an industrial pumps distributor, specialty electronics distributor, and a waste management firm. Sun Acquisitions’ clients were both private and publicly held companies which acquired domestic and international targets.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

UK-based investment bank Peel Hunt appointed former head of electronic and program trading and sales at Numis Securities, Nishad Vallonthaiel, to head up its own electronic trading division. Brandi Bailey was appointed to the sales trading team based in London. Elsewhere, Brown had worked at Citi for sixteen years.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 8, 2023

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. Elsewhere, other local regulatory changes and benchmark replacements continue to impact prime brokers.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Kepler Cheuvreux’s execution sales specialist Cherry Albon is set to join Berenberg next year, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. Albon has been appointed associate director, senior sales for EMEA electronic trading and program trading, set to join the firm in February next year.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 15, 2023

But in other jurisdictions—Korea for example, where a short sale ban was recently announced—regulators can reveal changes very suddenly. The regulators did but one of our brokers refused to recognise the interpretation, choosing to stick with the more conservative interpretation solely to err on the side of caution.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

During his tenure, Vincent held various positions across Credit Suisse, most recently as head of AES sales trading, based in London. He also worked on the client coverage team of Credit Suisse’s agency electronic trading platform, Europe, focused on bespoke execution consulting and strategies.

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How2Exit

MARCH 23, 2023

It is also important to have an accurate valuation of the business and to be aware of any liabilities or assets that could affect the sale. It is also important to have a plan for what to do with the proceeds of the sale. This can add up to $6,000 a year which, at a three-time multiple, would add $18,000 to the sale price.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 7, 2023

Ballard brings over 30 years’ experience in equity sales, having previously held positions at Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Baring Securities. He joined KNG from VTB Capital, where he most recently served as managing director and global head of equity sales.

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The TRADE

JULY 3, 2023

Alongside him, Torsten Schöneborn joined the bank from BNP Paribas where he had been global head of electronic platform and global head of quant prime broking. Before that, he spent almost 10 years at Deutsche Bank, where his roles included global co-head of electronic equities and head of eFX spot quant trading.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 15, 2023

Trading, portfolio and risk management solutions provider TS Imagine has added CLSA’s AI-powered European algo suite to its list of certified brokers. TS Imagine’s TradeSmart features pre-certified connections to more than 250 listed brokers and venues, as well as broker algos.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Deutsche Bank has completed the acquisition of institutional broker Numis and has unveiled a new offering to be known as ‘Deutsche Numis’. We are proud to introduce Deutsche Numis as a leading corporate broker in the UK and we look forward to working with Alex, Ross and the rest of the team.”

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Electronic trading capabilities have led to a major shift away from voice trading, and this has changed the role that counterparties play when they work together. We view this as a complement to broker led avenues of liquidity, not as a replacement.” Enhancements seen on the buy-side have lent themselves to more automation on the desk.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 1, 2023

The firm focused on expanding the reach of electronic trading and providing market participants an alternative model. The business was launched by industry veteran and founder of blockchain consortium R3, David Rutter , in a bid to digitise the traditional corporate bond market.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 1, 2023

Goldman’s smart order router (SOR), for example, connects to around 27 electronic liquidity provider (ELP) streams. The bank made a push into the quant space in 2014 and now services a variety of firms ranging from standalone systematic hedge funds, funds that sit within platforms or funds that exist as proprietary broker dealers.

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Sica Fletcher

MARCH 26, 2020

The Largest Strategic Players Tell Us Full Steam Ahead – The major strategic acquirors have informed us that they plan to continue to aggressively pursue acquisitions of insurance brokers. These strategic acquirors typically have both their equity and debt facilities in place, so there is no shortage of capital.

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Focus Investment Banking

JANUARY 18, 2024

Prior to the sale of the company to ABRA, now Caliber Collision, he was president and COO, operating 12 facilities encompassing two states, with sales exceeding $30 million. In May 2015, Keenan Auto Body hired FOCUS to represent it in its sale to ABRA. Sometimes people don't realize they need a broker.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 26, 2023

This, he says, is done by encouraging more electronic trading volumes either through getting electronic VCONS coming back to traders or through full straight through processing (STP). “I This makes some electronic and algorithmic methods of trading more of a market disruptor, the team explain. “A

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 24, 2024

In years gone by, buy-side firms have placed orders via a sell-side broker to be traded on exchange. However, DMA is the process of directly connecting electronically to an exchange in order to trade on exchange securities without using a broker or intermediary.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

A friend suggested I consider investment banking and following a trading and sales summer placement at ABN AMRO in the City, I was instantly captivated – I had found my fit. As mentioned, regulation has redefined bank balance sheets and we’ve consequently witnessed a change in the composition of the traditional broker-dealer community.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Previously in his career, Hagan also spent four years on the sell-side at Société Générale in various FX sales roles. Given the liquidity landscape can often be more sparse or difficult to navigate, the use of local brokers alongside the bulge brackets is something Willis thinks is essential to minimise market footprint.

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Sica Fletcher

MARCH 10, 2020

Here are some of the issues you should consider: 1) Getting to the Right Value (10 Times 0 Is Still 0) Preparing a company for sale to achieve the best result requires a fair amount of advanced preparation. Then you will need a data room, organized electronically and efficiently. Here’s why: you don’t know what you don’t know.

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The TRADE

JULY 30, 2024

Consequently, ETF trading techniques have evolved to source new pricing opportunities either via electronic request for quote (RFQ) platforms and/or ETF algos and to take advantage of ETF trading provision at the exchanges themselves,” says Tim Miller, senior trader at Fidelity International.

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Software Equity Group

AUGUST 20, 2024

In February 2024, Visma acquired InvoiceXpress, a developer of electronic invoicing software and related APIs for small businesses worldwide. The software offers features for PLM, sales order management, sourcing and logistics, warehouse management, financial management, and business intelligence.

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