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

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Kepler’s Ellipsis AM set to acquire Rothschild AM convertible bond business

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As part of the deal two Rothschild portfolio managers – Cristina Jarrin and Mikael Dauvert – will move to Ellipsis AM. Ellipsis AM’s convertible team currently comprises of four portfolio managers, with each one performing the role of trader alongside acting as portfolio manager.

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FlexTrade and BTON Financial deliver AI-powered trading automation solution

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FlexTrade Systems and BTON Financial have delivered a new integration which provides users of FlexTRADER EMS access to AI-driven broker selection suggestions to help improve best execution performance. “We think this is brilliant news for all concerned.

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Trader of the Year: Millennium’s Charlotte Nutting

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As a trader, I think it is critical to build strong relationships with portfolio managers, brokers and various internal teams, and this is something I look forward to and enjoy on a daily basis. Most people associate trading with “numbers,” but what I love most about trading is the human aspect of the role.

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Achieving TCA maturity on the trading desk

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This platform aims to offer our clients deeper insights into the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of their trades, provide a complete feedback loop (including pre- and post-trade analysis), and support the decision-making process for portfolio managers. How can TCA use be further optimised/automated on the trading desk?

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Around two-thirds of buy-siders believe outsourced desks could enhance trade performance in cross-border trading

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Read more – The Outsourced Trading Handbook 2023 Coalition Greenwich shared the response of one portfolio manager, which highlighted how outsourced providers “act as an extension to the trading desk and understand [our] trading goals,” while another commented on the importance of “added expertise that [we] do not have in-house.”

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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.