The TRADE

AUGUST 7, 2024

Outsourced trading, though undoubtedly a contentious topic, is something that has been around in capital markets for decades in some form or another. However, an undeniable surge has occurred across the trading sphere over the last few years, with decidedly mixed results. And the number is climbing.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 23, 2023

What are the benefits of merging trading across asset classes? The key benefits of merging the trading function to be multi-asset have to come down to efficiency and scale, both as it relates to the execution of trades but also on how the trader operates when observing markets, providing market colour and looking at data.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 9, 2024

The London-based trading team at Ninety One has a very particular set of skills. The active investment manager specialises in emerging and frontier markets trading across fixed income, credit and specialist equities. Ninety One’s trading team consists of 17 globally with six – soon to be seven – based in London.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 21, 2023

Clear Street appointed Christopher Smith as chief executive officer of its futures clearing business. Trading Technologies International (TT) appointed Gavin Miller as its new director of EMEA sales – TT Fixed Income. His move follows almost five years at fixed income aggregation and surveillance technology business, Algomi.

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The TRADE

APRIL 25, 2024

However, despite this, Joe Collery, head of trading at Comgest endorsed a measured approach whilst speaking at TradeTech earlier this week. Specifically, Collery highlighted the important role of portfolio managers and a proactive approach to forging those key relationships.

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Razorpay

AUGUST 9, 2023

What do medium to big-sized businesses have? Merchant banks are a very important part of the financial ecosystem, since they support the largest chunk of businesses – the mid-sized ones. Merchant banking is a special branch of banking that provides financial services to medium to small-sized businesses.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

MarketAxess has expanded its decade-long partnership with BlackRock to integrate its credit trading protocols, pricing and data into the latter’s Aladdin order execution management system (OEMS). Risk analytics are combined with portfolio management, trading, operations, and accounting tools on a single, unified platform. “As

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The TRADE

APRIL 17, 2024

Global asset manager Robeco leverages a low touch and high touch trading team that spans across three continents. And, like most asset managers across the street, its global equity trading desk plays host to a variety of characters, each bringing their own individual string to the wider team’s bow.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 9, 2023

For Sharon Ruffles, head of fixed income trading for EMEA and Asia Pacific at State Street Global Advisors, the beauty of fixed income lies in how much one day can vary from the next. She began her trading career on an all-female trading desk, and says it was watching the world’s news play out in the markets that drew her to trading. “I

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

BlueCrest Capital Management’s new company, FX trading technology platform BlueX, has appointed Graham MacGregor as chief executive officer. Elsewhere in his career, MacGregor was EMEA head of sales and relationship management and chief executive, FX MTF business at Refinitiv.

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The TRADE

JUNE 7, 2024

Credit Suisse has signed an agreement to sell its majority stake in Credit Suisse Investment Partners (CSIP), owned by Credit Suisse Asset Management. Credit Suisse currently holds a 67% stake in the business line. UBS Investment Bank served as exclusive financial advisor to Credit Suisse on the transaction.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 5, 2024

Jamie McKenna was appointed vice president, senior global equity trader at State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) following almost two decades at GMO trading. Boston-based McKenna joined GMO in 2004 as a pricing analyst, and most recently worked in a multi-asset trading role for 15 years.

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The TRADE

MAY 2, 2024

Appital Insights went live in September 2023, helping unlock liquidity unavailable through traditional electronic trading venues. The post Appital Insights completes integration with FactSet Portware EMS appeared first on The TRADE.

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The TRADE

JULY 2, 2024

Read more – Artificial Intelligence in fixed income: A paradigm shift Chin has held a range of leadership roles in quantitative research, risk management and portfolio management at AB, both in New York and London, since joining the firm in 1997. As part of his new appointment, Chin will be based in New York.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

RBC has appointed Guy Chalkley as managing director, UK flow rates sales, according to an internal memo seen by The TRADE. Chalkley brings more than three decades worth of financial services to the role, in both portfolio management and rates sales. Before joining RBC, Chalkley spent 11 years at NatWest Markets.

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The TRADE

JUNE 9, 2023

Fixed income trading venue and data provider MarketAxess has expanded its integration with the Investortool platform for its municipal bond activity From now, MarketAxess’ offerings will be displayed on the Investortools Dealer Network (IDN) as it seeks to expand its electronic municipal trading.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

“Fixed income investors have been enjoying the highest interest rates seen in decades, but many are wondering how they can protect against the potential for precarious rate fluctuations ahead,” said Anna Paglia, chief business officer at SSGA. SSGA’s dedicated active fixed income portfolio management team will manage the funds.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 25, 2023

Across the market, businesses have been increasingly turning their attention to data quality and accessibility, seeking to enhance their offerings for buy-side clients with ample recent movement in the last few weeks. Data from the added exchanges are available to BMLL users across the buy- and sell-side, as well as global exchange groups.

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The TRADE

MAY 30, 2023

Stephanie Cheung has been appointed sales director, while An Hoong will work within the account management team, responsible for technical account management and client support. In his new role, Hoong will provide technical account management and support to clients in Hong Kong. Both will operate out of Hong Kong.

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The TRADE

JUNE 24, 2024

UBS appointed Carlos Salcedo head of capital markets financing sales Americas, according to an internal memo seen by The TRADE. As part of the role, he helped enhance Barclays’ custom baskets business. Northern Trust Asset Management appointed Naoto Komoro to lead its asset management business in Japan.

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The TRADE

JUNE 10, 2024

UBS selected one of its newly acquired Credit Suisse staff to replace its retiring global head of execution services, Brent Johnson, according to an internal memo seen by The TRADE. He began his trading career at UBS in Hong Kong. Livingstone previously served as head of trading – FX and ETFs at Tavistock Investments.

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The TRADE

MAY 31, 2023

Swedish independent fund management company Lannebo Fonder AB has adopted the Bloomberg buy-side offering – which includes its order management system (OMS) AIM and its risk and reporting PORT Enterprise solutions. AIM is Bloomberg’s buy-side order management system (OMS), which is fully integrated with the Bloomberg terminal.

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The TRADE

JULY 21, 2023

Axes have typically been used by traders looking to execute larger or block trades which they are not comfortable executing electronically. The ability to find a matching opposing side remains crucial in the many, less liquid areas within fixed income,” Lars Salmon, head of fixed income trading EMEA at Fidelity International, told The TRADE.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 4, 2023

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 TRADE

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Triodos Investment Management has selected Bloomberg’s AIM and PORT Enterprise solutions in a bid to support its front-office workflows. Through the adoptions, Triodos is set to benefit from enhanced pre-trade compliance and data consistency across its consolidated front-office processes.

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Life on the Buy Side

APRIL 15, 2019

At the age of 25, Buffett became the portfolio manager of his first fund. Buffett gave his take on the subject in the letters with three primary reasons: Group Think – Buffett saw too many managers conforming to the policies and actions of their peers in the business.

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The TRADE

JULY 31, 2023

Invesco’s US-based global head of fixed income trading Glenn Taitz left the firm to join Adroit Trading Technologies. Taitz joined buy-side OEMS provider Adroit as its head of business operations after seven and a half years with Invesco helming its fixed income trading business.

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The TRADE

APRIL 17, 2024

London-based fintech C8 Technologies is set to launch an FX hedging platform which employs systemic trading models to help businesses manage their currency exposures. Jonathan Webb, former head of FX strategy at Jefferies, manages the C8 Hedge platform.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Chalkley brings more than three decades worth of financial services to the role, in both portfolio management and rates sales. He most recently served as managing director in its institutional rates sales business, overseeing key strategic relationships and distributing global rates products.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 8, 2024

Industry stalwart Dan Hinxman joined Bloomberg as head of European credit electronic trading following almost six years as managing director at TP ICAP. His experience also encompasses hedge fund related roles, including futures and options trading and work on a fixed income desk.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Empirically, the offering allows clients to use some of the elements of OTC-derivatives (including equity swaps), while reaping the benefits of utilising standardised contracts traded on the regulated market and central counterparty clearing. The post Nasdaq unveils custom basket forwards solution appeared first on The TRADE.

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The TRADE

JULY 15, 2024

Read more: Impax Asset Management to acquire corporate credit business from partner firm Formuepleje Group Ian Simm, founder and chief executive of Impax, said: “We are pleased to welcome Absalon’s experienced team of credit managers and to expand our fixed income offering further with the addition of these two strategies.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The lack of regulated trading venues is materially hampering the growth of the crypto derivatives trading market,” said Jeremy Punnett, M&G portfolio manager. ” The post M&G Investments leads $30 million Series B funding round for GFO-X appeared first on The TRADE.

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The TRADE

MAY 1, 2024

Joining the industry after graduating from business school at the age of 20, Papanichola has an impressive track record that spans across five hedge funds and two banks. My key takeaway from those guys was that the core foundation of trading isn’t about buying and selling. I could literally trade any product if I wanted to.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 19, 2023

GAM Holding has confirmed its first steps in the turnaround plan for the business, aiming to return the company to profitability following a turbulent period. GAM has already made several new appointments in recent weeks in a bid to grow the business and increase profits, including changes to the group management board.

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Peak Frameworks

MAY 17, 2023

Combinations in Finance: More than Just Math The concept of combinations finds significant applications across various areas of finance, underpinning many strategies used in portfolio management, options trading, and scenario analysis. Options Trading In the world of options trading , combinations also play a pivotal role.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 6, 2023

We need good, consistent data sets in order to build logic to automate and make informed decisions,” said Martin Hendry, deputy head of trading at Liontrust Asset Management. A trader will no longer have to step outside of all these different screens and can instead focus on the trading,” added Loggia.

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