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Headphone startup Nura gets acqui-hired by Denon parent, Masimo

TechCrunch: M&A

It’s a relative rarity in consumer electronics, a category dominated by corporations like Samsung, Apple and Sony, which are (perhaps understandably) somewhat risk averse. Every so often, a new startup crosses your radar and reminds you how exciting hardware can be. Melbourne-based Nura was one such company.

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Fireside Friday with… Standard Chartered’s Dan Burke

The TRADE

For most of my career in credit trading, the majority of traders have been accounting and finance or economics majors. However, increases in efficiencies have meant smaller trades (up to $2-3 million in EM) are moving to electronic platforms and the bigger flows are being packaged into portfolio trades.

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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. Chicago is a very small community and so I knew most of the portfolio managers and management at LGIM America before I came over.

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

The TRADE

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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Our List of 10 Private Equity Firms Investing in Software to Watch

Software Equity Group

And it typically boils down to a few common elements that successful SaaS companies do particularly well: High-quality SaaS companies feature predictable, recurring revenues, solid unit economics , and high gross margin and gross profit rates. The firm employs 93 professionals. The firm targets mid-market software and tech-enabled companies.

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The Big Interview: Laura-Jane Purnell

The TRADE

It wasn’t until university, where I studied economics, that potential career paths became apparent. Secondly, major advances in technology and data science have greatly influenced not only the role of trading, but the entire investment decision making process, with increasing reliance on electronic trading. Adaptability is key.

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Don’t sleep on emerging markets fixed income

The TRADE

There is a structural case for emerging markets, and it is set to remain a core part of the fixed income opportunity set,” asserts John Espinosa, head of sovereigns and portfolio manager for Nuveen’s global fixed income team. “It We’ve also seen an increase in portfolio trading activity in the market.”

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