The TRADE

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Market participants need global data-driven content to enhance their own products and gain deeper understanding of market shifts and liquidity dynamics, and to identify opportunities for better trading outcomes. You will also continue to see a push to modernise the loan market, whether through digitised loan data or electronic trading.

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JUNE 12, 2024

Building on top of the increased electronification of the US corporate bond market over the past decade, trading automation is now the key focus area according to a new report from Coalition Greenwich. The US corporate bond market saw trading volumes increase by 34% year-on-year, with average daily trade count up by 20%.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 26, 2023

UK-based boutique fixed income trading desk BlueBay Asset Management is beginning a new chapter in its life. For head of trading for the RBC BlueBay Asset Management London-based fixed income trading desk, Stuart Campbell, the institution’s combined size is a new strength. You’re taught to almost think like a PM.

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MARCH 18, 2024

BTIG made two key appointments including promoting Troy Donohue to head of Americas portfolio trading and hiring Henri Taylor as director within electronic trading sales. Elsewhere, Taylor brings over 20 years’ experience in electronic trading sales to the firm.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The Vienna Stock Exchange has included Barclays Bank Ireland as a new trading member on its platform. The new international trading member will participate in trading as of today. The post Barclays joins Vienna Stock Exchange as trading member appeared first on The TRADE. Specifically, 47.6% from Ireland.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Kerim Acanal, global head of emerging markets, Tradeweb The request-for-market (RFM) protocol will continue to be the next frontier for electronic trading in emerging markets. The post The TRADE predictions series 2024: Front-to-back technological enhancements appeared first on The TRADE.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Bloomberg has launched a new front-office offering which uses a machine learning model capable of handling vast amounts of data to produce frequent pricing for real-time trading decisions. The post Bloomberg launches front-office pricing offering to aid with real-time trading decisions appeared first on The TRADE.

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The TRADE

JULY 3, 2023

Barclays selected an internal candidate and a new hire from BNP Paribas to become its new co-heads of G10 FX trading. New co-heads Torsten Schöneborn and Jerry Minier will be London-based, reporting to Michael Lublinsky, global head of macro, according to an internal memo seen by The TRADE. His next role is unconfirmed.

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JUNE 13, 2023

State Street has expanded the capabilities of its Alpha platform to support the entire lifecycle for exchange traded funds (ETFs). Available to all participants on the platform, the enhancement provides connectivity and electronic communication through an industry protocol used in electronic trading.

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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.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 29, 2023

All of these use cases should continue to proliferate next year, especially as we see the industry trend towards a heightened focus on trading costs, the rise of multi-asset trading and the continued liquidity demands. Credit trading provides a good example of the benefits, where RFQ negotiation and trading can all be automated.

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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

JUNE 22, 2023

Broadridge Financial Solutions subsidiary, LTX, has launched RFQ+, an enhanced RFQ protocol which combines pre-trade dealer selection analytics with liquidity aggregation capabilities. Executing size in today’s credit markets is often challenging,” said Steve Chylinski, head of FI trading at Eagle Asset Management.

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The TRADE

MAY 31, 2024

What are the key factors contributing to the rise of credit portfolio trading? Portfolio trading has seen a dramatic rise these past few years. It’s not very different from list trading which has existed for a long time where dealers were requested to price a backet of instruments.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 21, 2023

Trading Technologies International (TT) appointed Gavin Miller as its new director of EMEA sales – TT Fixed Income. Redburn Atlantic appointed Lisa Christou as head of sales trading, US equities to international. The post People Moves Monday: Clear Street, Trading Technologies and more… appeared first on The TRADE.

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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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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

JUNE 29, 2023

Cboe has expanded the trading period for in its high yield and investment grade corporate bond futures to nearly 24-hours per weekday to help investors manage their credit portfolios. Both new IBYO and IBGO options will be physically settled and will trade electronically on CFE during regular trading hours.

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The TRADE

JUNE 4, 2024

Tradeweb claims to be the first electronic trading platform to make OIS curves available during the repo trade negotiation process, which will enable institutional clients to better assess the price competitiveness of different repo rates across different currencies and maturities.

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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

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

In his new role, he will also co-head electronic trading and be responsible for the development of BTIG’s new generation algorithms. Ponzio will be based in New York , responsible for managing the firm’s program trading and ETF market making businesses.

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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

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The TRADE is delighted to announce the shortlisted nominees for the Industry Person of the Year Award 2023. The winner will be decided by a live industry vote at The TRADE’s Leaders in Trading gala awards night on 8 November. Congratulations to this year’s shortlisted nominees!

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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 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

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Among the various protocols that exist within fixed income – including request for quote (RFQ), request for streams, central limit order books, portfolio trading, periodic auctions, request for market (RFM) and voice – panellists discussed the optimal mix of protocol innovations to achieve best execution.

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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

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Bookbuilding platform Appital has launched a new initiative to unlock liquidity unavailable through traditional electronic trading venues. Traders and portfolio managers will also be able to access exposure to liquidity events in relevant equities meeting their minimum ADC or pricing thresholds.

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The TRADE

JUNE 27, 2023

European electronic fixed income platform MTS and fintech Wematch.live have run their first session of The MTS Swaps Risk Netting Service – their session-based trading functionality for interest rate swaps (IRS). The post MTS and Wematch launch new risk netting service for interest rate swaps appeared first on The TRADE.

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The TRADE

JULY 29, 2024

David Kirk is set to join Millennium, following almost three and a half years at Marble Bar Asset Management where he most recently served as a trader, The TRADE understands. He was recognised as a Rising Star of Trading and Execution at Leaders in Trading in 2021.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

How has the hiring process for a trading desk changed over the last five years? For most of my career in credit trading, the majority of traders have been accounting and finance or economics majors. When I look down my trading desk right now, every team member is coding in Python.

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The TRADE

JULY 1, 2024

He is currently on gardening leave set to join ODDO in the coming months, The TRADE understands. Griffin originally joined Kepler 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

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 is currently on gardening leave set to join ODDO in the coming months, The TRADE understands.

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The TRADE

JUNE 23, 2023

The solution includes fast access to relevant new issue securities with the most up-to-date information, electronic order routing, and automatic delivery of final allocations. First, orders from various portfolio managers are staged and aggregated before being electronically routed to InvestorAccess.

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The TRADE

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

He most recently served as global head of ETF product, having initially joined Goldman Sachs Asset Management back in 2017 to build out the US fund strategist model portfolio business. Gray joined Liquidnet from Morgan Stanley, where he served as a managing director, responsible for convertible bond sales, trading risk and research.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

As head of State Street Global Advisors Europe – her current role – she is responsible for the firm’s EU-based portfolio management, distribution, product development, fund management and operations. In addition, he will focus on ensuring close coordination between the FX trading and sales teams.

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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.

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