The TRADE

JUNE 27, 2023

The LBX suite is now connected to ICE ETF Hub’s FIX application programming interface (API), providing third-party platforms and ETF market participants with improved access to the ICE ETF Hub platform, alongside the ability to systematically manage their creation and redemption orders.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2024

He has been with the firm for almost 19 years, having most recently served as a senior equity trader. Current head of equity trading and operational portfolio management, Robbert Wijgerse, continues in his role and existing reporting lines remain the same.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Union Investment’s Christoph Hock is set to step away from his role as head of multi-asset trading later this year to pursue an opportunity in digital assets and tokenisation within the asset management firm, as revealed by The TRADE. Allianz Global Investors appointed Kayvan Vahid as head of equity Europe core and value.

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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 26, 2023

UK-based boutique fixed income trading desk BlueBay Asset Management is beginning a new chapter in its life. The move has opened up swathes of synergy opportunities for the pure fixed income asset manager, with its traders now working directly alongside RBC BlueBay Asset Management’s equities desk.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Over the past decade, technological advancements and increasing financial regulations have been the primary drivers behind the evolution of trading analytics and transaction cost analysis (TCA). These components are the backbone of the PGGM trading analytics desk. How can TCA use be further optimised/automated on the trading desk?

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The TRADE

AUGUST 29, 2023

Allianz Global Investors (AllianzGI) has appointed Kayvan Vahid as head of equity Europe core and value. Vahid joins AllianzGI from UBS Asset Management where he served in a variety of roles over the last 20 years. Based in London, Vahid will report to Jörg De Vries-Hippen, head of investments equity Europe.

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The TRADE

JUNE 2, 2023

Edouard Petitcollot Candriam has overhauled its global trading structure in a bid to refocus its attention on more complex and high touch trading strategies, The TRADE can reveal. Edouard Petitcollot will lead the operation as global head of trading. High touch trading can be renewed.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 29, 2024

Buy-side book-building platform Appital has moved to expand its pre-trade price discovery capabilities to allow for greater natural liquidity amongst its buy-side clients. This aligns with our strategy to deliver unique workflows to trading and investment teams. Liquidity is subsequently realised.

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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. Prior to joining Bloomberg, Miller worked as a credit trader at Salomon Smith Barney – now Morgan Stanley Wealth Management. Redburn Atlantic appointed Lisa Christou as head of sales trading, US equities to international.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) equity and derivatives trader Rikki Corbyn joined Barclays in a program trading role. He joins Barclays after almost 12 years with SSGA, originally joining the firm in 2013 in a trade support role before moving into an equity and derivatives trading role in 2016.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Read more: Kepler Cheuvreux head of equity sales trading departs Akar has also previously served as an associate, equities strategy, at quantitative investment management firm Winton. The post Unigestion trader joins Kepler Cheuvreux appeared first on The TRADE.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 15, 2024

Zakria Hussain has left Crédit Agricole, where he most recently served as global head of eFX spot trading, to join Nomura Group’s digital assets subsidiary Laser Digital as head of OTC trading. Liquidnet appointed Lara Jacobs as head of international client trading EMEA.

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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

APRIL 5, 2024

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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The TRADE

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Order and execution management platform, Adroit Trading Technologies, has raised $15 million in its series A funding round led by specialised growth equity firm, Centana Growth Partners, with the capital set to be used to accelerate the business’ growth. It services the likes of Invesco.

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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

MARCH 20, 2024

The three new MSCI index options – namely Cboe MSCI world index option (MXWLD), Cboe MSCI ACWI index options (MXACW) and Cboe MSCI USA index option (MXUSA) – are designed to provide investors with exposure to international, developed and emerging markets, and US equity market performance.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

He most recently served as an investment manager at ADQ and before that spent two and a half years as a senior trader and portfolio manager at Azimut. In his career, Diallo has also worked as an equity trader at Avalon Capital Markets. Previous experience also includes stints at EFG Hermes and Mubasher Financial Services.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 17, 2024

In 2019, Nutting was nominated by her industry peers as one of The TRADE’s Rising Stars of Trading and Execution, and just four years later, she was shortlisted for The TRADE’s coveted Buy-side Trader of the Year Award. That same year, she was recognised by The TRADE and the industry as a Rising Star of Trading and Execution.

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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

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

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

AUGUST 18, 2023

Lily Chia has been named the new head of equities and FICC sales, SGROA at Singapore Exchange (SGX), working across Singapore, ASEAN, Middle East, India, and Australia. In this new position, Chia, who has spent almost two decades at SGX in various roles, will lead sales for equity, equity derivatives and FX derivatives.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Named ALTD <GO>, the new function will support equity analysts and portfolio managers with intra-quarter insights which can be incorporated into research workflows, paired with consensus estimates, company news, research and guidance – ahead of earnings announcements.

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The TRADE

APRIL 25, 2024

When it comes to desk organisation, where derivatives fit in has been a key focal point for firms in recent times, with key buy-siders unpacked their approach to managing the evolving asset class on a TradeTech panel this week. Ultimately for T.Rowe, the firm had much the same reasons (as Allianz) to rethink and readjust their strategy.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 5, 2024

He was previously head of international trading analytics and strategy at Vanguard, having joined in 2019. His new role will see Robert take charge of the firm’s market structure content and “provide key regulatory insights to assist clients in navigating the complexities of the equities trading ecosystem”.

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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

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Cboe Global Markets announced that its new Cboe S&P 500 Variance Futures are expected to begin trading on Monday 23 September on the Cboe Futures Exchange. Cboe Global Markets added that the contracts will quote and trade directly in variance units, offering a simplified approach to managing and trading variance exposure.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Nasdaq has announced the launch of its Custom Basket Forwards solution in a bid to address the market’s demand for more simple and efficient methods to handle equity exposures. Once baskets have been defined, a cash settled forward contract is issued in Nasdaq’s trading and clearing systems, the business explained.

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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

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 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

APRIL 10, 2024

Specifically, the futures on the small index segment can be used as instruments for: cash management, hedging, and creating and trading ETPs and structured products. The post Nasdaq unveils new Swedish small cap index future offering appeared first on The TRADE.

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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. He joined Northern Trust in 2007 and has since worked in senior roles across portfolio management, client management and sales.

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The TRADE

JULY 6, 2023

Retail traders typically follow equity performance closely – a trend dating back to 2021. According to Liquidnet’s review, pressure put on equities throughout the course of this year has presented retail traders with a number of “valleys” that offer large percentage gains on specific stocks. billion worth of purchasing.

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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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