The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Balyasny Asset Management has appointed Harrison Chesterton as associate director within its equity finance trading division, The TRADE can reveal. Most recently he served as vice president of delta 1 and equity financing – a role he was promoted to after holding the position of assistant vice president for three years.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Order and/or execution management systems (OEMS) Kicking off this whistle-stop summary as the number one most impactful innovation in the industry is the order and/or execution management system (OEMS) – the beating heart of trading desks around the world. CLS Coming in at number three is the multi-currency settlement system, CLS.

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The TRADE

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Macquarie Group has appointed Dylan Kluth head of equites trading for Asia Pacific, The TRADE can reveal. Kluth has been promoted to the role after serving as portfolio manager/analyst at the firm over the last two years. Elsewhere in his tenure at AMP Capital, Kluth served as senior multi-asset dealer and as an equity dealer.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

This site has already covered investment banking interview questions , private equity interview questions , and venture capital interview questions , so the next topic on the list seemed to be growth equity interview questions. Q: Why growth equity? Q: Walk me through your resume.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 5, 2024

Jefferies’ managing director and head of US equity distribution in Europe, Guy Trust, has left the bank after nearly a decade to join Daiwa Capital Markets Europe, The TRADE can reveal. Trust has an extensive career specialising in equities and arbitrage strategies.

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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

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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Wall Street Mojo

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

What Is A Replicating Portfolio? A Replicating Portfolio refers to an investment portfolio built to copy the outcomes offered by a target asset. The purpose of building such a portfolio is to gain investment results similar to the results achieved by the target asset or the original instruments of the target portfolio.

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OfficeHours

AUGUST 9, 2023

To know if the buyside is right for you, let’s start with a textbook understanding of “What is private equity?” Private equity involves investing capital directly into private businesses that are not publicly traded on stock exchanges (that would be a hedge fund).

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The TRADE

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

JP Morgan has appointed a new head of global equities amid wider changes to senior leadership in its markets division. According to an internal memo published on Thursday, Rachid Alaoui has been appointed head of global equities at JP Morgan. He joined JP Morgan in 2005 as a trader on the equity exotics desk in London.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Almost two thirds (63%) of buy-side equity market participants believe outsourced desks would result in improved execution quality and trade performance when trading across regions, according to new research from Coalition Greenwich. This figure was up markedly from similar research in 2020, which had the result at 5%.

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OfficeHours

AUGUST 25, 2023

In recent years, private credit has emerged as an important financing source for corporations of all kinds, especially for private equity-owned businesses with high financial leverage. Under this structure, banks typically provide committed financing to buyers (in this case, often private equity firms).

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The TRADE

JUNE 15, 2023

Bloomberg has appointed Colin Williams in an electronic trading and analytics solutions role. Williams joins from BNY Mellon, where he spent the last six years, most recently serving as an equity trader. Prior to that, he spent six and a half years at State Street Global Markets in a portfolio solutions role.

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The TRADE

MAY 16, 2024

In the constantly evolving financial markets landscape, where volatility and complexity are continually featured, the ability to discern the true costs of trading has become paramount for investors and institutions alike. However, reservations about its usage still exist among users.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 30, 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, The TRADE can reveal. Union is bolstering its digital assets division, The TRADE understands.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 24, 2024

In the dynamic realm of the financial markets, the introduction of technology has proven to be a catalyst for transformative change, overhauling existing trading strategies. Among the wide range of advancements, algorithmic trading has revolutionised how financial instruments are bought and sold.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 7, 2024

Northern Trust has been selected by UK-based wealth management firm True Potential to provide outsourced trading services. Offered through its Integrated Trading Solutions (ITS) platform, Northern Trust will provide services across equities, fixed income and exchange traded derivatives, with coverage from multiple trading locations.

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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

MAY 15, 2024

BNY Mellon has today announced the integration of Global Markets Trading (GMT), which will combine the firm’s capabilities in foreign exchange, fixed income, equities and capital markets to provide full-service client provisions.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Cboe Global Markets has appointed leading industry figure Natan Tiefenbrun president of North American and European equities as part of the leadership changes announced last month, The TRADE can reveal. This new role expands on his previous position as president of Cboe Europe, now also overseeing North American cash equities.

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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

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

A Citadel equity trader and senior associate has left the firm to join Ilex Capital, The TRADE can reveal. According to an update on his social media, Jack Boland has joined Ilex Capital in a US equity trading and global equity capital markets role.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Market data provider big xyt has launched its new portfolio liquidity analysis solution, developed in partnership with Baillie Gifford, to address dilution levy guidance impacting the buy-side. The new solution provides buy-side firms with an independent view of the liquidity of equity portfolios by using market data.

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Peak Frameworks

AUGUST 15, 2023

An investment portfolio is a basket of various types of financial assets owned by an investor. These assets can be in the form of equities (stocks), fixed income (bonds), mutual funds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), real estate, commodities , and more. Similarly, liquidity needs can affect portfolio construction.

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The TRADE

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. These entities currently contribute to more than 85% of the equity turnover in Vienna. Specifically, 47.6% from France (20.7%), and 11.3%

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The TRADE

JULY 7, 2023

James Kirk has joined independent outsourced trading services provider Tourmaline Partners as managing director, according to an announcement on social media. Earlier this month he announced his departure from Liquidnet where he most recently served as co-head of trading for EMEA for two years, having originally joined the business in 2015.

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MergersCorp M&A International

AUGUST 9, 2024

The world of finance is often daunting, especially for those unfamiliar with the intricacies of investment vehicles like hedge funds and private equity. While both hedge funds and private equity are alternatives to traditional investments, they serve different purposes, employ various strategies, and cater to distinct investor profiles.

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How2Exit

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

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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

DECEMBER 28, 2023

We expect a continued shift of trading activity to more traditional, regulated exchanges and venues.  In November, CME overtook Binance as the leading exchange from an open interest perspective on the bitcoin futures contract. The post The TRADE predictions series 2024: Digital assets appeared first on The TRADE.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The annual Leaders i n Trading gala is the most distinguished awards night for the trading community. Among the most coveted awards categories is the Editors’ Choice Awards and today we bring you the 2023 nominees for Outstanding Post-Trade Services Provider.

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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

JUNE 27, 2023

Users of LBX will also be able to receive ETF creations and redemptions in real time, allowing their portfolios to be managed within the OEMS for portfolio and trade management. “By Currently, ICE ETF Hub supports US-listed equity, fixed income, derivative, commodity and multi-asset ETFs.

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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

AUGUST 29, 2023

Allianz Global Investors (AllianzGI) has appointed Kayvan Vahid as head of equity Europe core and value. Most recently, Vahid served as deputy head of global value equity and head of European mid cap equities, where he held responsibility for managing a range of institutional and retail funds across global, European and UK equity mandates.

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The TRADE

JUNE 29, 2023

Liquidnet’s co-head of trading for EMEA, James Kirk, has departed for pastures new, The TRADE can reveal. He departs after spending the last two years as Liquidnet’s co-head of EMEA trading, according to an update on social media. When I joined, we were doing only a handful of trades a day on the execution desk.

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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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