Accenture Capital Markets

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

In recent years, this technique has captivated large financial services players given its potential to help drive down labor costs, reduce human errors and improve the customer experience. The traditional RPA approach used by large financial services players usually doesn’t easily work in institutional investing.

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The TRADE

JUNE 24, 2024

Before joining Northern Trust Asset Management, Komoro spent six years at Mizuho Trust & Banking Co. as a fund manager for the passive and quantitative investment management department. Elsewhere in his career, Sohani held positions at YES Securities, Edelweiss Financial Services, PhillipCapital and MF Global.

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The TRADE

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Tigress is the industry’s only certified disabled and women-owned financial services firm with a network of dealers and investment managers. ICE TMC offers execution of: mortgage-backed securities; certificates of deposit; and corporate, government, municipal, and agency bonds.

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The TRADE

JULY 27, 2023

Bloomberg AIM and Bloomberg Vault have been adopted by India-based NJ Asset Management to help enable its enterprise-wide digital strategy across the entire investment workflow. According to the firms, Bloomberg AIM addresses NJ Asset Management’s specific needs for tools to support rule-based investment decision-making.

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The TRADE

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

DTCC said that majority of CTM investment managers using M2i to match and affirm their US trades achieve a near 100% affirmation rate by 9:00pm ET on trade date, meeting the requirements for US’s impending T+1 settlement deadline on 28 May 2024. We are pleased to provide these benefits to the financial services industry.”

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 9, 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. Previous experience also includes stints at EFG Hermes and Mubasher Financial Services.

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The TRADE

MAY 30, 2023

TS Imagine has expanded its team in the Asia Pacific with two new appointments from investment management fintech Enfusion. 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.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The D epository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has revealed that 350 Investment managers are now leveraging CTM’s automated trade affirmation capabilities to accelerate the post-trade lifecycle, as firms prepare for the US move to T+1 trade settlement.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The immediate focus for the business is set to be investing in client service and portfolio management, specifically hiring in senior sales and distribution team members focused on Europe and the UK, as well as investment managers for both the luxury brands and credit opportunities strategies.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Peter Welsby, head of European FICC trading, Manulife Investment Management   Regulation will continue to direct market trends in 2 024, just as it has in recent years. The firms that invest in these technologies will likely emerge as leaders in a landscape where agility and efficiency are paramount.

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The TRADE

JUNE 5, 2023

TS Imagine expanded its team in the Asia Pacific region with two new appointments from investment management fintech Enfusion. Stephanie Cheung was appointed as sales director, while An Hoong will work within the account management team, responsible for technical account management and client support.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Hong Kong continues to be very active, with its authorities keen to maintain their hold on the financial services sector. Most recently, Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) expanded its footprint across Asia with the opening of its new Singapore office; the latest development in the firm’s growth strategy for the region.

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The TRADE

JUNE 19, 2023

Previously, she was a partner at global law firm King & Spalding, serving as co-chair of both the financial services and fintech, blockchain and cryptocurrency groups. M&G’s global asset management arm appointed Manabu Fujita as head of M&A Investments Japan.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

RBC appointed Guy Chalkley as managing director, UK flow rates sales. 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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Growth Business

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Ascension Ventures Early-stage VC built by exited entrepreneurs ready to back the next generation of tech and impact founders Augmentum Fintech Augmentum Europe’s leading publicly listed fintech fund, investing in fast growing businesses that are disrupting the financial services sector.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Shortlisted individuals are repeated contributors to discussion whether that be through panels, associations or schemes to support the next generation joining the financial services industry. He began his career at the UK’s HM Treasury, before moving to AIG Investments to manage fixed income funds.

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The TRADE

JULY 10, 2023

The reversal comes as part of efforts to boost the attractiveness of the UK’s financial services sector and becomes the latest divergence in regulation from the EU following Brexit. However, this notion has been allowed to expire by the SEC, leaving more uncertainty related to regulatory compliance surrounding research.

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The TRADE

JULY 3, 2023

To resolve the disconnect in approaches, in its 2017 no-action letter to SIFMA, the SEC advised that it would not recommend enforcement action to broker-dealers accepting cash payments for research from investment managers which are required by Mifid II to pay for research from its own money as opposed to client commissions or ‘soft dollars’.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 3, 2024

The service provider landscape for outsourced trading is made up of an eclectic mix of firms. Boutique independents and the largest financial services providers co-exist in this burgeoning space which has some elements of comradery and others of fierce rivalry.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 21, 2023

One of the greatest revelations across the financial services sector (and beyond) was that mantra of ‘we don’t have to do things the way we used to’ as office hours turned to hybrid work-from-home setups and video conferencing and instant messaging became the norm.

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