The TRADE

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Martin Hendry, deputy head of trading, Liontrust Asset Management As we peer into the crystal ball for 2024 trading, a notable shift is anticipated with the adoption of T+1 settlement for US equity transactions. This transition is poised to reshape the pace and efficiency of equity trading, promoting quicker settlement cycles.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

The TRADE is delighted to announce the shortlists for the Leaders in Trading 2024 Buy-Side Awards, in partnership with SIX Swiss Exchange. The winners of each category will be revealed at The TRADE’s annual Leaders in Trading glittering awards night at The Savoy in London on 7 November. The wait is over.

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The TRADE

MAY 8, 2025

Discussions around the want or need to expand trading hours for equities have been ongoing for several years, with varying levels of acceptance and subsequent action being taken across the globe. Discussions about extending US equity market trading hours have resurfaced, especially following the implementation of T+1 settlement [last year].

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The TRADE

JULY 3, 2024

The shift to T+1 in the US can largely be described as a success – affirmation rates remain comfortably high, fail rates have stayed reasonably low and FX trades don’t appear to have shifted to bilateral settlement as feared. Depending on the day of the week or the settlement cycle used it’ll be more expensive to trade.”

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TechCrunch: M&A

AUGUST 18, 2023

In 2021, Boxed completed a reverse merger, acquiring Seven Oaks Acquisition in a $900 million SPAC deal in order to begin trading on the NYSE under the ticker symbol BOXD. But it’s clear Boxed struggled to make the economics of online grocery work, and it wasn’t alone.

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The TRADE

JULY 18, 2023

The post GAM Investments head of institutional solutions to depart for Aviva Investors appeared first on The TRADE.

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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 17, 2024

The move follows a Series A finding round of £15 million in 2021, with this latest investment set to fund the firm’s commercial development, including expanding its sales, product and marketing capabilities in the US, UK, Ireland, Singapore and Australia.

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The TRADE

JUNE 5, 2023

Polar Capital’s head of trading Alex Jenkins has left the boutique hedge fund to join rival Millennium later this year, The TRADE can reveal. Her new title is unconfirmed; however, The TRADE understands that it is not a trading role. Prior to that, she held positions at Trust Company of the West (TCW) and CBRE Investors.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 8, 2024

Iress has partnered with Ediphy to enhance its offering to include fixed income for its trading customers. Jason Hoang The move will allow its clients access to a low-cost mechanism to trade fixed income, as well as access to comprehensive liquidity from fixed income providers and venues across the US, Europe and APAC.

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Accenture Capital Markets

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The year ahead will be busy for institutional investors and pension funds as they navigate political turbulence and speculations around when the economic cycle will shift. The industry is rethinking how to manage the generation, storage, transformation, usage and retirement of both structured and unstructured data.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

The development has enabled six investors to follow-on from their original investment and four additional investors to join the group of firms with a stake in FINBOURNE. FINBOURNE provides investment management solutions and a cloud-native data management platform. “I

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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

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Over the last couple of years, Glimpse Markets’ data sharing network has gained significant traction with the buy-side, with firms including NN Investment Partners, Invesco, Columbia Threadneedle, Carmignac, Quonian, SEB Investment Management and Mirabaud Asset Management joining.

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The TRADE

JUNE 29, 2023

Specialist multi-asset manager Candriam and its parent company New York Life Investments have expanded their partnership to grow their remit in the US offshore market. Following the expansion of the partnership, the pair will offer solutions and services to non-US resident investors who invest through US intermediaries.

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The TRADE

JUNE 19, 2023

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Pacific Investment Management Company (PIMCO) $9 million for disclosure, policies and procedures violations involving two funds the firm advises on. The post PIMCO charged by the SEC for swaps disclosure and procedures failures appeared first on The TRADE.

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The TRADE

JUNE 13, 2023

New investor BNP Paribas, alongside existing shareholders Bank of America, Barclays, Citi, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, and Wells Fargo, have closed a $25.4 million funding round aimed at expediating the development of FIA Tech’s Trade Data Network (TDN) initiative. million funding round in FIA Tech appeared first on The TRADE.

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The TRADE

JULY 24, 2023

RBC Capital Markets appointed Giles Gleave and Mike Heraty as its newest managing directors, according to an internal memo seen by The TRADE. He has been appointed senior trader at Norges Bank Investment Management, based in New York. The post People Moves Monday: Musical chairs appeared first on The TRADE.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The move has come as Fulcrum’s trading desk looked to leverage more derivatives strategies and its execution needs evolved. MAIA Technology’s front office tools allows for cross-asset functionality across the entire investment management value chain, while Neovest specialises in equities, futures, options and FX markets. “We

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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

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Hong Kong-based Marwat previously worked at Credit Suisse, focused on AES, algorithmic, and direct market access (DMA) trading, before joining Balyasny Asset Management in 2021 as a trader. He has also previously worked for Aviva Investors as a transaction reporting analyst.

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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

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The partnership will extend past standard digital asset broker connectivity, enabling mutual clients to manage digital assets holistically within SimCorp’s front-to-back investment management platform. The solution will provide joint clients with one single source for traditional, alternative and digital asset classes.

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The TRADE

JULY 4, 2023

Data can be accessed from Bloomberg’s Trade Order Management System (TOMS), Bloomberg’s Asset and Investment Manager (AIM), as well as third-party order management systems. The post Ace Capital latest buy-side to select Bloomberg Vault for electronic communications monitoring appeared first on The TRADE.

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The TRADE

JULY 12, 2023

Broadridge Financial Solutions subsidiary LTX has integrated with BlackRock’s end-to-end investment management and operations platform Aladdin as part of the next phase of the pair’s multi-year partnership. LTX’s Liquidity Cloud provides a network of anonymous real-time buy- and sell-side indications of interest.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

As the leaves begin to fall from the trees, The TRADE Magazine is back for its autumnal third quarter edition. However, in the last few months the US boat has begun to rock and investors are now gearing up for a potential recession in the world’s largest economy due to tight monetary policy.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 16, 2024

With the advent of an ever-more technologically innovative and globally connected capital markets sphere, fixed income emerging markets (EM) have demonstrably become an increasingly appealing area of interest for investors. Since last year EM fixed income was expected to do well however, currently market changes are yet to pass.

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Peak Frameworks

AUGUST 24, 2023

There are different types of brokerages, each offering varying levels of service: Full-service brokerages provide a range of services including investment advice, research, and retirement planning, such as Merrill Lynch. They primarily focus on executing trades, like E*TRADE.

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The TRADE

MARCH 27, 2024

RFQ has cemented itself as a central method of execution in fixed income in recent years in light of the advent of electronic trading and the move away from bilateral voice trading and onto platforms. The two-way workflow is no new phenomenon to trading and is used in the execution of several other asset classes.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Traditional boundaries are blurring as tools such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, and data analytics are disintermediating conventional trading workflows and enabling more efficient engagements. Relationships between the buy- and sell-side are evolving, with roles and responsibilities changing to accommodate new workflow behaviours.

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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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Growth Business

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

However, he points out that VCTs still outperform VCs when it comes to attracting investment by proportion. A VCT is a company whose shares trade on the stock market and aims to make money by investing in rapid-growth companies. What kind of startups do VCTs want to invest in? What is a VCT?

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The TRADE

JULY 18, 2023

Taiwan is a key market and we are now aligned to provide tailored investment solutions to meet the unique needs of Taiwanese investors. With our expertise and track record, we are well positioned to provide investment excellence.”

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The TRADE

JULY 10, 2023

Other recommendations from Kent include allowing greater access to investment research for retail investors, involving academic institutions in supporting investment research initiatives and reviewing the rules relating to investment research in the context of IPOs.

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 23, 2024

Reverse mergers remain a fixture 2023 opened the door for reverse merger transactions to underperforming small and midsized public life sciences companies that were trading below their initial public offering price and, often, below the value of their cash on hand.

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Peak Frameworks

JULY 20, 2023

It hinges on a few key concepts: Risk and Return Investors want high returns but are averse to risk. MPT quantifies the trade-off and provides a framework for the optimal selection of assets. Diversification Spreading investments across a variety of assets can reduce risk.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Algorithms, especially when developed and managed internally, can significantly enhance the front-office tech stack. While the primary perception is that algorithms help investors execute orders efficiently, there’s much more to it. Adding new trading venues or banks is quicker and more efficient compared to traditional methods.

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