The TRADE

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Manulife Investment Management is set to acquire multi-sector alternative credit manager CQS for an undisclosed sum with the deal set to close in early 2024. Following close, Manulife is set to align the CQS brand with its own as a co-branded logo – Manulife | CQS Investment Management.

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The TRADE

JULY 25, 2023

Clearwater Analytics is set to launch a new generative artificial intelligence solution aimed at improving the way institutional clients analyse investment data and respond to changing market dynamics. The solution applies to all asset classes and its use cases will vary depending on varying client types, Clearwater confirmed.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 2, 2024

BNP Paribas has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of AXA Investment Managers – representing around €850 million in assets under management – for just over €5 billion. The deal is set to include an agreement for BNP Paribas’ long term management of a large part of AXA’s assets.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Triodos Investment Management has selected Bloomberg’s AIM and PORT Enterprise solutions in a bid to support its front-office workflows. Through the adoptions, Triodos is set to benefit from enhanced pre-trade compliance and data consistency across its consolidated front-office processes.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 2, 2024

RBC BlueBay Asset Management equity trader, Michael Tamou, has left the asset manager to join Qube Research & Technologies (QRT), The TRADE can reveal. He originally joined the asset manager as an investment operations analyst in 2020. It is a great feeling to be recognised by my peers across the industry.”

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The TRADE is delighted to announce the winners of our inaugural Leaders in Trading New York awards, with the recipients honoured at a ceremony held last night at Chelsea Piers, New York. The highly anticipated award for Trader of the Year – Long Only went to Chris Fiorito of River Road Asset Management.

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The TRADE

JUNE 24, 2024

Singapore-headquartered fund manager APS Asset Management has adopted order and investment management technology solution, Bloomberg AIM, to automate its post-trade workflows. We are proud that our partnership with APS Asset Management will help them scale and automate workflows.”

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 18, 2023

For the first time, The TRADE is announcing the 2023 Rising Stars of Trading and Execution ahead of the gala awards ceremony, Leaders in Trading on 8 November. The shortlisted candidates will be handed their award during the Rising Stars of Trading and Execution awards ceremony, taking place as part of Leaders in Trading.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 7, 2024

The TRADE is delighted to announce the Rising Stars of Trading and Execution for 2024, in collaboration with Instinet – a celebration of up and coming talent on the buy-side. Previously recognised individuals have gone on to head up some of the largest and most successful desks across leading asset managers and hedge funds.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Michael Lam has joined TT International as a senior trader, following three and a half years at Jupiter Asset Management as a fixed income trader at the firm. He has previous experience across multi-asset trading and his past roles include stints as a multi asset trader at Manulife Investment Management and BNP Paribas Asset Management.

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The TRADE

JULY 20, 2023

An investment-grade credit trader from RBC BlueBay Asset Management has left the firm to join Norges Bank Investment Management, The TRADE can reveal. Christopher Lemmo left BlueBay, part of RBC Global Asset Management, in April this year after almost 13 years at the fixed income focused asset manager.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

The TRADE is delighted to announce the winners of this year’s Leaders in Trading awards, with the recipients honoured at a ceremony held last night at The Savoy, London. Keeping it within the family, M&G Investments also took home the award for Trading Desk of the Year.

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The TRADE

JULY 24, 2023

Head of Europe for UK-based asset manager Federated Hermes, James Rutherford, has stepped down from his role to pursue a technology venture, The TRADE can reveal. He departs following a 35-year long career in investment management, spending 19 years at Fidelity Investments as a European portfolio manager until 2006.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Stephen Grady, head of global markets and executive vice president at Lombard Odier, accepted a Lifetime Achievement Award from The TRADE last night at Leaders in Trading 2024. He then moved to London in 1997 for a senior dealer role at Legal & General Investment Management.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The TRADE is delighted to reveal the shortlisted nominees for this year’s coveted Buy-Side Awards, in partnership with SIX Swiss Exchange. This year’s categories have been updated slightly, and for the first time the Buy-Side Awards will celebrate a Hedge Fund Trading Desk of the Year alongside the Long Only category.

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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

JUNE 7, 2024

Alex Livingstone, formerly head of trading for ETFs and FX at Titan Asset Management has joined Titan Investment Solutions as a junior portfolio manager and trader, according to an announcement on social media. Livingstone has previously served as head of trading – FX and ETFs at Tavistock Investments.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Running for its ninth year, the Rising Stars initiative, in partnership with Instinet, has recognised a number of up-and-coming talents over the years, many of whom have gone on to hold impressive roles and head up some of the largest and most successful desks across the world’s leading asset managers and hedge funds.

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CNBC: Investing

MAY 29, 2024

Investors searching for income can find some bargains in dividend stocks, according to Ben Kirby, co-head of investments at Thornburg Investment Management.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 25, 2023

BNY Mellon has launched a new foreign exchange (FX) platform, meeting client demands to manage execution across their entire portfolio and access improved price transparency. Named Universal FX, the platform supports BNY Mellon clients across all market segments, including investment managers, corporates, hedge funds and wealth managers.

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The TRADE

JULY 24, 2024

Investment manager Franklin Templeton has become the latest buy-sider to integrate BlackRock’s flagship order management platform, Aladdin. Aladdin supports the entire investment management process across asset classes. The post Franklin Templeton taps BlackRock’s Aladdin for OMS appeared first on The TRADE.

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The TRADE

MARCH 25, 2024

State Street’s Charles River is set to manage the front-office operations for Perpetual Group’s Australian asset management business. Craig Squires, group chief operating officer at Perpetual, explained that the decision came as the business sought to address current challenges and complexities across investment management.

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The TRADE

JULY 31, 2024

UK asset manager Gravis Capital Management has become the latest to integrate Bloomberg AIM in a bid to enhance its front-office workflows. The asset manager already uses Bloomberg’s portfolio and risk analytics solution, Bloomberg PORT and through the addition of AIM, it now has front-to-back workflow.

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Global Banking & Finance

AUGUST 8, 2024

Ardhendu Sekhar Nanda is a renowned Fintech expert in Treasury data services, Treasury management and Market data, boasting two decades of extensive experience in the financial services and technology sectors. He has played a pivotal role in global corporations in successfully implementing Fintech solutions across various banking verticals.

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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

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

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Umair Khan Marwat joined Millennium as a trader, following almost two and a half years at Balyasny Asset Management. 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.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 27, 2023

As part of a major scheme from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to develop the region as a global FX trading hub, several large banks over the last few years agreed to develop FX pricing and trading engines in Singapore, in partnership with MAS. This year, the industry has seen interest in Singapore grow from the buy-side too.

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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

APRIL 17, 2024

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Asset Management has adopted DTCC’s Institutional Trade Processing (ITP) suite of services in a bid to enhance its offering as the US shift to a T+1 settlement cycle fast-approaches, scheduled for 28 May.

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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. Before joining MEAG, Malakis held senior sales positions with international asset managers, including Generali Insurance, Vanguard International and Schroders.

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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 18, 2024

Exegy, ING and Optiver have become the latest organisations to join non-profit organisation Sustainable Trading, which is dedicated to transforming environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices in the global markets landscape.

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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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The TRADE

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Michael Lam joined TT International as a senior trader, following three and a half years at Jupiter Asset Management as a fixed income trader. He has previous experience across multi-asset trading and his past roles include stints as a multi asset trader at Manulife Investment Management and BNP Paribas Asset Management.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 31, 2024

In today’s T+2 environment, approximately 90% of all trades are affirmed by 11:30am ET on T+1 – the current affirmation cut-off point. Data published in the research revealed that in December 2023, only 69% of trades were affirmed by 9pm on trade date. A full copy of the research can be accessed here.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The FIX Trading Community has launched a new real-time messaging type aimed at supporting the industry in its shift to accelerated settlement cycles. If FX trades cannot be completed in the same time frame there is the potential the market could start to see more settlement fails.

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