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

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. BNY Mellon stated that the new platform will also help clients navigate the industry transition to T+1 settlement.

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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. Together, the solutions manage integrated workflows for more than 200 clients – which includes over 100 of the world’s top asset managers (by AUM).

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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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PE Hub

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

QuadReal Property Group is the real estate investment arm of British Columbia Investment Management Corp. The post QuadReal buys 50% interest in CA’s US student housing portfolio appeared first on PE Hub.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

. “In today’s complex and fast-paced investment landscape, real-time performance attribution can provide transparency and clarity regarding the drivers of financial returns, particularly in portfolio construction and active risk management,” said Lars Ole Hansen, global product manager at SimCorp.

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PCE

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

In the complex world of modern finance, the importance of portfolio valuations cannot be overstated. These valuations are crucial for fund and investment managers, as transparency and consistency is important for individual investors, large institutions and other stakeholders.

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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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TechCrunch: M&A

AUGUST 18, 2023

announced this morning its acquisition of Boxed.com and “other intellectual property portfolios and affiliates” in an all-cash transaction. After filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in April, online wholesale retailer Boxed has been acquired. based regional distributor MSG Distributors, Inc.

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Global Newswire by Notified: M&A

MAY 7, 2024

May 07, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Multifamily owner-operator and investment manager Pacific Urban Investors (“Pacific”) has acquired Viridian, a 420-unit apartment community in Greenwood Village, CO. The acquisition marks Pacific’s fourth investment in the Denver market with the firm’s regional portfolio now totaling 884 units.

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Global Newswire by Notified: M&A

JULY 26, 2023

July 26, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Multifamily owner-operator and investment manager Pacific Urban Investors has acquired The Residences at River’s Edge, a 222-unit apartment community in Medford, MA. PALO ALTO, Calif.,

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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. Elijah Ibrahim Diallo has joined Magellan Capital as a multi-strategy trader, based in the UAE.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 8, 2024

BayernInvest, which has €88 billion assets under management, already utilised Bloomberg solutions within its workflow, including Bloomberg’s PORT Enterprise and EMSX solutions, as well as pricing data and the Bloomberg Global Aggregate Bond Indices.

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PE Hub

MAY 24, 2023

In her new role, Butler will oversee investment management for the fund as it continues to scale its portfolio of private real estate equity and credit investments. The post KKR Real Estate Trust taps Butler as chief investment officer appeared first on PE Hub.

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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. Kepler Cheuvreux has appointed Faruk Akar as PT sales trader, based in London.

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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.

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The TRADE

MARCH 25, 2024

Tim Helyar Dennis Baillon, director of business development for APAC at Charles River, asserted: “To be successful in today’s market, managers need a platform that provides flexibility in their operating environment and enables them to scale as their business requires.”

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The TRADE

JULY 31, 2024

Raquel Alves Specifically, Gravis is set to utilise Bloomberg AIM to provide operational intelligence and management for its front-office to enhance pre-trade processes and order generation workflow, as well as for fund holdings reconciliation.

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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

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Read more: Fireside Friday with… Morgan Stanley’s Maria Salamanca Mejia Previously in his career, McMahon worked as a centralised dealer at Bank of Ireland Asset Management, working on the multi-asset global trading desk.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Previously in his career, he undertook several banking, capital markets, and portfolio management internships across PwC, KPMG UK, BlackRock, and Jefferies. 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.

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The TRADE

JULY 12, 2024

Asia-based insurance giant AIA Group has selected BNY and BlackRock to provide a front-to-back investment platform, supporting the firm’s long-term investment programme. We look forward to working with BNY to deliver a seamless experience to AIA.”

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The TRADE

JANUARY 8, 2024

RBC BlueBay Asset Management equity trader, Michael Tamou, left the asset manager to join Qube Research & Technologies (QRT). He originally joined the asset manager as an investment operations analyst in 2020. Prior to his 17-year stint at TORA, Jenkins was managing director at Caspian, now LSEG Data and Analytics.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Chicago-based head of US trading at Legal and General Investment Management (LGIM) Ryan Raymond has seen enough economic turmoil during his career to know what to do when markets turn volatile. Chicago is a very small community and so I knew most of the portfolio managers and management at LGIM America before I came over.

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Accenture Capital Markets

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Players are also investing in a range of solutions, like data lakes, to generate new data-driven insights that are relevant to the core business, such as using artificial intelligence (AI) to manage foreign exchange based on macroeconomic data and country sentiment intelligence. A strong push to refocus on investment management.

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Accenture Capital Markets

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The traditional RPA approach used by large financial services players usually doesn’t easily work in institutional investing. This is mostly because a large share of the total spend is related to front-office costs that RPA does not address, such as staff compensation, investment management fees and deal costs.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 5, 2024

Fidelity Investments appointed Sarah Lambert senior trader, based in Boston. Lambert joins Fidelity from MFS Investment Management where she spent the last five years, most recently serving as investment officer, fixed income trader. Before joining MFS, she spent seven and a half years at BNY Mellon (now BNY).

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The TRADE

JUNE 24, 2024

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

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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

JULY 31, 2023

Head of Europe for UK-based asset manager Federated Hermes, James Rutherford, has stepped down from his role to pursue a technology venture. Rutherford departs the investment management industry after 35 years to take on a more active role in SmartFrame Technologies, a venture which he has been chairman of for six years.

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The TRADE

JUNE 29, 2023

International investors are seeking high yielding strategies, along with diversifiers for their portfolios which are increasingly centred on global thematic solutions that take advantage of structural trends.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 22, 2025

I spent a lot of time in my sell-side days working as a conduit between capital markets and the origination desk within investment banking as a bridge into the public side, covering hedge funds and multi strategy investment managers for anything equity-linked and credit with a cross-asset mindset.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 17, 2024

After leaving university, she undertook several sell-side internships at RBC, Nomura and Fisher Investments, returning to RBC in 2014 to work on its cash management team for its foreign exchange traders. In 2016, Nutting moved to Principia Investment Management Limited where she was an execution trader and fund manager assistant.

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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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Razorpay

DECEMBER 15, 2024

Exclusive Investment Opportunities Private banking clients gain access to investment products and opportunities not available to the general public, such as: Private equity and hedge funds. Alternative investments, including real estate, commodities, and luxury assets. Flexible credit lines for liquidity needs.

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Growth Business

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

The fund does state that it will invest €0.25m to €15m over a company’s lifetime. Force Over Mass Force Over Mass has invested in over 175 tech companies at seed and growth stage. Notion Capital VC firm focused on European SaaS and cloud with more than $700m assets under management and more than Series A 100 investments to date.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The trader of today has to be able to distil a vast amount of disparate information and filter it in a bespoke fashion to the needs of individual portfolio management teams. Key among them being the provision of market colour and adding to the idea generation process.

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