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

OCTOBER 23, 2023

What are the benefits of merging trading across asset classes? The key benefits of merging the trading function to be multi-asset have to come down to efficiency and scale, both as it relates to the execution of trades but also on how the trader operates when observing markets, providing market colour and looking at data.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 17, 2024

In 2019, Nutting was nominated by her industry peers as one of The TRADE’s Rising Stars of Trading and Execution, and just four years later, she was shortlisted for The TRADE’s coveted Buy-side Trader of the Year Award. That same year, she was recognised by The TRADE and the industry as a Rising Star of Trading and Execution.

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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 9, 2024

State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) equity and derivatives trader Rikki Corbyn joined Barclays in a program trading role. He joins Barclays after almost 12 years with SSGA, originally joining the firm in 2013 in a trade support role before moving into an equity and derivatives trading role in 2016.

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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

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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The TRADE

JANUARY 8, 2024

Industry stalwart Dan Hinxman joined Bloomberg as head of European credit electronic trading following almost six years as managing director at TP ICAP. His experience also encompasses hedge fund related roles, including futures and options trading and work on a fixed income desk.

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The TRADE

JULY 31, 2023

Invesco’s US-based global head of fixed income trading Glenn Taitz left the firm to join Adroit Trading Technologies. Taitz joined buy-side OEMS provider Adroit as its head of business operations after seven and a half years with Invesco helming its fixed income trading business.

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

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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 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

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. Elsewhere in his career, Chalkley served as a European government bond, inflation and absolute return fund manager at BlackRock.

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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. Specialising in fixed income, specifically credit, Raymond has over two decades of trading experience under his belt.

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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

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

AUGUST 14, 2023

What has your journey to the trading desk been like? I’ve always worked in the asset management industry, starting my first job at 18 with Scottish Amicable Investment Management in Glasgow. From the banking team at Scot Asset Management, I moved firms in 1999 to take up a role in trade settlements.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 16, 2024

As trading of these assets has become easier and market conditions are predicted to fall in line, the industry has seen a swathe of new EM-focused hires, increased attention paid to developing markets’ performance, and enhanced offerings from providers. “EM is a mosaic of sub-asset classes rather than a unified universe.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

As Alan Martin Lucero, head of FX at Norges Bank Investment Management and Gregory Armon-Jones, managing partner, Armon-Jones Partners debated the role of the future trader, the audience were forced to question if the future truly is digital when it comes to traders’ roles. appeared first on The TRADE.

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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. Trading is in their DNA and their executives are often straight-to-the-point in their communication. Trading is in their DNA and their executives are often straight-to-the-point in their communication.

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The TRADE

MARCH 4, 2024

JP Morgan subsidiary Neovest has moved to expand its capabilities in the hedge fund sphere with the acquisition of investment management platform LayerOne Financial. The pair have partnered to create a joint offering for the asset manager. Both Neovest and LayerOne Financial champion the open platform approach.

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Peak Frameworks

JULY 20, 2023

MPT is a theory of finance that attempts to maximize portfolio expected return for a given amount of portfolio risk , or equivalently minimize risk for a given level of expected return, by carefully choosing the proportions of various assets. MPT quantifies the trade-off and provides a framework for the optimal selection of assets.

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The TRADE

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Longfellow Investment Management has appointed Allison Goldie as fixed income trader. Goldie joins the investment manager from Morgan Stanley where she spent the last three years. Elsewhere in her career, Goldie held various portfolio management-related roles at Eaton Vance.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 24, 2024

If we look ahead to capital markets over the next two decades, the future of trading infrastructure will be built on a fabric of interconnected markets with a common data architecture, seamless connectivity throughout the ecosystem of exchanges and participants, minimal latency, and advanced AI-powered tooling.

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The TRADE

MARCH 5, 2025

Ian Power has been named head of UBSs Execution Hub, EMEA, having most recently served as the firms head of multi-asset trading, UK. In his tenure, Blackburn oversaw the development of the Hub, working towards opening up outsourced trading as an option for larger firms as well as overseeing the innovation of the offering.

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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

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Rokos Capital Management appointed Sabina Awan as trading solutions consultant, based in London. Most recently, she served as head of strategic initiatives for global trading. Prior to that, she worked as global trading business manager. LMAX Exchange appointed Daniel Lavigne as head of buy-side sales for Canada.

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