The TRADE

MARCH 4, 2024

Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has promoted one of its own to the role of head of US equity and foreign exchange trading, The TRADE can reveal. Gregory Corrigan has been selected to take up the reins for US equity and FX trading after eight years at LGIM.

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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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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

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

SimCorp has introduced a new cloud-native performance attribution solution as part of the inaugural offering from its new Investment Analytics Platform. Our new investment analytics service enables users to perform advanced investment performance analytics on the fly, with calculations delivered in just a few seconds.”

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The TRADE

MAY 8, 2024

Singapore-based investment manager New Silk Road has outsourced its trading to Northern Trust as it seeks to fortify its offering as T+1 looms. We look forward to continuing to build our relationship with New Silk Road to enhance their global trading needs.”

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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

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

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

We need to take a step back and look at today’s trading desk. By dissecting a trading desk into its functions, processes, and tasks, it becomes clear that 80% or more can be successfully automated with today’s technology – and that figure is just for the front-office, potentially even higher in the middle- and back-office.

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OfficeHours

MAY 24, 2023

Investment banking is one of the most sought-after careers in the finance world. Investment banking is highly desirable due to its potential for high lifetime earnings, its interesting and impactful work, and it serves as a springboard for a career in finance. Maybe even more important than your major is your GPA.

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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

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

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

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. I shall be taking up a more active role in a corporate development and investment advisory position, at an extraordinarily exciting time for the business.

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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

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

AUGUST 20, 2024

Northern Trust has been selected to provide outsourced trading to global asset manager Nedgroup Investments via its Integrated Trading Solutions (ITS). Recently, we’ve seen this perception shift, with a 144% growth in trade flow activity coming across our fixed income desk in 2023.

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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

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

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Merve Altundag Fidelity Management & Research Equity Trader Petyo Balchev Millennium Equity Trader James Barnett Manulife Investment Management Multi-Asset Trader Edgar Castel Candriam Trader Khursheda Fazylova State Street Global Advisors Fixed Income Trader Marie-France Gavillon Generali Insurance Asset 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

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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Accenture Capital Markets

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The industry is rethinking how to manage the generation, storage, transformation, usage and retirement of both structured and unstructured data. A strong push to refocus on investment management. A keen desire for scalability and simplification. Robotic Process Automation.

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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

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Asset manager Thomas Miller Investment (TMI) has selected Amundi Technology and its ALTO Investment platform to bolster its operating model and consolidate its investment management systems. By using ALTO Investment, TMI will leverage a solution covering the entire front-to-back value chain. The ALTO platform consists of tools including analysis, (..)

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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

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

DECEMBER 4, 2023

AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) has completed its first market transaction using stablecoins issued by Societe Generale – FORGE as part of a new joint experiment. The post AXA IM collaborates with Societe Generale’s FORGE on first market transaction using stablecoins appeared first on The TRADE.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 24, 2023

LiquidityDirect’s technology can be leveraged by financial institutions seeking to include short-term investments in their offerings suite to provide an improved user experience through a single sign-on for their clients.

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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

JUNE 20, 2023

Futures industry technology provider FIA Tech has enhanced its Trade Data Network (TDN) to support the operational resiliency demands of clearing firms utilising the platform. The initiative is made up of 16 banks or brokers, as well as 40 investment managers and hedge funds with combined assets under management of more than $37 trillion.

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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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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

FIA Tech’s Trade Data Network (TDN) is now certified with and connected to Singapore Exchange (SGX), with FIA Tech expected to roll out TDN connectivity to all SGX members subscribed to the network in Q4. The post FIA Tech connects Trade Data Network to Singapore Exchange appeared first on The TRADE.

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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

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

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

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The global head of capital markets at German asset manager DWS, Keshava Shastry, has left the business, according to two people with knowledge of the matter, The TRADE can reveal. Keshava Shastry Shastry, a managing director based in London, had been with the German firm for over ten years.

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