The TRADE

JUNE 29, 2023

Liquidnet’s co-head of trading for EMEA, James Kirk, has departed for pastures new, The TRADE can reveal. He departs after spending the last two years as Liquidnet’s co-head of EMEA trading, according to an update on social media. When I joined, we were doing only a handful of trades a day on the execution desk.

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The TRADE

JULY 7, 2023

James Kirk has joined independent outsourced trading services provider Tourmaline Partners as managing director, according to an announcement on social media. The post Tourmaline hires former Liquidnet co-head of EMEA trading appeared first on The TRADE.

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The TRADE

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Macquarie Group has appointed Dylan Kluth head of equites trading for Asia Pacific, The TRADE can reveal. Kluth has been promoted to the role after serving as portfolio manager/analyst at the firm over the last two years. Before joining Macquarie, Kluth spent nine years at AMP Capital, serving in a variety of senior positions.

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The TRADE

JULY 3, 2023

Barclays selected an internal candidate and a new hire from BNP Paribas to become its new co-heads of G10 FX trading. New co-heads Torsten Schöneborn and Jerry Minier will be London-based, reporting to Michael Lublinsky, global head of macro, according to an internal memo seen by The TRADE. His next role is unconfirmed.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 1, 2024

Initially during her tenure at BNY Mellon, she served as an assistant portfolio manager, fixed income. Following this, Lambert was promoted to portfolio manager, fixed income for just over five years. The post Fidelity Investments taps MFS Investment Management for new senior trader appeared first on The TRADE.

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The TRADE

MARCH 22, 2024

Millennium has appointed You Khai Tan as senior trader, based in Singapore, The TRADE can reveal. Most recently, Tan held a global portfolio trading position, which included trading global equities with strategy implementation via algorithms, crossing networks and global portfolio trading desks.

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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. The post Unigestion trader joins Kepler Cheuvreux appeared first on The TRADE.

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The TRADE

APRIL 17, 2024

Global asset manager Robeco leverages a low touch and high touch trading team that spans across three continents. And, like most asset managers across the street, its global equity trading desk plays host to a variety of characters, each bringing their own individual string to the wider team’s bow.

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OfficeHours

MAY 16, 2023

Hedge funds are significant players in financial markets given the size of their capital bases and the frequency of their trading. One widely cited estimate is that hedge funds account for around 5-6% of total equity trading volume in the US. Short selling can increase liquidity by increasing the supply of shares available for trading.

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The TRADE

MARCH 19, 2024

Read more: Saudi Exchange makes push into algo and high frequency trading In a social media post Noelle Al-Jaweini, acting chief of derivatives, congratulated Yazaid H. The post Saudi Exchange welcomes Merrill Lynch to growing list of market makers appeared first on The TRADE.

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TechCrunch: M&A

AUGUST 2, 2023

RingCentral, which competes with conferencing services like WebEx, Zoom and GoogleMeet, is publicly traded and has a market cap of just under $4 billion — ironically, significantly smaller than Hopin’s last private valuation. It will be using the new assets to further diversify its business.

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The TRADE

JULY 25, 2024

Ninety One trader Tom Nickalls is set to leave the asset manager after 11 years to join Morgan Stanley, The TRADE can reveal. According to an update on social media, Nickalls will join the sell-side next month in an emerging markets credit role. He was recognised as a Rising Star of Trading and Execution at Leaders in Trading in 2021.

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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

OCTOBER 2, 2023

RBC appointed two former Credit Suisse senior algorithmic trading individuals to join its low touch electronic sales and trading team. Also appointed to the low touch sales and trading team at RBC is Suzanne Webster, who joined as a multi-asset director. He joined from Luminex where he most recently served as head of sales.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 21, 2023

This realisation became one of the catalysts which has sparked more of an acceptance of outsourcing parts of the trading desk among buy-side firms, something which many once considered – though some still do – an unthinkable concept. Outsourced trading is no longer a taboo topic. It’s no longer all or nothing.

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OfficeHours

AUGUST 25, 2023

For example, just recently, a group of private credit funds provided a loan of over $5 billion to help refinance the capital structure of Finastra, a portfolio company of private equity firm Vista Partners. You can also check our various course curriculums for different careers (i.e. investment banking, private equity , VC, etc.)

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The TRADE

JULY 29, 2024

David Kirk is set to join Millennium, following almost three and a half years at Marble Bar Asset Management where he most recently served as a trader, The TRADE understands. According to an update on social media, Nickalls will join the sell-side next month in an emerging markets credit role.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 29, 2024

Virtu Financial has appointed Simon McGhee in an exchange-traded product (ETP) and fixed income sales role, The TRADE can reveal. Barriball and Harman hold ETF and portfolio trading, and ETF sales and trading roles at Virtu Financial, respectively.

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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

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

According to an update on his social media, Federico Grasso has joined BlackRock’s Aladdin as vice president in engineering solutions after spending the last year at FlexTrade, in a pre-sales role for its buy-side order management system business, FlexONE.

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The TRADE

JULY 8, 2024

According to an update on his social media, Mair joined hedge fund and systematic trading platform Schonfeld as an equity trader dealing with long and short strategies. The post People Moves Monday: Schonfeld, Goldman Sachs, ABN AMRO Clearing Bank and more… appeared first on The TRADE.

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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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Mergers and Inquisitions

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Everyone was locked up inside, and many turned to day trading for entertainment and money (in between binge-watching shows on streaming services). We never understand why these billionaires cared about GameStop or Redditors so much, given everything else in their lives and portfolios. I wrote many articles about it.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

MARCH 13, 2023

Insufficient/No Hedges – Rather than hedging their entire MBS portfolio with interest-rate swaps, the bank had… no swaps at all as of the end of 2022 ( oh, and no Chief Risk Officer, either ). billion loss on a $21 billion portfolio. So, as the Fed hiked rates in 2022 into 2023, all these securities lost value. Is It a Bailout?

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OfficeHours

AUGUST 9, 2023

Private equity involves investing capital directly into private businesses that are not publicly traded on stock exchanges (that would be a hedge fund). You must be able to consider long-term goals, assess risk, and craft plans to enhance the value of portfolio companies. investment banking, private equity , VC, etc.)

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OfficeHours

JANUARY 26, 2024

Buyout houses from Thoma Bravo to Permira are putting portfolio company sales high on the agenda for early 2024, as the industry seeks to return money to investors after a challenging period for exiting holdings. First, they want to earn. There aren’t many parties willing and able to support the amount of margin improvement that we are.”

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OfficeHours

JULY 11, 2023

On that note though — if diversity events are starting though… You know On-Cycle is around the corner here… Questions I would ask if I was an Analyst in an in-person diversity session: I just saw X deal happen, new portfolio company — were you involved with that? Are add-ons trading cheaper than what you’ve seen in the past?

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OfficeHours

AUGUST 20, 2023

Private equity involves investing capital directly into private businesses that are not publicly traded on stock exchanges (that would be a hedge fund). You must be able to consider long-term goals, assess risk, and craft plans to enhance the value of portfolio companies.

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Midaxo

APRIL 25, 2023

Customer base: Consider companies with a customer base that complements or expands your company’s existing client portfolio. Conglomerate mergers: Acquiring companies in unrelated industries to diversify your company’s portfolio or reduce risk. Ensure that these messages align with your overall communication objectives.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 18, 2024

“Year-to-date, we’re seeing for the first time in many years a notable uptick in new fund launches and spin outs from bigger places,” says Jack Seibald, managing director, co-head of Marex prime services and outsourced trading. They are now trading in all these other asset classes. billion in 2023.

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Intrepid Banker Insights

MARCH 28, 2023

On a macro level, weakness in publicly traded companies’ share pricing and multiples in one’s sector give insight into how investors are viewing the future, given the forward-looking nature of the stock market.

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Lake Country Advisors

AUGUST 28, 2024

Understanding the strategic objectives of potential buyers can help you identify those who see your business as a valuable addition to their portfolio. Enhance visibility through targeted social media campaigns on LinkedIn and Facebook, focusing on groups and forums related to your industry.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Per FTI Consulting , solar, wind, and “portfolio” (mixed asset) deals account for 60% of renewable M&A activity in the U.S.: So, even if you’re advising entire companies, you must still be familiar with asset-level modeling and valuation and how an entire portfolio works. What Do You Do as an Analyst or Associate?

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Growth Business

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Investment range: £50,000 – £3m Sectors: fintech, insurtech, regtech, digital health and medical technology, artificial intelligence and machine learning, consumer services, digital media, semiconductors and displays, cybersecurity, enterprise software, autonomous systems and human computer interfaces, novel materials and quantum technology.

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Software Equity Group

APRIL 4, 2023

Refined Target Audiences As the business organically grew and we added acquisitions to our portfolio, the marketing team needed to refine its target audience and identify our ideal customer profile (ICP) for new segments. If you want to learn more about GTM best practices, sign up for our live webinar on April 20 th.

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Cleary M&A and Corporate Governance Watch

MAY 10, 2023

Background Limelight provides network service for delivery of digital media content and software. The case arose out of a 2022 stock-for-stock transaction in which the Company acquired a portfolio company of Apollo Global Management, Inc. Size of the investment probably also mattered to this decision.

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Growth Business

MARCH 1, 2024

A private equity investor’s track record in structuring their investments conservatively, supporting sustainable growth at their portfolio companies, and adhering to a set of established investment principles throughout the economic cycle has great importance. It was immediately successful, with take-up almost trebling from day one.

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