The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Union Investment’s Christoph Hock is set to step away from his role as head of multi-asset trading later this year to pursue an opportunity in digital assets and tokenisation within the asset management firm, as revealed by The TRADE. His new role is not yet public but will be communicated in due course.

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Global Banking & Finance

JULY 29, 2024

Frankfurt-based Chom Capital GmbH is an owner-operated asset management boutique, licenced to conduct financial services in the form of investment brokerage, investment advice, contract broking and financial portfolio management.

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Razorpay

DECEMBER 15, 2024

What is Private Banking? Private banking is a personalized financial and wealth management service provided by banks to high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs). It involves offering exclusive products, tailored advice, and one-on-one attention to help clients manage, grow, and protect their wealth.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Among the major changes is the Basel III ‘endgame’ update, the widely anticipated capital requirements hike for Global Systemically Important Banks (G-SIBs). This is a timing problem which causes issues on T+1 if there are any trade discrepancies between the asset manager and the executing broker.

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The TRADE

JUNE 7, 2024

Credit Suisse has signed an agreement to sell its majority stake in Credit Suisse Investment Partners (CSIP), owned by Credit Suisse Asset Management. CSIP segment manages funds and associated mandates – including convertible bond funds – with a total of CHF 1 billion in assets under management.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 26, 2023

UK-based boutique fixed income trading desk BlueBay Asset Management is beginning a new chapter in its life. The move has opened up swathes of synergy opportunities for the pure fixed income asset manager, with its traders now working directly alongside RBC BlueBay Asset Management’s equities desk.

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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. Throughout his career Jenkins has also worked at SWIFT, Macgregor, and AXA Investment Managers.

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The TRADE

JULY 31, 2023

During his time with the asset manager, Taitz was responsible for Invesco’s fixed income trading desks in the US, UK and Hong Kong. Prior to joining Invesco in 2016, Taitz spent two and a half years at RBC Capital Markets in a fixed income role and 10 and a half years at UBS Investment Bank as an executive vice president.

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The TRADE

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Greg Finke joined the boutique asset manager after just over a year at Rothschild & Co as a senior investment dealer covering equities. Prior to joining Rothschild in January 2023, Finke spent nearly five years at Marathon Asset Management as a global equity trader covering equities and FX.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The multi-manager hedge fund model is simple: Raise $10-20 billion, borrow at the fund level to take this to $50-$100 billion, and then allocate this capital to dozens of internal teams. So, while a traditional IB background at a top bank helps, you don’t necessarily need it if you start early or get relevant experience elsewhere.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

State Street’s asset management business State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) named Dublin-based Ann Prendergast head of EMEA. As head of State Street Global Advisors Europe – her current role – she is responsible for the firm’s EU-based portfolio management, distribution, product development, fund management and operations.

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The TRADE

MARCH 26, 2024

Ultimately, we (asset managers) should absolutely continue to encourage more competition in the space as it will drive efficiencies and technology improvements that benefit our end clients. Where is there still room for innovation and improvement in restricted currency trading in order to make execution more efficient?

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 9, 2024

She joined Ninety One in 2021 from Royal London Asset Management where she had been head of dealing for three years. She began her career with a two-year stint as a principal dealer at Bank of Ireland Global Markets. Gibson is a seasoned trader with an extensive career in markets.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 14, 2023

I’ve always worked in the asset management industry, starting my first job at 18 with Scottish Amicable Investment Management in Glasgow. I joined the banking services team and within that team sat the Treasury function consisting of a money market and FX trader. What has your journey to the trading desk been like?

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Mergers and Inquisitions

JANUARY 31, 2024

Depending on your personality, skill set, and long-term goals, these single-manager funds or “hybrid funds” could be perfect or far from ideal: What Are Single-Manager Hedge Funds? The Top Single-Manager Hedge Funds Single-manager funds far outnumber multi-manager funds, but they’re also much smaller.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 3, 2024

But there are a number of factors at play which make the future an enticing space to watch as only time will tell whether the independents can continue to thrive among a growing crowd of institutional banking players. Can everyone keep up with the increasing multi-asset and geographic demands? Will we see more M&A?

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The TRADE

JULY 24, 2023

Werner Eppacher has spent the entirety of his two-decade financial career with German asset manager DWS Group, catching his first glimpse of a trading floor as an intern for Deutsche Bank in 2003. “A It [DWS Group’s asset class split] depends on the market environment,” he says. You had the gilt crisis.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 18, 2024

After a few turbulent years stemming from market volatility, rising interest rates, geopolitical turmoil, inflation, soaring energy prices, client performance, fee pressures, a mini banking crisis, looming regulation, constant tweaking of risk models, rising client complexities and the notorious Archegos saga… well, things are looking up.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Finding fixed income After spending three months as a trading assistant intern at PPM America, Raymond landed his first permanent buy-side position, joining UBS Asset Management as an operations assistant in 2003. Helming the US business of one of the largest asset managers in the world through such a course is no mean feat.

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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. He added: “Traders need to be able to have a view.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

MAY 24, 2023

All the large multi-manager funds , such as Millennium, also use event-driven strategies to some extent. Schoenfeld Asset Management (PSAM), Pentwater, Silver Point, Anchorage, and King Street. Other well-known funds with a broad event-driven focus include Davidson Kempner, Farallon, HG Vora, Luxor, Canyon, P.

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The TRADE

JULY 17, 2023

With Middle East and North Africa (MENA) becoming a larger part of indices and portfolio managers’ thinking, decisions will have to be taken around how best to trade these markets. Foremost is smooth and continuous trading, meaning an asset manager can work on a global level with minimum hinderance.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Beginning her career on the buy-side at boutique asset manager Credit Suisse First Boston as an investment portfolio analyst in London in 1986, Ruffles has seen the markets through several highs and lows.

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The TRADE

MAY 1, 2024

Joining the industry after graduating from business school at the age of 20, Papanichola has an impressive track record that spans across five hedge funds and two banks. The traders are now discretionary execution guys and the portfolio managers (PMs) don’t get involved.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

APRIL 5, 2023

Some SWFs operate like long-only asset managers (i.e., mutual funds ) that allocate their assets top-down and then pick specific indices, companies, and securities that meet their criteria. and supporting your Portfolio Manager ’s ideas and requests. If you are a U.S.

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The TRADE

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Mitigating settlement risk, market transparency, and data quality made up the three key themes at the fore of the committee’s attention for the next iteration of the global code, confirmed Gerardo Garcia, GFXC chair and general director of central bank operations at Banco de México, speaking at a TradeTech FX US panel.

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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

Before joining Fidelity International, Awan spent two years at Royal London Asset Management. Lavigne brings more than 25 years of buy-side experience, with relationships across the FX market spanning peers, banks and platforms, the exchange said. Elsewhere, Casey Haire was appointed managing director to cover US mid-cap banks.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

MARCH 5, 2025

Then there are mid-sized funds with between $1 and $10 billion in AUM, such as Braidwell, BVF Partners, Casdin Capital, Cormorant Asset Management, Deep Track Capital, EcoR1, PFM Health Sciences, Polaris Partners, Rock Springs, and Vivo Capital. Other large funds include Perceptive Advisors, RA Capital, and RTW.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 2, 2025

As a growing Asian quantitative asset manager, our focus will be on Australia, India and Japan. The increasing sophistication of private capital strategies reflects a broader trend toward democratising investments and enhancing access to diverse asset classes, including the fast-growing private credit market.

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