The TRADE

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Data has increasingly become available for trading teams, however, as discussed among other panels at the conference, it is only beneficial if clean and appropriate. We believe all our trading team should be able to consume data in its entirety from the get-go. It also allows you to collaborate across teams,” added Flood. “It’s

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DECEMBER 4, 2023

Data sharing network Glimpse Markets has added KBC Asset Management to its growing list of buy-side participants. “By joining Glimpse, we’re anticipating future market developments towards greater transparency and the democratisation of data through broader industry collaboration.

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The TRADE

JUNE 11, 2024

Cboe Global Markets has expanded its collaboration with FTSE Russell to drive product innovation in the digital assets space. ” The FTSE Bitcoin Index and FTSE Ethereum Index are part of the FTSE Digital Asset Indices series, developed in partnership with Digital Asset Research (DAR). .

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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. Please join The TRADE and Instinet in recognising this year’s Rising Stars of Trading and Execution for 2024.

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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

OCTOBER 5, 2023

DWS has announced an asset management strategic alliance with BOCHK Asset Management (BOCHKAM), in a bid to enhance the Hong Kong offering for investors in the region. BOCHKAM’s knowledge of the market as one of the fastest growing asset managers in the region will be leveraged to best serve local clients.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Vikesh Patel With this approval, the pan-European clearing house will introduce a service for European SFT transactions in cash equities and ETFs, which includes central clearing, settlement and post-trade lifecycle management.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 14, 2025

UK asset manager Liontrust Asset Management is exploring outsourcing parts of its trading to BNY, according to an update released this morning. Liontrust and BNY declined to comment when reached out to by The TRADE. Most recent was news in December that Avanza Fonder had outsourced to Northern Trust.

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The TRADE

MAY 1, 2024

Some 83% of asset managers plan to change product strategy in the next two years, a new survey from Northern Trust has found, emphasising the need to cater to diverse investor needs. Technology appears to be at the heart of that change, with 77% planning to leverage new tech within the same timeframe.

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The TRADE

APRIL 17, 2024

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Asset Management has adopted DTCC’s Institutional Trade Processing (ITP) suite of services in a bid to enhance its offering as the US shift to a T+1 settlement cycle fast-approaches, scheduled for 28 May. We are happy to collaborate with the wider industry to bring accelerated settlement to our clients.”

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The TRADE

JUNE 11, 2024

Investment data management solutions provider FINBOURNE Technology has expanded its integration with Taskize to enhance post-trade operational efficiency. Asset managers’ operations teams are at full capacity and cannot afford to be inefficient in their approach to exception resolution,” said James Pike, interim CEO at Taskize.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The ICE Global Network offers banks, asset managers, hedge funds and other market participants direct market access to data and execution services from more than 150 exchanges and marketplaces around the world.

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The TRADE

JULY 7, 2023

Generali has entered a definitive agreement to acquire US-based Conning from Cathay Life in a deal that will see it become one of the largest asset management firms in Europe. We also look forward to seeking new opportunities for further collaboration, including in the Asia Pacific.”

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The TRADE

JULY 10, 2024

Honor Woods has been appointed equity trader at RBC BlueBay Asset Management, based in London. Woods has previous experience working in the institutional equity trading team at AB Bernstein. He was recognised as a Rising Star of Trading and Execution by The TRADE at Leaders in Trading 2023.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Balraj Bassi, co-founder and chief executive officer, Tradefeedr Data analytics in financial markets has reached the point where clients have access to complete global data sets, and we see 2024 as the year where this will drive change in how counterparties interact and in automating trading workflows.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Edgar Castel is set to join Nordea as an equity trader following almost five years at Candriam, The TRADE can reveal. He will begin his new role as of 1 November, based in Denmark, The TRADE understands. Candriam declined to comment when approached by The TRADE. Candriam declined to comment when approached by The TRADE.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Through this collaboration, Charles River Development can now participate on Glimpse sans technology integration, sharing their fixed income data across the Glimpse network. The post Charles River and Glimpse Markets unveil partnership appeared first on The TRADE.  Rowe Price and Andra AP-fonden.

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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

JUNE 2, 2023

Edouard Petitcollot Candriam has overhauled its global trading structure in a bid to refocus its attention on more complex and high touch trading strategies, The TRADE can reveal. Edouard Petitcollot will lead the operation as global head of trading. High touch trading can be renewed.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Christoph Hock, head of multi-asset trading at Union Investment, accepted the Lifetime Achievement Award at The TRADE’s Leaders in Trading 2023 gala awards ceremony last night. The TRADE would like to extend its congratulations to Hock for his long-standing commitment and service to the industry.

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The TRADE

APRIL 5, 2024

Kepler Cheuvreux subsidiary Ellipsis Asset Management has moved to expand its capabilities in the convertible bond segment with the acquisition of Rothschild & Co’s business. As part of the deal two Rothschild portfolio managers – Cristina Jarrin and Mikael Dauvert – will move to Ellipsis AM.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 7, 2024

TCA is central to making automated execution more fruitful by supplying insights into processes pre-trade to inform decisions, noted speakers when exploring ways to implement the right tools and skillsets to future-proof the trading desk. The post Automation and TCA must go hand in hand appeared first on The TRADE.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Next up in our Leaders in Trading 2023 Editors’ Choice Awards write up series, we bring you the shortlisted candidates for Best Innovation at the Close, recognising those venues going above and beyond to support participants when trading at the Close. Upwards of 30% of volumes now take place in the Closing Auction in Europe.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Virtu Financial offers execution, liquidity sourcing, analytics, and workflow technology for institutional clients, including POSIT MTF, its dark multilateral trading facility in Europe and the UK. The post Appital expands European equity coverage through addition of Virtu Financial’s POSIT MTF appeared first on The TRADE.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 6, 2024

Saphyre’s technology manages the onboarding and maintenance of custody, broker trading, and buy-side accounts. Saphyre suggests this solution eliminates issues related to failed trades downstream and allows for better real-time collaboration which should support participants in light of the global shifts to a T+1 settlement regime.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 7, 2023

MAIA Technology and Neovest have partnered to create an enhanced joint offering of new execution management capabilities for Fulcrum Asset Management. The post MAIA Technology and Neovest partner to enhance Fulcrum Asset Management’s execution capabilities appeared first on The TRADE.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 31, 2024

The BlackRock EMEA equity trading team picked up The TRADE’s highly coveted Trading Desk of the Year, Long-Only award at the Leaders in Trading 2023 event in November. And that is exactly what the London-based trading team embodies. Every day is different, and markets are evolving at a phenomenal pace.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

In the first instance, MIH will offer several equity index products to be exclusively listed and traded on MIH’s exchanges, subject to regulatory approval. The post Miami International Holdings and Bloomberg unveil index licensing agreement appeared first on The TRADE.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 2, 2024

FlexTrade and Propellant Digital have collaborated on actionable pre-trade insights for T.Rowe Price’s fixed income trading teams. The post T.Rowe Price live on Propellant’s Digital’s fixed income transparency data offering via FlexTrade appeared first on The TRADE. Specifically, T.

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The TRADE

APRIL 18, 2024

Depth of book data provider BMLL and real-time data services provider Quanthouse, part of Iress, have collaborated to expand buy-side data analysis capabilities across equities and futures. This will help them to achieve alpha “more predictably”, BMLL chief executive Paul Humphrey told The TRADE.

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The TRADE

MARCH 11, 2024

Fixed income trading technology specialist, Wave Labs has onboarded Lombard Odier Group as its first buy-side client, The TRADE can reveal. Stephen Grady The engagement contract was signed early this year, with the firm fully integrated and operational, The TRADE understands. Something contemporary. Something new.”

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Elsewhere, Capital Group’s Simon Steward was appointed buy-side chair of Plato Partnership , replacing Christoph Hock, head of multi-asset trading at Union Investments, in October. The post Optiver becomes first market maker to join Plato partnership as full member appeared first on The TRADE.

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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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MAY 20, 2024

Tradefeedr’s industry advisory board was established earlier this year and seeks to “collaborate with industry leaders to create a trading process that is more transparent and data driven” by bringing together established and knowledgeable market participants. Faenson joined Citi in 2005 as a credit valuation adjustment (CVA) trader.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 22, 2025

What has your journey to the trading desk been like? I spent the first 20 years of my career at the global bulge bracket banks, first in investment banking and then on the institutional equity desks, in a cross-asset and special situations role. We all sit together in our headquarters, and we emphasise collaboration.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 2, 2023

TS Imagine and Cassini Systems have today entered a strategic partnership, with Cassini’s intelligent analytics across over the counter (OTC) and exchange traded derivatives (ETD) products now available via TS Imagine’s offering, The TRADE can reveal.

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JULY 1, 2024

Before that, he served as vice president and relationship manager for JP Morgan’s priority asset manager clients. Wilkes began his career as an account manager at Targetbase Claydon Heeley and also held a senior analyst position at Goldman Sachs.

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