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.

Trading

The TRADE

JULY 15, 2025

Serhan Eryuksel has joined Marex’s outsourced trading team, focused on sales in the UK, Europe and MENA. London-based Eryuksel most recently spent 15 years at UBS – predominantly in senior sales and equity trading roles before heading up the business development of UBS’ outsourced trading platform across EMEA.

Trading

The TRADE

JULY 8, 2025

Liquidnet has appointed Michael Fidance as head of CEEMEA equity markets as part of the firm’s efforts to drive growth across the region.

Equities

The TRADE

JUNE 23, 2025

BlackRock equity trading vice president Zachary Goodwin has left the firm to join investment management firm CPP Investments, The TRADE can reveal. Rowe Price, Balyasny Asset Management, Fidelity Investments and MFS Investments. Rowe Price, Balyasny Asset Management, Fidelity Investments and MFS Investments.

Trading

The TRADE

JULY 21, 2025

The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) may become the first trading venue to pave the way for 24-hour trading in Europe and the UK.

Trading

The TRADE

JULY 14, 2025

BNY Buy-side Trading Solutions Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) equity and foreign exchange trader Jamie Jones is set to leave the firm to join BNY’s expanding outsourced trading refit, as revealed by The TRADE. BNY declined to comment on his appointment.

Investment Manager

The TRADE

JUNE 9, 2025

Peel Hunt Peel Hunt’s head of electronic and program trading Nishad Vallonthaiel is departing for pastures new, The TRADE can reveal. Citi Citi has promoted John McLean to head of equity capital markets (ECM) and global asset managers (GAM) for Australia and New Zealand following more than two decades at the firm.  

Capital Market

CNBC: Investing

JULY 14, 2025

" Ryan added that the last time he upgraded Goldman Sachs was in January 2020, when the stock traded at around $220. Now, with the stock trading around $700, gains may be harder to come by. The upgrade made sense at the time, given Goldman Sachs' rapidly growing business verticals.

Stock

The TRADE

JUNE 18, 2025

Jan Treuren Cboe Clear Europe launched the clearing service in March 2025, wherein Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking acted as a principal lender against JP Morgan as a borrower, as part of the first trades cleared through the new service.

Trading

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. There’s been a reopening in capital markets. It’s been busy.

Funds

The TRADE

JULY 14, 2025

The ‘cloud strategies in financial services’ survey includes insights from financial firms across the industry, including banks, private equity, investment management, asset management; broker dealers, hedge funds, pension funds, and more.

Investment

The TRADE

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Stuart Lawrence has been appointed head of European equities trading at UBS Asset Management four and a half years after he joined the firm in June 2019. He was most recently head of UK equity trading at UBS Asset Management, having previously served as a high touch equity sales trader at Kepler Cheuvreux.

Equities

The TRADE

JULY 21, 2025

Clear Street remains committed to its build out in the UK and the EU,” a spokesperson for Clear Street told The TRADE. “Clear Street is providing products and services to market participants around the world, and continues to resource additional expansion in markets including the UK and the EU, based on anticipating client needs.”

Trading

The TRADE

JUNE 30, 2025

Mark Molloy has confirmed his departure from Nomura Asset Management, where he most recently served as senior trader. billion deal. Earlier this year, Nomura confirmed plans to acquire Macquarie’s US and European public asset management business in a $1.8

Asset Management

The TRADE

JULY 7, 2025

Mark Molloy has joined Morgan Stanley Investment Management as a macro trader within the broad markets fixed income team, based in London. He is set to report to Alexander Bouzalis, managing director, and Justin Sham, head of European credit trading. Molloy initially joined as head of corporate actions seven years prior.

Investment Manager

The TRADE

JULY 2, 2025

But, as this massive shift for trading processes looms, it’s time to take a look eastward at what this change for Europe could mean for its APAC counterparties. The cost of being out of alignment There are two ways to look at the APAC conundrum when it comes to Europe’s T+1 shift – the effect on Asia trading in Europe, and vice versa.

Trading

Mergers and Inquisitions

JANUARY 22, 2025

We sometimes get questions about why we dont offer an equity research course. People are convinced that financial modeling in equity research is vastly different from investment banking and that research requires different or more specialized skills. IB is all about deals , while ER is all about coverage.

Investment Banking

The TRADE

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

What are the prominent trends are you seeing in the outsourced trading space? There has been a shift in the size and scale in the types of managers that we’re talking to. We did a survey on about 300 global asset managers and one of the main themes that came out of that was around outsourcing.

Trading

The TRADE

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

BlackRock’s head of electronic trading and market structure for EMEA, Daniel Mayston, has left the asset management giant, The TRADE can reveal. The TRADE understands it is outside of trading. The institution also reshuffled its equity trading leadership earlier this year.

Electronics

CNBC: Investing

JULY 17, 2025

This order, the people told the Journal, would call on the Department of Labor and the Securities and Exchange Commission to offer guidance to plan administrators and employers on how to include these assets in retirement plans. Asset managers have already started making inroads into the space.

Stock

The TRADE

JULY 4, 2025

Russell Beer has been appointed as a trader covering fixed income emerging markets at MFS Investment Management. London-based Beer brings extensive industry experience to his new role, and was named one of The TRADE’s Rising Stars of Trading and Execution in 2015.

Investment Manager

The TRADE

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Global head of equity trading at Janus Henderson, Dan Royal, accepted a Lifetime Achievement Award from The TRADE last night at the first ever Leaders in Trading New York awards ceremony. Beginning his career in 1984 as an FX trading manager at Cargill, based in Chicago, his career spans four decades.

Trading

CNBC: Investing

JUNE 5, 2025

While small caps face greater risk from tariffs and macro uncertainty, as well as from higher rates, they remain cheap compared with large-cap stocks, equity and quant strategist Jill Carey Hall wrote. It's a name that investor Jenny Harrington, CEO of Gilman Hill Asset Management, picked up after its tariff-induced sell-off.

Stock

CNBC: Investing

JUNE 11, 2025

Morgan Asset Management. "To me, that combination says it may be time for another rate cut, but I expect the Fed to emphasize the ongoing uncertainty and a desire to not act too early. It's a tough spot," said Elyse Ausenbaugh, head of investment strategy at J.P.

Media

Software Equity Group

JUNE 25, 2025

Supplier/Asset Management Buyers will want an overview of all suppliers and services as they relate to the software, as well as examine with more scrutiny where control lies within those relationships. SaaS Due Diligence Checklist SaaS companies have unique areas that need to be disclosed in a due diligence process.

M&A

CNBC: Investing

JULY 6, 2025

But Bitcoin is ready to fly higher in the second half, investors say, thanks to new cash earmarked for exchange-traded funds and corporate treasury inflows that have helped limit volatility and mostly kept the price above $100,000 since May 9.

Investors

JD Supra: Mergers

MARCH 8, 2024

A recent government initiative announced on March 5, 2024 signals that more antitrust scrutiny for private equity firms and asset managers is on the horizon. By: Paul Hastings LLP

Private Equity

The TRADE

OCTOBER 18, 2023

For the first time, The TRADE is announcing the 2023 Rising Stars of Trading and Execution ahead of the gala awards ceremony, Leaders in Trading on 8 November. The shortlisted candidates will be handed their award during the Rising Stars of Trading and Execution awards ceremony, taking place as part of Leaders in Trading.

Trading

The TRADE

MARCH 7, 2024

BlackRock has appointed Nick Craze head of the EMEA equity trading desk following the promotion of Paul Battams to head of international equity trading, The TRADE can reveal. He will now manage the entire desk, made up of 14 traders, having previously managed a team of six.

Equities

The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Balyasny Asset Management has appointed Harrison Chesterton as associate director within its equity finance trading division, The TRADE can reveal. Chesterton initially joined Barclays Corporate and Investment Bank as an analyst within delta 1 and equity financing.

Asset Management

The TRADE

APRIL 29, 2024

Royal London Asset Management has restructured its global equity team with immediate effect, following the departure of its head of equities and some members of the wider global equities team. Piers Hillier, chief investment officer, will take on responsibility for Royal London AM’s global equity capabilities.

Asset Management

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.

Trading

The TRADE

JANUARY 23, 2024

Omar Darwish has joined fintech pioneer GTN as equity sales trader following a three-and-a-half-year stint at Arqaam Capital. His appointment comes as GTN continues its expansion efforts to build a comprehensive electronic trading and investment platform. The post GTN appoints new equity sales trader appeared first on The TRADE.

Sale

The TRADE

AUGUST 29, 2023

Allianz Global Investors (AllianzGI) has appointed Kayvan Vahid as head of equity Europe core and value. Vahid joins AllianzGI from UBS Asset Management where he served in a variety of roles over the last 20 years. Based in London, Vahid will report to Jörg De Vries-Hippen, head of investments equity Europe.

Asset Management

The TRADE

JANUARY 4, 2024

Institutional investors, asset managers and hedge funds are invited to rate the service, features and capabilities of their algo providers in The TRADE’s 2024 Algorithmic Trading Survey. We encourage providers of algorithmic trading to support client participation. To participate in the survey, please click here.

Trading

The TRADE

JANUARY 8, 2024

Chris Matsko, head of foreign exchange trading services at FactSet, said: “This announcement showcases FactSet’s dedication to enhancing our products by working with innovative solutions that provide the best possible outcomes to our valued clients.” The post FactSet FX trading platform to integrate LoopFX appeared first on The TRADE.

Trading

The TRADE

AUGUST 25, 2023

Pictet Asset Management has appointed Jade Beckmann as an equity trader, The TRADE can reveal Beckmann joins Pictet Asset Management from Bloomberg, where she most recently served as a professional services sales account manager. Beckmann announced her appointment in a social media post.

Asset Management