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Event-Driven Hedge Funds: The Best Home for Bankers Turned Investors?

Mergers and Inquisitions

Event-driven hedge funds” is one of the more confusing labels in finance. Part of the issue is that many different strategies fall within the “event-driven” category: merger arbitrage , activist investing , distressed investing, special situations, and more. By contrast, an event-driven fund would never bet on such a situation.

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Appital Insights completes integration with FactSet Portware EMS

The TRADE

Appital Insights is now fully integrated with FactSet’s Portware execution management system (EMS), enabling the latter’s asset management clients to access Appital Insights liquidity easily within their EMS. They know that Appital Insights does not impact ‘on-screen’ prices and they retain full control of the order.”

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Trader of the Year: Millennium’s Charlotte Nutting

The TRADE

Up against other individuals from Invesco, Liontrust Asset Management, Baillie Gifford and State Street Global Advisors (SSGA), Nutting took home the award after an industry-wide vote. For over three years, I only traded equities, so moving to a role where I would be trading multi-asset was attractive.

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Appital launches new initiative to help buy-side unlock liquidity

The TRADE

Traders and portfolio managers will also be able to access exposure to liquidity events in relevant equities meeting their minimum ADC or pricing thresholds. “They want full control on every stage of the order lifecycle.

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A new chapter for RBC BlueBay Asset Management’s London-based fixed income trading desk

The TRADE

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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Prime brokerage: The intersection of challenge and opportunity

The TRADE

Following the height of Covid, we’ve had the memestock saga, the collapse of Archegos Capital and the war in Ukraine impacting the space in concurrent years as unprecedented events seem to have become the norm, driving market volatility in each of the post-pandemic years. Obviously, that process won’t cut it in a T+1 environment.

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The Big Interview: Angela McLean

The TRADE

I’ve always worked in the asset management industry, starting my first job at 18 with Scottish Amicable Investment Management in Glasgow. From the banking team at Scot Asset Management, I moved firms in 1999 to take up a role in trade settlements. What has your journey to the trading desk been like?

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