The TRADE

JUNE 1, 2023

The near-constant stream of mergers and acquisitions across both the sell- and buy-side appears to show no signs of abating as two asset management deals have been announced in the past 24 hours. The post Asset manager consolidation wave continues as two deals announced in 24 hours appeared first on The TRADE.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Triodos Investment Management has selected Bloomberg’s AIM and PORT Enterprise solutions in a bid to support its front-office workflows. Specifically, the Netherlands-based impact asset manager will utilise Bloomberg’s offerings to enhance processes for its investment funds and discretionary clients’ business.

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The TRADE

JULY 20, 2023

An investment-grade credit trader from RBC BlueBay Asset Management has left the firm to join Norges Bank Investment Management, The TRADE can reveal. Christopher Lemmo left BlueBay, part of RBC Global Asset Management, in April this year after almost 13 years at the fixed income focused asset manager.

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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. Earlier this year, UK asset manager Liontrust also entered into a conditional agreement to acquire Swiss asset management company, GAM Holding for £96 million.

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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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The TRADE

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The global head of capital markets at German asset manager DWS, Keshava Shastry, has left the business, according to two people with knowledge of the matter, The TRADE can reveal. Keshava Shastry Shastry, a managing director based in London, had been with the German firm for over ten years. DWS declined to comment.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 18, 2023

The scheme has recognised numerous promising talents over the years, many of whom have gone on to expanded roles such as head of trading at some of the world’s largest asset managers and hedge funds. Find previous years’ recognised shortlists here: 2022 – 2021 – 2020 – 2019 – 2018 – 2017 – 2016 – 2015.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Rowe Price Unigestion Fixed Income Trading Desk of the Year AXA Investment Managers Barings Manulife Investment Management PIMCO State Street Global Advisors Buy-side Market Structure Expert of the Year Evan Canwell, Equity Trader & Market Structure Analyst, T.

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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.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Martin Hendry, deputy head of trading, Liontrust Asset Management As we peer into the crystal ball for 2024 trading, a notable shift is anticipated with the adoption of T+1 settlement for US equity transactions. What challenges will Asian and European asset managers face with their FX overlay process?

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The TRADE

JULY 24, 2023

RBC BlueBay Asset Management’s investment-grade credit trader, Christopher Lemmo, has left the firm to join Norges Bank Investment Management after almost 13 years at the fixed income focused asset manager. He has been appointed senior trader at Norges Bank Investment Management, based in New York.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Running for its ninth year, the Rising Stars initiative, in partnership with Instinet, has recognised a number of up-and-coming talents over the years, many of whom have gone on to hold impressive roles and head up some of the largest and most successful desks across the world’s leading asset managers and hedge funds.

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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. Previously in his career, he spent a year as an operation analyst at Liquidnet.

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The Guardian: Mergers & Acquisitions

MAY 14, 2023

A consortium comprised of Macquarie Asset Management and British Columbia Investment Management Corporation completed the acquisition of 60% of the equity in National Grid’s gas transmission and meter business in January, in a deal which valued the business at £7.5bn.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Guido Baltussen has been appointed international head of quantitative strategies at Northern Trust Asset Management, a newly created role in which he will oversee EMEA and APAC. His experience also includes a stint as quantitative investment strategist at ING Investment Management.

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The TRADE

MARCH 4, 2024

JP Morgan subsidiary Neovest has moved to expand its capabilities in the hedge fund sphere with the acquisition of investment management platform LayerOne Financial. The pair have partnered to create a joint offering for the asset manager. Both Neovest and LayerOne Financial champion the open platform approach.

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The TRADE

MARCH 4, 2024

Atkins joined Redburn Atlantic in 2004 as a sales trader having previously served for eight years at Morgan Grenfell and two years at Marathon Asset Management. Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) promoted one of its own to the role of head of US equity and foreign exchange trading.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

These are set to be grouped under a newly created investment management solutions segment. It is one of the leading global investment management software providers, serving the largest asset managers and asset owners worldwide.”

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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 move has come as Fulcrum’s trading desk looked to leverage more derivatives strategies and its execution needs evolved. Fortunately for us, Neovest was able to do that.”

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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

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Read more: Fireside Friday with… Morgan Stanley’s Maria Salamanca Mejia Previously in his career, McMahon worked as a centralised dealer at Bank of Ireland Asset Management, working on the multi-asset global trading desk.

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The TRADE

JUNE 19, 2023

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Pacific Investment Management Company (PIMCO) $9 million for disclosure, policies and procedures violations involving two funds the firm advises on. PIMCO failed to comply with both of these critical obligations.”

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Over the last couple of years, Glimpse Markets’ data sharing network has gained significant traction with the buy-side, with firms including NN Investment Partners, Invesco, Columbia Threadneedle, Carmignac, Quonian, SEB Investment Management and Mirabaud Asset Management joining.

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The TRADE

JUNE 16, 2023

M&G’s global asset management arm has appointed Manabu Fujita as head of M&A Investments Japan. Fujita joins from Schroders Investment Management Japan, where he spent the last 15 years, most recently serving as head of sales.

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The TRADE

JUNE 19, 2023

As part of the new system-wide exploratory scenario (SWES) exercise, participants including major banks, hedge funds, asset managers and pension funds will be asked to evaluate the impact of “severe but plausible” stress including what actions they might individually take in that scenario, with a focus on the UK markets.

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The TRADE

JULY 18, 2023

The post GAM Investments head of institutional solutions to depart for Aviva Investors appeared first on The TRADE.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 17, 2024

GAM heads, Mark Hawtin and Jeremy Roberts, are set to join Liontrust Asset Management in the coming months as head of global growth equities, and head of global distribution (ex UK), respectively. The deal, once completed, was set to create a global asset manager with £53 billion in assets under management and administration.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 27, 2023

There’s already a huge section of the asset management community and the asset servicing community, including Northern Trust, that are established in Singapore as large parts of their global operations.” This year, the industry has seen interest in Singapore grow from the buy-side too.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 9, 2023

Zaman brings more than 20 years’ experience to the role, having worked in various senior positions at a number of global organisations, including AXA Investment Managers, EY, and PwC.

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The TRADE

JULY 18, 2023

M&G’s global asset management arm has secured a Securities Investment Consulting Enterprise (SICE) business license in Taiwan, allowing the firm to establish a new office in Taipei as part of its Asia expansion strategy. Lin will be responsible for strengthening M&G’s wholesale and institutional presence in the region.

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The TRADE

MAY 30, 2023

TS Imagine has expanded its team in the Asia Pacific with two new appointments from investment management fintech Enfusion. Stephanie Cheung has been appointed sales director, while An Hoong will work within the account management team, responsible for technical account management and client support.

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The TRADE

JUNE 19, 2023

M&G’s global asset management arm appointed Manabu Fujita as head of M&A Investments Japan. Fujita joined from Schroders Investment Management Japan, where he spent the last 15 years, most recently serving as head of sales.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Stéphane Marie-Françoise, director, multi-asset trader, Unigestion Senior vice president and multi-asset trader at Unigestion, Stéphane Marie-Françoise, has an extensive financial markets career spanning more than 20 years. He began his career at the UK’s HM Treasury, before moving to AIG Investments to manage fixed income funds.

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The TRADE

JUNE 29, 2023

Specialist multi-asset manager Candriam and its parent company New York Life Investments have expanded their partnership to grow their remit in the US offshore market. Following the expansion of the partnership, the pair will offer solutions and services to non-US resident investors who invest through US intermediaries.

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The TRADE

MAY 8, 2024

Singapore-based investment manager New Silk Road has outsourced its trading to Northern Trust as it seeks to fortify its offering as T+1 looms. The post Singaporean investment manager New Silk Road outsources trading to Northern Trust appeared first on The TRADE.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The immediate focus for the business is set to be investing in client service and portfolio management, specifically hiring in senior sales and distribution team members focused on Europe and the UK, as well as investment managers for both the luxury brands and credit opportunities strategies.

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The TRADE

JULY 3, 2023

Following the implementation of Mifid II in 2018, Europe unbundled trading and research, resulting in all asset managers having to pay for research in cash only. European asset managers looking for diversity and greater competition in US broker research will also be impacted by the lapse. Therefore, today we lapse.”

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