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.

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JUNE 9, 2025

Liontrust Asset Management’s trading for investment funds and institutional accounts has been officially outsourced to BNY. John Ions Liontrust announced that it was exploring outsourcing parts of its trading to BNY back in January, with initial plans at the time stated to be covering non-UK activity.

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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. According to an update on his social media, Goodwin joins CPP Investments based in Toronto, Canada after seven years with BlackRock.

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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.

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JULY 25, 2023

Clearwater Analytics is set to launch a new generative artificial intelligence solution aimed at improving the way institutional clients analyse investment data and respond to changing market dynamics. The solution applies to all asset classes and its use cases will vary depending on varying client types, Clearwater confirmed.

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JUNE 24, 2024

Singapore-headquartered fund manager APS Asset Management has adopted order and investment management technology solution, Bloomberg AIM, to automate its post-trade workflows. We are proud that our partnership with APS Asset Management will help them scale and automate workflows.”

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JANUARY 10, 2025

MetLife Investment Management (MIM) has reached a definitive agreement to acquire three investment teams and assets managed by Mesirow, an independent financial services firm. Nearly $6 billion of assets managed by the acquired team will transfer to MIM, under the terms of the transaction.

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OCTOBER 21, 2024

Michael Lam has joined TT International as a senior trader, following three and a half years at Jupiter Asset Management as a fixed income trader at the firm. The post Jupiter Asset Management trader joins TT International appeared first on The TRADE. London-based Lam announced his new role on social media.

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AUGUST 2, 2024

BNP Paribas has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of AXA Investment Managers – representing around €850 million in assets under management – for just over €5 billion. The deal is set to include an agreement for BNP Paribas’ long term management of a large part of AXA’s assets.

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MARCH 4, 2024

Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has promoted one of its own to the role of head of US equity and foreign exchange trading, The TRADE can reveal. Gregory Corrigan has been selected to take up the reins for US equity and FX trading after eight years at LGIM.

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OCTOBER 22, 2024

UK-based asset manager Artemis has selected Northern Trust to provide outsourced trading services for its equities and derivatives activity, effective January 2025. Northern Trust will support all trading activity for Artemis’ equity funds under management and all related over-the-counter and exchange-traded derivatives.

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JUNE 24, 2024

UBS appointed Carlos Salcedo head of capital markets financing sales Americas, according to an internal memo seen by The TRADE. Before joining MEAG, Malakis held senior sales positions with international asset managers, including Generali Insurance, Vanguard International and Schroders.

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DECEMBER 31, 2024

Jim Kaye, Executive Director at the FIX Trading Community Next year will be the year of preparation. One of the key challenges facing firms is the need for faster and more accurate trade matching. Under the current T+2 cycle, discrepancies in trade details can often be resolved with minimal impact.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Umair Khan Marwat joined Millennium as a trader, following almost two and a half years at Balyasny Asset Management. Hong Kong-based Marwat previously worked at Credit Suisse, focused on AES, algorithmic, and direct market access (DMA) trading, before joining Balyasny Asset Management in 2021 as a trader.

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JULY 24, 2024

Investment manager Franklin Templeton has become the latest buy-sider to integrate BlackRock’s flagship order management platform, Aladdin. Aladdin supports the entire investment management process across asset classes. The transition will begin in Q2 2025 and will be made up of phases over several years.

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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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NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Triodos Investment Management has selected Bloomberg’s AIM and PORT Enterprise solutions in a bid to support its front-office workflows. Through the adoptions, Triodos is set to benefit from enhanced pre-trade compliance and data consistency across its consolidated front-office processes.

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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. Previously recognised individuals have gone on to head up some of the largest and most successful desks across leading asset managers and hedge funds.

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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. We look forward to continuing to build our relationship with New Silk Road to enhance their global trading needs.”

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JULY 27, 2023

Bloomberg AIM and Bloomberg Vault have been adopted by India-based NJ Asset Management to help enable its enterprise-wide digital strategy across the entire investment workflow. According to the firms, Bloomberg AIM addresses NJ Asset Management’s specific needs for tools to support rule-based investment decision-making.

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JANUARY 13, 2025

Clearwater Analytics is set to acquire Enfusion a software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions provider for the hedge fund and investment management industry for $1.5 This deal is understood to be a key step toward Clearwaters plan of building the first cloud-native front-to-back platform for the entire investment management industry.

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JANUARY 2, 2024

RBC BlueBay Asset Management equity trader, Michael Tamou, has left the asset manager to join Qube Research & Technologies (QRT), The TRADE can reveal. He originally joined the asset manager as an investment operations analyst in 2020.

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OCTOBER 27, 2023

As part of a major scheme from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to develop the region as a global FX trading hub, several large banks over the last few years agreed to develop FX pricing and trading engines in Singapore, in partnership with MAS. This year, the industry has seen interest in Singapore grow from the buy-side too.

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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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JANUARY 7, 2025

As part of the integration, OptimX is now a certified sweep partner on Charles Rivers investment management system (IMS) meaning Charles River institutional clients can now access OptimX liquidity via their desktops.

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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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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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SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

The TRADE is delighted to announce the shortlists for the Leaders in Trading 2024 Buy-Side Awards, in partnership with SIX Swiss Exchange. The winners of each category will be revealed at The TRADE’s annual Leaders in Trading glittering awards night at The Savoy in London on 7 November. The wait is over.

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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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JUNE 7, 2024

Alex Livingstone, formerly head of trading for ETFs and FX at Titan Asset Management has joined Titan Investment Solutions as a junior portfolio manager and trader, according to an announcement on social media. Livingstone has previously served as head of trading – FX and ETFs at Tavistock Investments.

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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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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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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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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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MARCH 25, 2024

State Street’s Charles River is set to manage the front-office operations for Perpetual Group’s Australian asset management business. Craig Squires, group chief operating officer at Perpetual, explained that the decision came as the business sought to address current challenges and complexities across investment management.

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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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AUGUST 7, 2024

Outsourced trading, though undoubtedly a contentious topic, is something that has been around in capital markets for decades in some form or another. However, an undeniable surge has occurred across the trading sphere over the last few years, with decidedly mixed results. And the number is climbing.

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