The TRADE

OCTOBER 18, 2024

According to Coalition Greenwich, the top dozen investment banks offering prime services saw revenues rise to a record $20.4 Data from Convergence tracking the top 25 prime brokers showed their market share grew from 83.3% That’s adding a level of interest in the sector again by allocators. billion in 2023.

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The TRADE

MAY 28, 2024

Depending on portfolio managers’ instructions, orders’ size, liquidity levels and market conditions, deciding where and how to implement investment ideas efficiently has never been more important for institutional traders than in the current market environment.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

RBC appointed Guy Chalkley as managing director, UK flow rates sales. Chalkley brings more than three decades worth of financial services to the role, in both portfolio management and rates sales. Frédéric Benizri left TP ICAP to join financing, investment and risk management business CIC Market Solutions as a sales trader.

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Wall Street Mojo

JANUARY 17, 2024

Financial institutions with good credit ratings offer swap facilities to clients and charge fees from brokers. X owns a $1,000,000 investment that pays him LIBOR + 1% monthly. Now assume there is another guy Mr. Y who owns a $1,000,000 investment that pays him 1.5% Almost all cases, the floating rate is tied to a reference rate.

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The TRADE

MAY 1, 2024

Papanichola began his career at interdealer broker, GFI, however quickly realised the environment wasn’t the one for him. I cut my teeth in investment trust arbitrage and fund reconstructions. These are old investment structures which, pretty much in the majority, have no place in modern investing.” “We

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Central to its specialism is the close-knit relationship between RBC BlueBay’s trading and investment teams. A bit like a multi-strategy house, BlueBay was once a hedge fund and long only shop and home to as many as eight investment teams with dedicated traders working on each one independently. You’re taught to almost think like a PM.

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The TRADE

APRIL 25, 2024

With innovation rife across the emerging markets space, it should come as no surprise that plans for further investment are picking up pace. Specifically, Collery highlighted the important role of portfolio managers and a proactive approach to forging those key relationships.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 9, 2023

3 exclusively refers to ‘Investment Services and Activities’. “To Specifically, the changes are highlighted in section 13.3 of the Perimeter Guidance manual (PERG) which covers ‘guidance on the scope of the UK provisions which implemented Mifid’, of which segment.3

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The TRADE

JANUARY 3, 2024

It’s a world which has a compelling backstory and a future which could veer off in several different directions depending on a range of scenarios which includes growing demand from larger buy-side organisations, M&A activity and an increasing level of investment needed to stay competitive.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 7, 2024

Our trading group are viewed as part of the investment process with interaction and culture aligned. These groups have an inherent nature of complexity that require outsourced trading providers to heavily invest in human capital and technology to meet all of their requirements effectively.”

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 2, 2024

In some cases, this shift of duties has reduced the buy-side’s reliance on sell-side expertise, allowing for greater autonomy in investment strategies. What I mean by that is, it’s really important for both sides to understand priorities,” says Ed Wicks, head of trading at Legal and General Investment Management (LGIM). “If

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 9, 2024

The active investment manager specialises in emerging and frontier markets trading across fixed income, credit and specialist equities. Historically, investment banking and trading was fairly wild and there was a lack of control generally in terms of the way banks managed traders, P&L and risk,” he adds.

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The TRADE

JULY 24, 2023

He joined DWS Group a year later as a portfolio manager and worked his way up through the ranks, going on to lead teams of PMs focused on a range of instruments that stretched across asset classes. If you want top talent you need to invest to keep them on the platform. Finding traders is the easier part.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 14, 2023

I’ve always worked in the asset management industry, starting my first job at 18 with Scottish Amicable Investment Management in Glasgow. What has your journey to the trading desk been like? I joined the banking services team and within that team sat the Treasury function consisting of a money market and FX trader.

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Focus Investment Banking

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Joining us is Richie Seaberry, Vice president of Business development and Enterprise Portfolio Manager at decisely. We’ll explore the connection between employee health, workplace performance, recruiting and retention and why investing in benefits can be a game changer for collision repair businesses just like yours.

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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. Users will be able to send orders to their brokers, manage positions, monitor portfolios, and conduct risk assessments and compliance checks from a unified platform.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 24, 2024

These systems touch upon all elements of the trading lifecycle throughout the front-to-middle-to-back-office including execution, order, risk and portfolio management. In years gone by, buy-side firms have placed orders via a sell-side broker to be traded on exchange.

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The TRADE

MARCH 5, 2025

Read more: Head of UBS outsourced trading offering departs Prior to joining UBS, London-based Power served as a global multi-asset and derivatives trader at Newton IM, and before that as head of trading at Standard Life Investments. UBS had not responded to a request for comment at the time of publishing.

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The TRADE

MAY 1, 2025

Pre-trade, market impact and peer models are not as common and can be less detailed compared to equities and this is an area which might benefit from more investment by vendors and brokers alike. These can then be used to normalise slippages versus market conditions, to treat brokers/algos fairly.

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The TRADE

MARCH 13, 2025

in 2024; emphasising the growing concern over cost that traders face with increasing demand to cover multi-asset trading and investments with tighter budgets. were FIX capabilities (6.18), latency (6.13), breadth of broker algorithms (6.05) and client service personnel (6.01). when compared to 2023.

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The TRADE

JUNE 4, 2025

Budget accordingly, as internal management requires significant investment, especially with multiple data sources and pipelines. This enhancement improves trading desk operations, interactions with portfolio managers, and broker relationships.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Non-quant firms are looking to use alternative methods to improve trading outcomes, monitor risk and performance, improve alpha generation and broker selection, and gain a competitive advantage. Traditionally, only quant trading firms were at the forefront of the data race, but this is changing.

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