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

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While traders don’t have the authority to load up trades, outside of execution they are expected to collaborate with their portfolio managers to bring value add to the investment process by making suggestions around idea generation and execution. The trading team work closely in tandem with portfolio managers when preparing a strategy.

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SSGA’s Sharon Ruffles on fixed income trading: It’s a different job every day

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Beginning her career on the buy-side at boutique asset manager Credit Suisse First Boston as an investment portfolio analyst in London in 1986, Ruffles has seen the markets through several highs and lows. When I joined State Street in 2004, we were electronically trading then. “In asks Ruffles. Absolutely yes. Ruffles says.

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Multi-asset trading: Reduced errors and enhanced high touch execution

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The trader of today has to be able to distil a vast amount of disparate information and filter it in a bespoke fashion to the needs of individual portfolio management teams. That requires the ability to utilise many different execution methods, be it electronic, RFS, voice, bartering, understanding the mechanics of algos.

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Buy-side trading head recommends cautious approach to emerging markets despite strong investor interest

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Specifically, Collery highlighted the important role of portfolio managers and a proactive approach to forging those key relationships. However, despite this, Joe Collery, head of trading at Comgest endorsed a measured approach whilst speaking at TradeTech earlier this week.

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Chasing innovation on Robeco’s global equity trading desk: ‘In order to stay good, we need to become better’

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“In the end, the efficiency that we hoped to reach with having one desk was not realised and therefore we said we want to focus on one specific asset class with dedicated equity traders, fixed income traders and FX traders,” says head of equity trading and operational portfolio management at Robeco, Robbert Wijgerse. “We

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The evolution of the buy- and sell-side relationship

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Electronic trading capabilities have led to a major shift away from voice trading, and this has changed the role that counterparties play when they work together. With electronic trading comes the added benefit of requiring less time to be spent on small trades. Interoperability is therefore becoming increasingly key.

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Early bird catches the worm: A look at the race for first mover advantage in Europe’s emerging crossing network landscape

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It is rare, for example, that you’ll find an asset manager worrying about the good of the market or how an order might influence the primary lit market share, over whether or not they have achieved the optimal outcome for their portfolio manager and end investor. billion and market share which accounted for 6.3%

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