The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The D epository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has revealed that 350 Investment managers are now leveraging CTM’s automated trade affirmation capabilities to accelerate the post-trade lifecycle, as firms prepare for the US move to T+1 trade settlement.

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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

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Hong Kong continues to be very active, with its authorities keen to maintain their hold on the financial services sector. Most recently, Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) expanded its footprint across Asia with the opening of its new Singapore office; the latest development in the firm’s growth strategy for the region.

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The TRADE

JUNE 5, 2023

TS Imagine expanded its team in the Asia Pacific region with two new appointments from investment management fintech Enfusion. Stephanie Cheung was appointed as 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

Previously, she was a partner at global law firm King & Spalding, serving as co-chair of both the financial services and fintech, blockchain and cryptocurrency groups. M&G’s global asset management arm appointed Manabu Fujita as head of M&A Investments Japan.

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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. Before joining RBC, Chalkley spent 11 years at NatWest Markets.

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Growth Business

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Ascension Ventures Early-stage VC built by exited entrepreneurs ready to back the next generation of tech and impact founders Augmentum Fintech Augmentum Europe’s leading publicly listed fintech fund, investing in fast growing businesses that are disrupting the financial services sector.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Shortlisted individuals are repeated contributors to discussion whether that be through panels, associations or schemes to support the next generation joining the financial services industry. 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

JULY 10, 2023

The reversal comes as part of efforts to boost the attractiveness of the UK’s financial services sector and becomes the latest divergence in regulation from the EU following Brexit. However, this notion has been allowed to expire by the SEC, leaving more uncertainty related to regulatory compliance surrounding research.

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The TRADE

JULY 3, 2023

To resolve the disconnect in approaches, in its 2017 no-action letter to SIFMA, the SEC advised that it would not recommend enforcement action to broker-dealers accepting cash payments for research from investment managers which are required by Mifid II to pay for research from its own money as opposed to client commissions or ‘soft dollars’.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 3, 2024

The service provider landscape for outsourced trading is made up of an eclectic mix of firms. Boutique independents and the largest financial services providers co-exist in this burgeoning space which has some elements of comradery and others of fierce rivalry.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 21, 2023

One of the greatest revelations across the financial services sector (and beyond) was that mantra of ‘we don’t have to do things the way we used to’ as office hours turned to hybrid work-from-home setups and video conferencing and instant messaging became the norm.

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