The TRADE

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.

Management

The TRADE

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Alecta added that its requirements for the new solution included the ability to trade cross-asset, offer innovative new functionality, and connect to Alecta’s existing order management tool, Order Manager. “We’re seeing increased activity in the Nordic region, with Alecta being the latest client to be live using FlexTRADER.

Trading

The TRADE

DECEMBER 4, 2024

As ESMA’s review of European Union’s post-trade transparency regime enters its final stage, European trade associations have stressed the importance of credit ratings in underpinning the success of the EU post-trade transparency framework for corporate bonds.

Corporation

The TRADE

JULY 29, 2025

” The solution is designed to improve the efficiency of collateral management and support liquidity needs. Anja Kleefsman, head of treasury and liquidity management at PGGM, said: “PGGM is delighted to be part of this first live DLT-based collateral mobilisation transaction initiated to meet our margin obligations at Eurex Clearing.

Management

The TRADE

OCTOBER 30, 2024

At the time, the collapse of FTX sparked concerns around the regulatory oversight of digital assets exchanges and their linked trading and custody subsidiaries. ” The post CME Group’s approval to establish futures commission merchant sparks backlash from FIA appeared first on The TRADE.

Trading

The TRADE

APRIL 29, 2025

ION has enhanced its XTP Risk JANUS solution through the use of AI to optimise pre-trade risk management and balance speed and accuracy in pre-trade validation. XTP Risk Janus is an intraday solution for pre-trade to post-trade risk management.

Risk Management

The TRADE

JULY 10, 2025

Jupiter is set to acquire the entirety of asset manager CCLA Investment Management for a consideration of £100 million. CCLA is the largest UK asset manager focused on non-profit organisations, it currently has more than £15 billion AUM and works on behalf of charities, religious institutions and local authorities.

Investment Manager

The TRADE

AUGUST 6, 2025

Trading-focused ESG network Sustainable Trading is set to close its doors in the coming months, three and a half years after its launch, The TRADE can reveal. Members voted for closure at its general meeting on 17 July following a recommendation from the board. His next venture is unconfirmed.

Trading

The TRADE

AUGUST 6, 2025

JP Morgan has unveiled its new global structuring management team, which sees multiple senior staff promotions and expanded roles across asset class and cross-asset areas. Also joining is Jacob Lindewald, who is set to manage the team’s rates and FX division.

Management

The TRADE

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Rokos Capital Management has appointed Sabina Awan as trading solutions consultant, based in London. Most recently, she served as head of strategic initiatives for global trading. Prior to that, she worked as global trading business manager. Awan announced her appointment in a social media post.

Consulting

The TRADE

JULY 4, 2025

Read more – Conscious usage of TCA: Making trade analytics more actionable Speaking to his own approach, Böss shared: “We’ve been teaming up with risk and compliance on data sets.   Why is it that combined is a different tool for post-trade combined checks when our TCA tools could do this? It’s So how do we do that?

Trading

The TRADE

JUNE 9, 2025

Trading Technologies (TT) has provided its clients with a connection to GFO-X, the UK’s first regulated and centrally cleared trading venue for digital asset derivatives. The post Trading Technologies enables access to GFO-X appeared first on The TRADE.

Trading

The TRADE

APRIL 29, 2025

Single-stock trading and program trading in US equities are becoming increasingly interlinked, as advances in algorithmic trading blur the lines between the two. Between workflow innovation and good old-fashion inflation, the definition of program trading itself is now in flux. constituents.

Equities

The TRADE

JUNE 17, 2025

Trading Technologies International (TT) has launched a new pre-trade portfolio risk capability on its platform in a bid to bring new protections to its sell-side clients and facilitate increased trading opportunities for end-users. Trading Technologies’ platform handled more than 2.8

Portfolio

The TRADE

AUGUST 12, 2025

Broadridge Financial Solutions has entered a strategic partnership with BMLL Technologies in a bid to integrate pre-trade analytics into its global sell-side, and Japanese buy-side, trading participants.

Trading

The TRADE

JULY 9, 2025

Bloomberg has partnered with Clearwater Analytics to provide a combined front-to-back investment offering for asset owners and asset managers. Laila Mirsepassi The collaboration combines Bloomberg’s investment solutions suite with Clearwater’s accounting solution and is set to support users in managing costs and reducing risk.

Investment Manager

The TRADE

DECEMBER 9, 2024

The new service will offer insights to hedge funds, asset managers and other buy-side based off real-time liquidity mapping. Broadridge said its approach identifies ideal algorithmic execution for orders and reduces outliers to improve trading costs.

Asset Management

The TRADE

JUNE 17, 2025

The first trade in Nasdaq custom basket futures has been made by University of Cambridge Investment Management (UCIM) with a notional value of €80 million. Notably, it enables clients to use standardised contracts traded on a regulated market with central counterparty clearing, as opposed to relying on over-the-counter equity swaps.

Investment Manager

The TRADE

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

How has the trading landscape evolved over the past 30 years? Trading desks have got smaller over the years, while volumes have gone up. Trading desks have got smaller over the years, while volumes have gone up. Another manifestation is that trading has become more widespread geographically.

Trading

The TRADE

JULY 14, 2025

BNY Buy-side Trading Solutions Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) equity and foreign exchange trader Jamie Jones is set to leave the firm to join BNY’s expanding outsourced trading refit, as revealed by The TRADE. BNY declined to comment on his appointment.

Investment Manager

The TRADE

JULY 16, 2025

Wedbush Financial Services’ largest subsidiary, Wedbush Securities, has launched 24-hour trading capabilities to offer extended market access to clients, particularly in Asia-Pacific time zones. The post Wedbush Securities launches 24-hour trading appeared first on The TRADE.

Trading

The TRADE

JULY 28, 2025

The post People Moves Monday: JP Morgan, Susquehanna, Canaccord Genuity, and more…  appeared first on The TRADE. Previously in his career, he also served as a senior business analyst in equities at Credit Suisse, working in locations including London, New York, Singapore and Pune.

Trading

The TRADE

JANUARY 15, 2025

Schroders trading teams have integrated analytics offerings from Propellant via Virtu in a bid to further enhance their trading strategies. Gregg Dalley Specifically, Schroders is leveraging Propellant’s fixed-income transparency data through Virtus global multi-asset execution management system (EMS), Triton Valor.

Trading

The TRADE

JULY 22, 2025

” The post CLS redesigns CLSClearedFX service to enhance settlement offering appeared first on The TRADE.

Trading

The TRADE

JUNE 13, 2025

Virtu Financial has collaborated with cloud-native investment management solution provider, Limina to enhance buy-side workflows. The post Virtu Financial partners with Limina to enhance buy-side workflows appeared first on The TRADE.

Collaboration

The TRADE

AUGUST 6, 2025

Order management systems (OMSs) and execution management systems (EMSs) are becoming increasingly important for asset managers looking to optimise their trading workflows, however more than half of equity buy-side traders prefer to use separate systems, a new report by Coalition Greenwich has revealed. Despite some uptake of integrated OEMS systems (..)

Equities

The TRADE

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Saphyre has partnered with BlackRock to integrate services with the firms end-to-end asset management platform Aladdin. Our partnership with Aladdin represents a pivotal evolution for Saphyre, building on our already extensive network of top-tier investment managers and financial institutions, said Ray Shivers, COO of Saphyre.

Financial Institution

The TRADE

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.

Trading

The TRADE

JULY 24, 2025

In May, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) implemented new rules allowing fund managers to pay for research with a joint payment option, essentially allowing for the ‘bundling’ together of payments for trade execution and research.

Asset Management

The TRADE

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Vikesh Patel With this approval, the pan-European clearing house will introduce a service for European SFT transactions in cash equities and ETFs, which includes central clearing, settlement and post-trade lifecycle management.

Finance

The TRADE

JULY 15, 2025

The post Standard Chartered launches spot cryptoasset trading for institutional clients appeared first on The TRADE.

Trading

The TRADE

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

oneZero Financial Systems has received investment of an undisclosed sum from Golden Gate Capital as it seeks to expand its role across the global OTC asset trading market. The post oneZero receives capital boost from new investor as it seeks to expand its role within the global OTC asset trading market appeared first on The TRADE.

Capital

The TRADE

JUNE 23, 2025

Broadridge has named Kenneth MacHarg as its new managing director, global head of futures and options trading, effective 23 June. The move will see MacHarg leading Broadridge’s futures and options (F&O) platform as part of a push to enhance the solution’s leadership.

Trading

The TRADE

JUNE 6, 2025

Sand Grove Capital Management has selected HUB, a cloud-based post-trade platform, to automate and optimise its reporting workflows. The London-based alternative investment firm, which manages $1.2 The post Sand Grove Capital taps HUB for post-trade automation appeared first on The TRADE.

Capital

The TRADE

JULY 18, 2025

Citadel Securities had not responded to a request for comment at the time of publication. The move provides both SIX and Aquis with an aggregated 15% market share and access to 16 capital markets across Europe. The post Former head of equities at SIX returns as managing director after Citadel stint appeared first on The TRADE.

Equities

Sun Acquisitions

JUNE 27, 2025

Assess the company’s management team and employee base. Common Valuation Methods: Comparable Company Analysis: Compare the target company to similar publicly traded companies. Operational Due Diligence: Evaluate the company’s operations, including its supply chain, manufacturing processes, and customer relationships.

Valuation

The TRADE

JULY 22, 2025

Elijah Diallo has joined Vegah Trading as a proprietary trader following his departure from Magellan Capital, The TRADE can reveal. Diallo most recently served as head of trading at the firm, overseeing multi-strategy operations. He was recognised as one of The TRADE’s Rising Stars of Trading and Execution in 2021.

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