Chappell and Nuyts launch European outsourced trading centre
A new outsourced trading and advisory firm, Sherpa Edge, will launch operations on 1 April led by two highly experienced traders Bart Nuyts and...
Bond e-Trading prices still off; central banks adding to turmoil
Buy-side traders are still reporting “violent moves” in fixed income. In a liquidity crisis, investors are reliant on their asset managers’ traders to support...
Liontrust – The trading team built for growth
Matt McLoughlin, partner and head of trading at Liontrust Asset Management, explains why expanding trading capabilities to match AUM and asset class growth needs...
Greenwich Associates: Fixed income desks see highest buy-side tech spend
Technology spend on buy-side trading desks rose 4% in 2019 from the previous year, to reach US$2.2 million on average, with fixed-income trading desks...
ICMA: Fully-automatic credit trading has grown; block liquidity has reduced
The International Capital Markets Association has found 44% of buy-side trading desks have increased their use of rules-based, fully automated electronic execution compared with...
Chappell lands new trading role for 2020
Brett Chappell, the former head of fixed income trading at Nordea Investment Management, is joining Mariana UFP, a global financial services business in London...
On The DESK : Stuart Campbell : BlueBay Asset Management
STUART CAMPBELL: OUTPERFORMANCE AND AUTO-EXECUTION.
Leading the charge into electronic trading, Stuart Campbell tells The DESK how he has set up his team to prevail.
Which characteristics...
One desk for multi-asset low-touch trading
If a single desk can trade all liquid instruments for an asset manager, it could see significant cost and process efficiencies. Lynn Strongin Dodds...
B2Scan closes down
B2Scan, the pre-trade liquidity data platform for bond markets, has shut down after eight years. The CEO and founder of B2Scan, Frédéric Semour, was...
Middleton appointed global head of FI trading at T Rowe Price
Dwayne Middleton has been named the global head of fixed income trading at T Rowe Price, the US asset manager with US$1.12 trillion of...