Frans de Wit is new head of trading at PGGM
Frans de Wit, the investment director for Treasury, Trading & Commodities at Dutch pension fund manager PGGM, has been named head of trading, following...
Bhuchar replaces Cox as head of FI trading at JPM AM
Nick Cox left his position at JP Morgan Asset Management as global head of fixed income trading at the end of 2017, a spokesperson...
David Blake leaves Northern Trust as director for Global Fixed Income
David Blake has left Northern Trust Global Investments as director for Global Fixed Income, after 15 years at the firm, following a restructuring of...
Chappell leaves Nordea IM as head of fixed income trading
Brett Chappell has left Nordea Investment Managers as head of fixed income trading, with his role being filled temporarily by Jakob Jessen, executive director...
Paul Squires to join Invesco
Paul Squires is to join Invesco as head of EMEA Equity Trading, the asset management firm has confirmed, leaving his role as head of...
Fixed income’s slow adaptation to payment for research
By Flora McFarlane
While MiFID II’s unbundling rules across the board are in full swing, fixed income is still getting used to the accompanying cultural...
James Wallin: On valuing the desk
Proving and demonstrating the value of the trading desk at the very highest levels of the organisation creates a virtuous circle of investment and...
Izzy Conlin & Bryan Knapp: On cutting through complexity
There is nothing simple about the task facing BlackRock’s dealing teams, who trade for some of the world’s largest fixed income positions. For Izzy...
The DESK BENCHmark 2017: Mid-sized buy-side have diverse trading
Mid-sized asset managers champion electronic trading - The DESK’s BENCHmark research has found mid-sized firms use electronic trading and a wider range of brokers than...
Hermes Investment Management chooses IHS Markit for TCA
By Flora McFarlane.
Hermes Investment Management has chosen IHS Markit’s TCA platform ahead of incoming best execution obligations under MiFID II.
The technology provider’s TCA platform...
