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Meet the new market makers

The DESK profiles six of the major electronic liquidity providers. Non-traditional market makers were seen to offer liquidity when many dealers pulled back in 2020....

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The DESK’s Trading Intentions Survey 2020 : Unpicking the buy-side workflow

We reveal the buy side’s use of platforms for pre-trade data, executing orders in the market and trading venues. Trading Intentions Survey highlights Bloomberg has...

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Lynn Challenger: Riding out historical volatility

UBS AM’s trading team is designed to engage by choice, not necessity, allowing it to move in heavily directional markets for the advantage of...

Louise Drummond – Honesty, trust and common sense

As global head of investment execution at Aberdeen Standard, Louise Drummond has risen through the ranks to become an industry leader and ambassador for the...

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...

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...

Marc Wyatt, T. Rowe Price: On Reputation

Marc Wyatt, head of Global Trading at T. Rowe Price explains why, in an industry under pressure, standing up to your commitments is fundamental...

On The DESK: What it takes to build a multi-asset trading team

Since becoming global head of trading at Schroders, Gregg Dalley has helped his teams become a single, multi-asset trading unit. The DESK: What is your team’s...

Traders grapple with bigger syndicates and more issuance

To handle wider syndicates and greater volumes of issuance, traders cannot rely on manual processes. Chris Hall investigates. “There has been no real improvement in...