On The DESK : Gianluca Minieri, Pioneer Investments
The Greatest Concentration of Risk
Gianluca Minieri has been the global head of trading at Pioneer Investments since 2011, driving reform across trading operations, including...
On The DESK: Tobi Molko, Bridgewater Associates
Talent acquisition, automation and the protection of trade data in the year ahead are key priorities for Tobi Molko, head of trading execution at...
On the DESK: Making traders integral to the investment process
Sonali Pier explains how a trader can stand out, and be given a sense of owning the investment process through leadership.
How is trading built...
On the Desk: Engineering better trading
Honing the trading function is an art; it requires an engineer’s eye for improving systems but a leader’s eye for putting the team first.
How...
Jupiter AM: Training to trade against heavyweight rivals in fixed income
Jupiter Asset Management has trained its trading team on data and analytics in order to beat its rivals to the punch when finding liquidity...
AllianceBernstein CEO calls for review of daily dealing bond funds
Seth Bernstein, CEO of buy-side firm AllianceBernstein, has called for a review of daily dealing for clients, for mutual funds, while maintaining support for...
Rob McGrath & Gregg Moore of Schroders: On united trading
Having created a global trading team over much of 2014, Rob McGrath (right), global head of trading and Gregg Moore (left), head of trading...
On The DESK: Trading and Technology collaborating for the future
Erik Tumasz and Josh Grodin of Wellington Management on honing trillion-dollar Wellington Management’s technology-driven edge in trading.
How do you structure your trading desks?
Josh Grodin:...
Lars Salmon: On internal strength
Fidelity International has homegrown internal expertise and tech, to support a fixed income trading team that can weather all markets.
Lars Salmon is head of...
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...













