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Analysis: BNP Paribas / AXA IM merger as French AMs roll up

The BNP Paribas Group has entered into exclusive negotiations with AXA to acquire 100% of AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM), representing close to €850...

Sarah Lambert joins Fidelity Investments

Fidelity Investments has appointed Sarah Lambert as a senior municipal trader. She is based in Boston. Lambert has more than a decade of industry experience...

The Book: Clearwater Analytics releases commercial paper issuance tool

Clearwater Analytics has released a commercial paper (CP) issuance tool, aiming to improve firms’ efficiency by providing a real-time view of issuances. With the goal...

Paolo Buscaglia swaps UniCredit for Santander

Santander Corporate & Investment Banking has appointed Paolo Buscaglia as co-head of European government bond (EGB) and sovereign, supranational and agency debt (SSA) trading....

H1 growth at LSEG buoyed by Tradeweb success

LSEG once again led their capital markets results with Tradeweb’s successes in H1 2024. Total revenue of £880 million, up 13.4% year-on-year (YoY), was...

EWIFA: Celebrating the industry’s rising stars

With 2024’s European Women in Finance awards just months away, we at Markets Media are excited to see the nominees for this year's Rising...

Franklin Templeton drops CRD cloud move in favour of Aladdin

Global investment management firm Franklin Templeton has selected BlackRock’s Aladdin order management system (OMS) to bring together its multi-asset class investment management platform. The move...

Adroit Trading Technologies names Michael Kraines chief growth officer

Adroit Trading Technologies, a buy-side execution management system (EMS) provider in fixed-income cash and derivatives, has named Michael Kraines the firm’s first-ever chief growth...

“Complete misunderstanding … or try[ing] to baffle people”; Lutnick counters Duffy

BGC Group’s Q2 earnings call this week wasted no time at all before addressing the ongoing spat between CEO Howard Lutnick and CME CEO...

Janus Henderson promotes Tim Winstone

Tim Winstone has been promoted at Janus Henderson Investors, becoming head of investment grade credit. Winstone has more than 20 years of industry experience, and...