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Our profile interviews with senior buy-side traders or heads of trading.

James Wallin: On valuing the desk

James Wallin: On valuing the desk

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Proving and demonstrating the value of the trading desk at the very highest levels of the organisation creates a virtuous circle of investment and...
On The Desk: Paul Squires: On calm and the storm

On The Desk: Paul Squires: On calm and the storm

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AXA Investment Managers’ global head of trading & securities financing displays a steady hand as his trading function begins servicing new investment models while...
On the DESK : Vincenzo Vedda : DWS

On the DESK : Vincenzo Vedda : DWS

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  Heading into a stormy 2019, traders need both confidence and evidence to achieve their goals. What do you think a bond trader in 2018 needs...
Matt Howell: Building a centre of excellence for derivatives trading

Matt Howell: Building a centre of excellence for derivatives trading

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Matt Howell reveals how T Rowe Price optimised its derivatives trading capabilities ahead of the expected boom in trading activity this year. How are the...
Lars Salmon: On internal strength

Lars Salmon: On internal strength

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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...
On the DESK : Cathy Gibson : Royal London

On the DESK : Cathy Gibson : Royal London

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The buy side must be an active participant in shaping market structure if investors are to achieve the best returns, says Cathy Gibson. Biography: Cathy...
Joeri Wouters:  On the millennial trader

Joeri Wouters: On the millennial trader

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Balancing a trader’s discipline and the curiosity of the millennial generation is creating a strong approach to negotiating the evolving fixed income landscape. What are...
On The Desk: Christine Kenny : Loomis Sayles

On The Desk: Christine Kenny : Loomis Sayles

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KNOWLEDGE AS AN ASSET (FROM DESK TO MANAGEMENT). Christine Kenny, managing director, senior fixed income strategist, compliance officer and head of the London office at Loomis, Sayles...
On the Desk: Ed Wicks, head of trading, L&G Asset Management

On the Desk: Ed Wicks, head of trading, L&G Asset Management

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Ed Wicks, L&G Asset Management's head of trading, sat down with The DESK to discuss how the company organises its operations, the trends he...
Women in Finance : Supurna VedBrat : Being on point

Women in Finance : Supurna VedBrat : Being on point

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Supurna VedBrat, Global Head of Trading at BlackRock, talks to Lynn Strongin Dodds about strategic planning, diversity of thought and transferable skillsets Although Supurna VedBrat,...

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