On The Desk

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

Izzy Conlin & Bryan Knapp: On cutting through complexity

Izzy Conlin & Bryan Knapp: On cutting through complexity

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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...
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...
Mike Rosborough, CalPERS: On truth and transparency

Mike Rosborough, CalPERS: On truth and transparency

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Dating back to the 1930s, the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) is the largest pension fund in the United States. Mike Rosborough, senior portfolio...
On The Desk: Carl James:  On changing trader culture

On The Desk: Carl James: On changing trader culture

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Moving to a data-led model of trading requires a change in culture across the desk, as Pictet Asset Management’s head of Fixed Income Trading...
On The Desk: Christoph Hock: On building efficiency

On The Desk: Christoph Hock: On building efficiency

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Union Investment’s development of a multi-asset trading team and segregation of high and low touch business is allowing it to focus trading resource where...
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: Jim Switzer: On taking control

On The Desk: Jim Switzer: On taking control

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The AllianceBernstein credit trading desk has been refocused to handle market fragmentation and the withdrawal of dealer liquidity, giving its traders a commanding presence...
On The Desk: Juan Landazabal: On trader evolution

On The Desk: Juan Landazabal: On trader evolution

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Juan Landazabal, global head of Fixed Income and Foreign Exchange Trading at Deutsche Asset Management describes the internal and external pressures that are shaping the...
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 : Nick Greenland : BNY Mellon Investment Management

On The DESK : Nick Greenland : BNY Mellon Investment Management

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Making the team. Nicholas Greenland is managing director for APAC and EMEA, head of broker/dealer relationships for BNY Mellon Investment Management based in London. In...

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