Buy side

Erik Swords to head AllianzGI’s technology investment team

Allianz Global Investors (AllianzGI), has published succession plans for its global technology investment team, which has been led by Walter Price since inception. After more...

Buy-side desks swing extra US$2.1 million into fixed income trading technology

By Sobia Hamid. On average buy-side fixed income desks pushed US$2.1 million of additional budget into technology in 2016, according to new research from analyst...

Brooksbank named senior portfolio manager at Vanguard

Vanguard has named Dale Brooksbank as senior portfolio manager. Brooksbank has a long career as a well-respected and senior buy-side trader, with a strong...

Jonathan Tricker promoted to head trader role

Jonathan Tricker has been promoted to head trader, global credit at Vanguard, reporting to Sarang Kulkarni, portfolio manager for investment grade (IG) credit. Tricker is...

VedBrat named global head of trading for BlackRock

Supurna VedBrat, currently deputy head of trading and co-head for Electronic Trading & Market Structure at asset manager BlackRock will become global head of...

John Orrock joins Cowen fixed income outsourced trading

Cowen has expanded its fixed income outsourced trading team with the appointment of John Orrock as managing director. He will be based in the...

FILS 2022: SFDR adds ESG onus to new fund launches

The EU’s new regulatory framework for Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) investing has caused confusion among the fixed income market, but is putting more...

Joeri Wouters joins Tradeweb; firm launches ‘trade-at-close’ for portfolio trading

Joeri Wouters has been named product development manager within the AiEx and workflow solutions team of market operator Tradeweb, after 15 years as a...