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Landazabal to lead trading at GAM

Juan Landazabal is to join Swiss asset manager, Global Asset Management (GAM), as global head of trading, according to an email seen by The...

Concannon to take the reins at MarketAxess

Market operator, MarketAxess, will see current CEO and chairman Rick McVey become executive chairman from 3 April 2023 as Chris Concannon, currently president and...

Bigger / smaller: What sizes are optimal for electronic trading?

Credit trading has been transformed by evolving electronic execution, which has allowed buy-side desks to express investment ideas in to the market using more...

Liontrust to acquire GAM

Liontrust, the specialist fund management group, has conditionally agreed to acquire GAM, the troubled investment management group, in an all share approach, with ordinary...

The DESK BENCHmark 2017: Mid-sized buy-side have diverse trading

Mid-sized asset managers champion electronic trading - The DESK’s BENCHmark research has found mid-sized firms use electronic trading and a wider range of brokers than...

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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...

Bajaj Finserv Asset Management adopts Bloomberg AIM

Bajaj Finserv Asset Management Limited (BFAML), has adopted AIM, the Bloomberg order and investment management system (O/IMS). BFAML reportedly selected Bloomberg AIM in an effort...

Bhuchar replaces Cox as head of FI trading at JPM AM

Nick Cox left his position at JP Morgan Asset Management as global head of fixed income trading at the end of 2017, a spokesperson...

Britannia Global Markets appoints Alex Cooper as senior sales trader

Britannia Global Markets, a UK-based firm specialising in derivatives broking across multiple asset classes, has appointed Alex Cooper as a senior sales trader. Cooper will...