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Neptune announces new CEO, with strong buy-side support

Neptune Networks, the fixed income pre-trade market utility, has appointed John ‘Coach’ Robinson as permanent chief executive officer (CEO). Robinson commenced in the role...

On The DESK: Leaders in bond trading pinpoint risks and opportunities

We asked the buy-side traders we have profiled on The DESK for the past ten years to discuss the biggest changes they thought had...

Eric Morrow joins Apollo Global Management

Eric Morrow has been named chief operations officer (COO) of trading at Apollo Global Management, an asset manager with US$550 billion of assets under...

Trading outsourcer Tourmaline hires three senior executives

Outsourced trading solutions firm Tourmaline Partners has added Alex Goodman and Matt Sindell as managing directors, and Darren Mazzuca has joined as director of...

Buy side finds trading on the turn no less challenging

When everyone was selling and no-one was buying liquidity vanished. However, as bond market outflows lessen, and in some cases reverse, many buy-side traders...

Kluth named head of dealing at AMP Capital

Dylan Kluth has been promoted to head of dealing at AMP Capital, seven years after taking up his first trading role as an equity...

BNP Paribas Asset Management appoints new global head of trading

BNP Paribas Asset Management has appointed Inés de Trémiolles as global head of trading within its Global Trading Function. de Trémiolles will join on...

People: Hunter leaves MarketAxess; Louchard at AXA IM

Nichola Hunter has left MarketAxess as head of its rates business. Hunter joined the firm in 2020 when it acquired government bond marketplace LiquidityEdge,...

Why humans give the best execution

Understanding best execution requires an understanding that both explicit and implicit costs can have a serious impact on investment goals, and these often reach...