UBS’s Slade announces major changes in DCM team
David Slade, global co-head of leveraged and debt capital markets (LDCM) at UBS has announced in an internal memo, seen by The DESK, that...
Vedda moves from global trading role at DWS
Vincenzo Vedda has been named head of client coverage for EMEA ex Germany and global head of wholesale & digital coverage at DWS Group,...
Exclusive: Spencer Lee joins TS Imagine as chief markets officer; sets out strategy
TS Imagine, the trading, portfolio, and risk management system provider, has announced Spencer Lee is joining as chief markets officer, to lead the firm’s...
Muting Ren joins American Century Investments
Muting Ren has joined American Century Investments on its global Fixed Income Team. He will serve as senior portfolio manager and head of systematic...
Seth Bernstein: Diversification via fixed income “if not dead, is in critical condition”
Seth Bernstein, the CEO of US$622 billion AUM asset manager AllianceBernstein, has opened the Fixed Income Leaders’ Summit US today, with an analysis of...
LedgerEdge calls for industry participation in bond platform design
LedgerEdge, a new emerging ecosystem for the exchange of data and assets in the corporate bond market, has said Tim Cook, head of business...
‘HUB’ approach to buy-side middle and back office unites rivals
A new technology-led company, HUB, is being formed to build a cloud-based operating platform aimed at transforming asset managers’ operations technology.
The firm is being...
Schroders’ former head traders return to senior roles
Rob McGrath, former global head of trading at Schroders, and Nick Robinson, former head of trading for Fixed Income and Active FX at Schroders,...
Revisiting corporate credit amidst market volatility
By Edward Perks (Executive Vice President, Chief Investment Officer, Franklin Templeton Multi-Asset Solutions).
In 2018, rising inflation, higher US interest rates and escalating trade tensions...
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...
