Greenwich Associates: Fixed income desks see highest buy-side tech spend
Technology spend on buy-side trading desks rose 4% in 2019 from the previous year, to reach US$2.2 million on average, with fixed-income trading desks...
Chatham Asset Management fined for improper bond trading
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged New Jersey-based Chatham Asset Management and its founder, Anthony Melchiorre, in connection with improper trading of...
Reported Flextrade/MarketAxess link promises efficient buy-side trading
Reports that buy-side traders are able to manage trades directly in the MarketAxess platform via execution management system (EMS) Flextrade are creating considerable interest.
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Liontrust promotes McLoughlin and Hendry
Matthew McLoughlin (see profile here), partner and head of trading at Liontrust Asset Management, has been promoted to chief commercial officer, in addition to...
Exclusive: Vincenzo Vedda reveals DWS’s new trading vision
Vincenzo Vedda, global head of trading at DWS (formerly Deutsche Asset Management) has laid out his vision for the firm’s new trading operations for...
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...
Exclusive: Karim Awenat promoted at Invesco
Karim Awenat has been promoted to head of EMEA and APAC macro trading at Invesco, which has assets under management of US$1.6 trillion. Awenat...
Chinese equity sell-off leaves locals “more cautious” on debt
Buy-side traders in the Chinese debt markets are noting some effect from the equity sell-off, which was triggered by concern around government and regulatory...
Harrington joins Columbia Threadneedle
Marc Harrington has been appointed as senior fixed income trader at Columbia Threadneedle Investments. Harrington’s carrier as a buy-side bond trader, last saw him...
RLAM appoints Kevin Flood as head of dealing
Royal London Asset Management (RLAM) announces the appointment of Kevin Flood as head of dealing. Flood has been with RLAM for nearly three years...
