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Hanneke Smits appointed CEO of BNY Mellon Investment Management

Hanneke Smits, CEO of BNY Mellon subsidiary Newton Investment Management, is to be appointed CEO of BNY Mellon Investment Management, following the retirement of...

Tradeweb sees volume drop in June

Bond market operator, Tradeweb, has reported its average daily volume (ADV) in June was US$780.9 billion (bn), a decrease of 8.9% year-on-year (YoY), largely...

Loyer promoted at AXA IM

Yannig Loyer has been named global head of trading, securities financing and derivatives at AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM). He was appointed ahead of...

Commerzbank’s CEO and chairman quit

Commerzbank has announced that its CEO, Martin Zielke, will resign early on the basis of a mutual termination following a period of poor performance...

Aegon Asset Management appoints global CIO for fixed income

Aegon Asset Management has appointed Russ Morrison as its new global chief investment officer responsible for managing its €170 (US $188) billion fixed income...

Greenwich: Buy-side traders rate counterparties by data, not friendship

Relationships are becoming less important when buy-side traders are deciding which counterparties to trade with, as data on previous trading activity takes on a...

AllianceBernstein CEO calls for review of daily dealing bond funds

Seth Bernstein, CEO of buy-side firm AllianceBernstein, has called for a review of daily dealing for clients, for mutual funds, while maintaining support for...

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...

BNP Paribas Asset Management names new head of global trading

BNP Paribas Asset Management has appointed Sophie Lugiez as head of the Global Trading Function (GTF). Based in Paris, Lugiez reports to Rob Gambi,...