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In each issue we feature an in-depth interview with a leading buy-side trader.

Matt McLoughlin, partner and head of trading at Liontrust Asset Management, explains why expanding trading capabilities to match AUM and asset class growth needs careful thought. Which investment strategies do you trade for and how does that affect your approach...
Lynn Strongin Dodds talks to Chioma Okoye, Director Product Manager European Credit at Tradeweb about taking time out, learning new skills and maintaining a positive attitude. Even in today’s environment very few people, particularly women, would put a three plus...
Union Investment’s development of a multi-asset trading team and segregation of high and low touch business is allowing it to focus trading resource where it is needed.   Christoph Hock is head of Multi-Asset Trading at Union Investment, an asset manager...
Erik Tumasz and Josh Grodin of Wellington Management on honing trillion-dollar Wellington Management’s technology-driven edge in trading. How do you structure your trading desks? Josh Grodin: We are regionalised, with a US, European and an Asian desk. Specifically in the US...
Dating back to the 1930s, the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) is the largest pension fund in the United States. Mike Rosborough, senior portfolio manager and investment director spoke to The DESK and gave his insights on trading and...
KNOWLEDGE AS AN ASSET (FROM DESK TO MANAGEMENT). Christine Kenny, managing director, senior fixed income strategist, compliance officer and head of the London office at Loomis, Sayles & Co., discusses the move from the trading desk to management and the perspective it...
Talent acquisition, automation and the protection of trade data in the year ahead are key priorities for Tobi Molko, head of trading execution at Bridgewater Associates. Which portfolios do you trade for? I manage the trading execution team for Bridgewater and...
Karim Awenat, Invesco's head of fixed income trading, London discusses the skillsets, culture and technology needed to navigate the bond markets. What are the challenges to fixed income trading today? We have seen a lot of changes over the past few years...
There is nothing simple about the task facing BlackRock’s dealing teams, who trade for some of the world’s largest fixed income positions. For Izzy Conlin and Bryan Knapp, the smart application of technology, talent and data is allowing them...
Jennifer Peve talks to Lynn Strongin Dodds about innovation, experimentation and connections. Jennifer Peve, managing director of Business Innovation at Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) is living up to her job title. In the past five years, the US...

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