Thank you

This campaign’s sole aim is to help our community  and get

them up realise that this is a huge issue - which has been

highlighted even more in 2020

​October 2020: Market Structure Partners undertook “The Study on the Creation of an an EU Consolidated Tape” for the European Commission. 

This study analyses the demand for consolidated European financial market data in equities and bonds. It examines the benefits that would arise from such data, the challenges to creating it and recommends an architecture for future data consolidation. The study is based on the input of 200 data stakeholders and research into North American consolidation frameworks. 

Lynn Strongin Dodds assesses the progress that has been made, the long lasting impact of COVID-19 and the many gaps still needed to be filled.  As Anita Karppi, Co-founder of K&K Global Consulting and the Buy-side Trading Community, notes, “one of the biggest challenges is how do you attract the next generation into a career in the financial markets. The employers require diversity of thought and need to look at individuals. 

How Cboe Europe is bringing innovation and cost-efficient competition to European markets.

David Howson was promoted to President of Cboe Europe on January 1 2020, taking the reins at Europe’s largest pan-European stock exchange. David provides his views on the radical proposals to reform European equity market structure, the industry’s reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic and updates us on the group’s expansion plans into clearing.

Whether you are a male or female, being a strong leader and having a strong team is what matters. I don’t feel disadvantaged because I’m a woman, and I certainly don’t really think about being a woman in a business context.

We caught up with Tina Bach, chief dealer at Nordea Asset Management who is a

valued member of our  Buy-side Trading Community and regular attendee to the

Alpha Trader Forums.  Tina gives us  an in-depth view and shares her experiences

about her role at Nordea and  the Fixed Income markets. 

Alex Clark, Senior Multi-Asset Execution Trader at Aspect Capital, gives us an insight in to life as an execution trader at a systematic hedge fund. As a specialist in Fixed income, FX and commodities, Alex shares his thoughts on how he sees technology innovation changing the buy side trading landscape over the next 5 years as well as his thoughts on algorithms. 

Richard Worrell is the Head of EMEA Equity Trading for Janus Henderson Investors, the Chairman of the Investment Association’s Buyside Trading Committee and a Plato Partnership board member. 
 

Here at the forefront of the Buy-side Trading Community,  we pride ourselves on focussing our buy-side trading research on the key themes that the buy side tell us are most important to them. We are the only buy-side trading consultancy firm to use the research  in our regional Alpha Trader Forums across London, Paris, Frankfurt and Stockholm.

The trading of blocks in the European equity market has never been more prevalent, with the large in scale market (LIS) now accounting for 37% of the on exchange dark activity and on average 1.59bn Euros being traded above LIS every day. 

As the FX marketplace matures in the accessibility and transparency of currency pricing, the need to redefine and simplify workflows becomes paramount.  The quality of electronic trading improvements has led to a bifurcation of trading requirements. 

As already discussed at the 7th annual ATF Global Summit on the 6th and 7th February in London, K&KGC under took the responsibility to investigate how the buy-side community could cultivate greater gender diversity at the buy-side trading desk...

I am Sydney-based Global Co-Head of Equity Trading for AllianceBernstein (AB), with my co-head, Frank Loughlin, who is based in New York. My direct responsibility area is everything outside of the US however we run the trading desk as a truly global platform...

I started at Vanguard about 17 years ago answering telephones and gradually worked my way through the organisation. I also held a position as a financial planner advising clients about retirement plans...

I am the responsible Head of Trading running the trading desk as well as the overlay management for Groupama Asset Management. We are trading equities, fixed income, foreign exchange and both listed and OTC derivatives... 

I have two responsibility areas within my trading role at Candriam. I am both a generalist on global FICC & Equity derivatives as well as a specialist trading Emerging Markets Fixed Income (Credit, Rate, FX, derivatives)...

My role at Insight Investment has changed dramatically over the past 3-4years. I’m part of an FX Execution team which trades all currency requirements for Insight Investment...

With the launch of #buysidewomen at the recent 7th annual Alpha Trader Forum (ATF) Global Summit in February, Eden Simmer, head of global equity trading at Pimco was one of five senior women buy-side traders who took centre stage to share their experiences on “A head trader’s perspective - organising the trading desk and managing staff careers”.

Adrian was one of the influential advisory board members ahead of planning for the 7th annual Alpha Trader Forum Global Summit 2019. With a career working both on the buy- and sell-side trading multiple asset classes, Adrian shares his expertise about buy-side fixed income and foreign exchange trading.

The Buy-side Perspectives caught up with Danièle Chekroun, head of European equity execution at AXA Investment Managers, who shares her thoughts on this within her role as head of equity trading at one of the leading global asset management firms.

The fixed income and foreign exchange OTC markets are undergoing a rapid transformation with higher regulatory scrutiny and increased electronification of trading. The Buy-side Perspectives caught up with Ravi Sawhney, Global Head of Trade Automation (OTC) at Bloomberg LP to get his views on how technology can support the trading desk to increase their productivity.

​We caught up with Vincent Dessard, Senior Regulatory Policy Advisor at EFAMA for further comments to our findings.

As a full-time FX trader and a mother to 3 young children, Jenny tells us how she manages to keep a work life balance with the support of Schroders and reflects over the last 17 years of FX trading compared to the challenges faced in today’s markets. 

​The Global Foreign Exchange Committee’s1 (”GFXC”) newly created buy-side outreach working group is working to facilitate buy-side adoption of the FX Global Code (Global Code).

Martin shares a refreshing and candid view on his trading experiences and challenges at Liontrust and gives an insight on his personal interests outside of his trading role to achieve a work-life balance.

Kevin shares his personal story of how he started his career on the sell side and the reasons why he moved across to the buy side in 2016, together with the challenges he faces in the world of fixed income buy-side trading.

Joseph tells us about his experiences and challenges as head of trading at Comgest, sharing his thoughts on present-day trading and how markets have changed over the years.