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To register for buy-side trading jobs email buyside@kandkgc.com

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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. Read more

BREAKING NEWS: The UK will not pursue CSDR!

Thank you to the buy-side heads of trading who joined the ATF Fixed Income Digital web meeting giving direct input to the HM Treasury, UK FCA and Bank of England ahead of the decision: "the UK will not be implementing the EU’s new settlement discipline regime, set out in the Central Securities Depositories Regulation, which is due to apply in February 2021. UK firms should instead continue to apply the existing industry-led framework." Read the UK Parliament statement here

BTC’s research backs AFME and IA campaign

for shorter trading hours

BTC’s research backs AFME and IA campaign for shorter trading hours

~~BRUMMELL - No fear: Anita Karppi~~

~~The founder of K&K Global Consulting and the Buy-side Trading Community on being fearless and spearheading positive change~~

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.

~~A Chief Dealer’s panoramic view of Fixed Income trading~~

~~Tina Guldberg Bach, Chief Dealer, Nordea Asset Management~~

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.

~~Aspect Capital and a typical working day~~

~~Alex Clark, Senior Multi Asset Execution Trader at Aspect Capital~~

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.

~~Working towards a better future for the buy-side traders across Europe~~

~~Richard Worrell, Head of EMEA Equity Trading for Janus Henderson Investors~~

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.

~~Supporting the campaign for shorter market trading hours led by The Investment Association and AFME~~

~~K&K Global Consulting research~~

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 Hunt for LIS Blocks~~

~~Gareth Exton, Global Execution and Quantitative Services, Liquidnet~~

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.

~~FX Connect sees growing demand for FX execution automation~~

~~FX Connect~~

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.

~~The opinion of 129 buy-side heads of trading on cultivating greater buy-side gender diversity~~

~~Anita Karppi, MD, K&K Global Consulting~~

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...

~~Diversity of thought drives better team collaboration, decision making and responding to our client’s needs~~

~~Emma Quinn, Senior Vice President, Global Co-Head of Equity Trading, AllianceBernstein~~

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...

~~Spearheading the evolution of FX trading and making investment management a more inclusive and diverse workplace~~

~~Andy Maack, Global Head of FX Trading, Vanguard~~

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...

~~The Alpha Trader and the future role of the trading desk~~

~~Eric Heleine, Head of trading desk at Groupama Asset Management~~

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...

~~The multifaceted considerations for buy-side price making~~

~~Cyril Batkin, Senior trader, Candriam Investors Group~~

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)...

~~Harnessing Alpha in Foreign Exchange execution~~

~~Richard Turner, Senior Trader - Currency Solutions, Insight Investment~~

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...

~~A preparatory mindset-responding and adapting to change~~

~~Eden Simmer, Head of global equity trading, PIMCO~~

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”.