Buy-Side

Fireside Friday with… APG Asset Management’s Sunil Patil

For this week’s Fireside Friday interview, The TRADE had the pleasure of sitting down with APG Asset Management's senior trader, Sunil Patil, to explore the realm of non-deliverable forwards trading, examining next steps for automation and buy-side demand for algo trading.

Embracing change on the BlackRock EMEA equity trading desk

Claudia Preece sat down with the BlackRock EMEA equity trading team – winner of the 2023 Trading Desk of the Year, Long-Only Award – to discuss the wide breadth of the desk’s coverage, delving into what constitutes the ideal dynamic for a successful team, the key lessons gleaned from years of experience working across the equities space, and what the future holds for life on the desk.

Algorithmic trading: Smarter than ever?

With growing client expectations and a constantly developing market landscape, Wesley Bray explores the evolution of algorithmic trading, delving into its use cases, the importance of data and trader intuition and how algo strategies are utilised during periods of high volatility.

Trader of the Year: Millennium’s Charlotte Nutting

Annabel Smith sits down with Millennium senior trader and winner of the 2023 Leaders in Trading, Trader of the Year Award, Charlotte Nutting, to explore her journey to the hedge fund’s trading desk, her decision to trade multi-asset and spearheading better gender diversity in the industry.

“They’re the perfect trader”

As the landscape of the trading world continues to change – spurred by technological advancements, geopolitical change and social pressures – so too are the traders themselves. Claudia Preece takes stock of the market’s perspectives on the adage of ‘the ideal trader,’ delving into key characteristics, both the pervasive and the fading.