Buy-Side

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. 

An evolving service provider landscape

Independent firms, custodians, and investment banks make up the outsourced trading provider landscape with all experiencing levels of success and uptake, but the future make-up could look very different as M&A activity has begun, larger clients are coming to the table and other major players may look to get in on the action. We assess who will win out, how these organisations differ and how the service provider space will evolve in the coming years.

The TRADE predictions series 2024: Market volatility

Market experts from across Invesco, BNP Paribas Asset Management, Cassini and CME Group share their insights on the market’s quest to use market volatility to its greatest advantage over the next 12 months and the key challenges going forward.