Major sell-side banks lead $25.4 million funding round in FIA Tech
With the close of this round the total funding for FIA Tech is at almost $70 million.
With the close of this round the total funding for FIA Tech is at almost $70 million.
The past week saw appointments from LSEG, Euronext, Barclays and KNG Securities.
Incoming new hires join from Morgan Stanley and NYDIG; bolsters Barclays’ equities division which reportedly contributes around 45% of its wallet.
Incoming hire at Qube Research & Technologies joins after spending the last eight and half years at Barclays; previously held positions at Credit Suisse and Merrill Lynch.
Partnership spans across investment banking, capital markets, wealth and private banking and retail; Barclays is in discussions to join LSEG and Microsoft’s Design Partner Programme.
Barclays, BlackRock, Crédit Agricole CIB, Société Générale and UniCredit move follows a similar announcement from European exchanges in February.
The reported reduction in headcount does not represent a change in strategy for the bank, source says.
The TRADE sits down with director of cross asset market structure at Barclays, Matt Coupe, to explore the areas of market structure that overlap across asset classes and how this could be developed further.
The pair will develop and manage investment strategies, using leveraged data sourced from indices created by Barclays Quantitative Portfolio Strategy team.
As the conversation around a consolidated tape for bonds heats up, Annabel Smith explores EU, UK and US plans to improve transparency regimes for fixed income.