Natasha Cocksedge catches up with Fabrice Pellous, head of global high yield at Aviva Investors ahead of the Fixed Income Leaders Summit 2026, to discuss how strong trading expertise, relationships and technology are key factors when it comes to turning high yield investment views into efficient trades, particularly in volatile markets.
Individual spent almost two decades at Aviva, where he served as an equity trader.
Individual holds more than 15 years’ financial markets experience; has also previously served at Odey Asset Management, Walker Crips and Ashcourt Rowan.
Natasha Cocksedge sits down with Ash Sharma, multi-asset trading analytics manager at Aviva Investors at the Fixed Income Leaders Summit (FILS) in Amsterdam, to discuss the impact of electronification on fixed income markets, as well as the evolution of transaction cost analysis (TCA), and explores the key innovations set to influence bond analytics over the next year.
Ash Sharma, multi-asset trading analytics manager at Aviva Investors, speaks to The TRADE about the importance of transaction cost analysis (TCA) when it comes to equity futures trading, delving into what sets it apart from other asset classes, how it is continuing to evolve, and what should be front of mind for the buy-side going forward.
The TRADE sits down with Ash Sharma, trading analytics manager at Aviva Investors, to unpack the importance of treading the line between specialism and standardisation when it comes to multi-asset data, the most impactful technologies in analytics currently, and how TCA is continuing to evolve.
As the industry continues to evolve at an ever-faster pace, spurred by technological innovation, the data revolution, and market structure developments, both traders and portfolio managers (PMs) are wearing increasingly more hats in their quest for success. Claudia Preece examines the current relationship between the two sides and the potential for converging roles in the future.
The past week saw appointments from RBC Capital Markets, Norges Bank Investment Management and Aviva Investors.
Incoming global head of distribution brings 25 years’ experience in investment management, having previously served at GAM Investments, Jupiter Asset Management and Franklin Templeton Investments.
The past week saw appointments from Citi, LedgerEdge, State Street Global Markets and Aviva Investors.