The TRADE predictions series 2023: Data, part one
Participants from Legal & General Investment management, BMLL Technologies, Substantive Research, and Adaptive Financial Consulting explore data trends for 2023.
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Legal & General Investment Management taps Saphyre for AI solution
The platform aims to reduce risk and inefficiencies through removing manual tasks for both buy- and sell-sides.
Europe
Dark trading: navigating a post-Brexit divergent world
Following the European Commission’s recent changes to the MiFID II regulation, Annabel Smith takes a look at the UK and Europe’s opposing approaches to dark trading and market transparency post-Brexit and the potential for a fragmented liquidity landscape.
Ed Wicks: change on the horizon
Ahead of TradeTech, global head of trading at Legal & General Investment Management, Ed Wicks, gives his thoughts on some of the hottest topics discussed at TradeTech Europe this year, including remote working, automation and outsourced trading.
ETFs
Active ETFs: Europe has a way to go
As Europe is yet to see the significant uptake in actively managed ETFs that the US market has experienced, Annabel Smith asks why that is and how active ETFs operate.
Buy-side bosses join board at Investment Association
Standard Life Aberdeen’s Keith Skeoch replaces Peter Harrison, CEO of Schroders, as chair of the board at the Investment Association.
LGIM adopts Charles River IMS to streamline trading
Legal & General will use the cloud-based system from Charles River for its global trading operations.
Invesco, Janus Henderson and L&G join Plato Partnership
Plato Partnership bolsters list of buy-side founding members with Invesco, Janus Henderson and Legal & General Investment Management.
Buy-Side
Request for quote in equities: Under the hood
As two major trading venues launch request for quote (RFQ) models for equities trading, Hayley McDowell delves into the specifications of each RFQ systems, and after speaking to sceptical senior buy-siders, finds that the venues could face significant barriers to market-wide adoption.
Buy-Side
Ed Wicks: The bigger picture
Three years after joining Legal & General Investment Management to run its equities trading, Ed Wicks now heads up the firm’s global trading operations, placing emphasis on the benefits of incremental improvement. Wicks speaks to John Brazier about the changes he has made during his time with the asset manager and what the future holds for the head of trading role.