In honour of International Women’s Day 2026, Natasha Cocksedge sat down with senior female leaders from PIMCO, BlackRock and UBS Asset Management to discuss their journeys to the trading desk, delving into the best way to build a career on the floor, the importance of female mentors, and the most important lessons they’ve learnt along the way.
Industry Person of the Year 2025, Stuart Lawrence, head of European equities trading at UBS Asset Management, sits down with Claudia Preece to discuss his journey to the buy-side trading desk and ambitions for the future. Lawrence shares his story thus far – from a baptism of fire to leading the charge for markets’ evolution as a key industry figure – and the key lessons gleaned from his 25 years of industry experience.
The past week has seen a swathe of moves including across equities, low touch trading, and platform sales.
Individual won The TRADE’s Trader of the Year (hedge fund) award in 2020.
UBS’ sale of O’Connor to Cantor Fitzgerald is expected to close in Q4 2025.
Panellists at TradeTech Europe discussed the evolution of AI in the automation space and highlighted its benefits in areas such as historical data usage and algo wheel development.
Move comes four and a half years after he joined the firm.
Speaking at the TradeTech Europe 2024 conference, Challenger makes his case for architecture over functionality as firms seek to future-proof their technology strategies.
New appointment spent the last 20 years at UBS Asset Management; becomes the latest in a string of senior additions at AllianzGI to bolster its equity team.
With growing technological advancements and potential regulatory changes, Wesley Bray explores whether the equities market is moving towards around-the-clock trading, the benefits it could provide and whether there is demand for it at all.