The TRADE catches up with Stephanie Creswell, fixed income trader at Vanguard, following her panel at the Fixed Income Leaders Summit, to explore how systematic execution frameworks can improve consistency and reduce slippage, as well as where trader judgement still adds the most value as automation ramps up.
Appointment is an internal promotion; role includes oversight of trading, portfolio management, investment research and capital markets across the firm’s European business.
Vanguard’s fixed income senior trader, Christie Goncalves, tells Laurie McAughtry why this year has been unprecedented, why automation is so important, and why the buy-side needs to talk to each other more.
FinTech Symbiont believes asset managers have historically been boxed out of innovation, so it is working with giants like Vanguard to leverage cutting-edge distributed ledger technology for long-term efficiencies.
The exchange, alongside Aflac Ventures and SEI, raised $7.5 million for BondCliQ in a Series A funding round while Vanguard has engaged as a strategic partner.
The goal of the three firms is to bring post-trade workflow automation and efficiencies while significantly reducing counterparty credit risk through blockchain technology.
Fong Yee Chan joins Vanguard as head of ESG strategy for the UK and Europe with 11 years of industry experience working on ESG initiatives.
Industry heavyweights Vanguard, BNY Mellon, Franklin Templeton, and State Street completed a pilot to trade FX forwards using DLT.
The TRADE profiles its Rising Stars of Trading and Execution 2019, continuing with Maria Garcia, Christopher Bukogiannis, Sonal Karsan, Jimmy Cole and Sam Vaughan-Jones.
BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, Allianz, JP Morgan and Vanguard are among those raising concerns about CCPs, urging regulators to take action.