Fireside Friday with… La Française Systematic Asset Management’s Denisa Čumova

The TRADE catches up with Dr Denisa Čumova, head of portfolio management and quantitative research at La Française Systematic Asset Management, to explore how FX is becoming more data and technology-driven, with durable performance still depending on high-quality signals, rigorous out-of-sample testing, realistic cost assumptions, and stronger model governance.

Fireside Friday with… BNP Paribas Asset Management’s Stéphanie Gameiro

The TRADE catches up with Stéphanie Gameiro, fixed income rates and derivatives trader at BNP Paribas Asset Management – and former Rising Star of Trading and Execution – to unpack how rates and derivatives trading is evolving amid bouts of volatility, rising yields and technological developments.

Shifting the outsourcing gear into reverse

Claudia Preece speaks to buy-side heads of trading who have seen outsourcing decisions play out first-hand, unpacking the workings behind firms’ decisions, the potential impact of an industry overlooking the esoteric knowledge of established desks, and ultimately why some have – upon review – chosen not to outsource after all. 

European traders keeping AI at arm’s length from execution

Research, data analysis and note generation remain AI’s key capabilities on European buy-side desks, with 75% of respondents to a recent Bloomberg Intelligence study predicting that AI will only deliver up to 10% of workload relief.

Fireside Friday with… Systematica Investments’ Per Ivarsson

Per Ivarsson, quantitative researcher at Systematica Investments, sits down with The TRADE to discuss the increasingly important role of data across FX investment decisions, including which signals are most useful, and where the line lies between data usage and trusting your own judgement.

Is the FX trading world still one where relationships count?

Though strong relationships remain relevant, the role of the sell-side is set to evolve as AI and automation increasingly gains pace across FX markets, said senior buy-siders speaking at TradeTech FX in Amsterdam on Tuesday.

Fireside Friday with… BBH’s Joseph Forde

The TRADE sits down with Joseph Forde, FX trader at Brown Brothers Harriman, to unpack the FX liquidity landscape and how analytics is increasingly enabling traders to make dynamic routing decisions while retaining human judgement.