The TRADE sits down with Benjamin Mahe, head of high touch trading AXA IM at BNP Paribas Asset Management, to discuss what needs to be done to help ease the integration and connection between transaction cost analysis (TCA) and OMS providers, the main challenges presented by TCA on the desk, and its growing presence across the buy-side. 

As hedge funds continue to adopt algorithmic trading tools into FX markets, Natasha Cocksedge takes a look at the evolving landscape, and delves into how this technology is translating into buy-side workflows.

Natasha Cocksedge sits down with Jason Siegendorf, head of trading analytics and trader at Harris Oakmark at the Equities Leaders Summit in Miami, to explore the buy-side approach to TCA, how it is used in practice and its benefits to the industry.

Natasha Cocksedge sits down with Mike Hewel, director, trading at Mercer Global Advisors at the Equities Leaders Summit in the US to discuss all things TCA, spanning execution, the tools and technologies shaping the landscape today, and its role in buy-side workflows.

Annabel Smith sits down with M&G Investments’ London-based equities dealing team to unpack their development, and the importance of adaptability and evolution to ensure continued success in the markets.

The TRADE sits down with Man Group’s head of algo execution technology, Pranav Malhotra, to explore the firm’s future algorithmic strategy and the importance of consolidating systems to reduce cognitive loads. 

Almost a week on from the US strikes on Venezuela and the extraction of President Maduro, Natasha Cocksedge explores how markets have responded to the unprecedented intervention.  

Natasha Cocksedge examines some of the key insights from The TRADE’s latest Algorithmic Trading: Hedge Funds Survey, highlighting that ‘speed’ is no longer a top priority for the buy-side when it comes to the main drivers behind algo usage, with factors such as ‘greater anonymity’ increasingly coming to the fore. 

Degroof Petercam’s Philip Bille, head of buy-side dealing and market structure, and Pierre Renna, head of buy-side fixed income dealing, sit down with Claudia Preece to delve into the desk’s collaborative, multi-asset approach to execution across asset classes, focusing on its fixed income offering and highlighting the importance of championing ‘human touch’ and traditional market expertise in symbiosis with a forward-thinking, technology-driven attitude.