The TRADE caught up with Agathe Dulac, global co-head of capital markets at Barclays Private Bank, to discuss the evolving composition and culture of modern trading teams, unpacking the importance of combining experience with technology, balancing intuition with data-driven decisions, and continuous learning and adaptability in a rapidly changing market environment.

With shifts to extended trading models inevitable across the industry, panellists at TradeTech on Thursday took their stances on the transition, debating whether there is a genuine need to respond to retail and APAC demand, or if these models are truly suited to European markets.

As prediction markets continue to garner significant traction across everything from sports to politics, the concept is now entering the radar of institutional trading. Natasha Cocksedge explores the up-and-coming sector to question whether it is truly about ‘buying into the future’ and where the line between trading and gambling is drawn.

Data asymmetries across global markets have led to a compression of the traditional sell-side, automated market makers and exchanges competing for the same flow rather than playing individual roles in the execution process, Market Structure Partners chief executive tells The TRADE.

As geopolitical risk and policy uncertainty continue to drive currency markets, FX hedging is becoming an increasingly vital tool for global asset managers, Scott Ferguson, VP, lead analyst, FX and cash management, T. Rowe Price tells The TRADE, with demand rising for both dynamic and static strategies.

Following the recent launch of The TRADE’s Outsourced Trading Survey 2026, Claudia Preece revisits findings from last year’s edition, which revealed notable shifts in the key challenges the buy-side are looking to tackle through outsourcing.

More than half of US buy-side equity traders are hitting burnout due to technology glitches, a recent Coalition Greenwich report has found.

New hire was named Trader of the Year at The TRADE’s Leaders in Trading awards in 2023.

One in three proprietary trading firms plan to scale back flexible working over the next two years after nearly half reported productivity declines under hybrid arrangements, according to a recent report.