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.

Fireside Friday with… Bloomberg’s Kat Furber

The TRADE sits down with Kat Furber, global head of FX trading (FXGO) at Bloomberg, to explore how FX trading is moving towards greater automation, scale and data-driven execution across increasingly complex products, and where technology can be used to augment rather than replace traders.

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.

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.

Fireside Friday with… SGX FX’s Hugh Whelan

The TRADE catches up with Hugh Whelan, head of liquidity management and data strategy at SGX FX, to explore what the future of FX markets may look like, spanning liquidity and risk, technology and interoperability.

Fireside Friday with… Record Currency Management’s Nathan Vurgest

The TRADE sits down with Nathan Vurgest, director of trading at Record Currency Management, to explore how buy-side FX desks can find genuinely differentiated liquidity, reduce workflow complexity and better understand the growing importance of counterparty dynamics.

Fireside Friday with… Nasdaq’s Femi Opeodu

The TRADE catches up with Femi Opeodu, head of EMEA data at Nasdaq, to unpack the importance of prioritising better-quality, sustainable market data and stronger price formation in Europe, while ensuring regulation does not undermine the venues that create it.

Fireside Friday with… LSEG’s Aysegul Erdem

The TRADE sits down with Aysegul Erdem, head of analytics and modelling solutions communities at LSEG, to explore how agentic AI is shaping execution, and the importance of purposeful adoption, robust governance, traceability and human oversight.

Fireside Friday with… State Street’s Yusuf Nurbhai

The TRADE catches up with Yusuf Nurbhai, head of markets UK at State Street, to explore the current market and trading infrastructure landscape, and unpack the impact developments such as AI, digital assets and tokenisation are truly having on the industry.