Leading asset managers are building low-touch, multi-asset trading desks to deliver automation wherever possible. Building automation into the trading process requires the asset manager to define best practices around volume, asset class and timeliness of liquidity, then building appropriate rules into the execution process. John Adam, global director, Portfolio Management…
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Data analysis is core to trading desk
New research by Greenwich Associates in partnership with Refinitiv (read the report here: https://refini.tv/37biTXb) found that traders see data analysis as a core skill to the trading desk, more than market structure, within three to five years. In part this will include data scientists and quants support the trading team,…
How to build automation into your FX workflow
The ‘nuisance’ trades that asset managers have to handle in foreign exchange create a complex web of orders for long-only firms. Advancing their FX trading capabilities in order to improve the timing and costs of trading through automation can create real efficiencies. However, bringing automation into the workflow requires trust,…
FX liquidity is changing, be careful
The timing of foreign exchange trades, their market impact and explicit costs must all be considered by asset managers’ trading teams, as they try to optimise investor returns. While banks are reducing their risk appetite, they are showing clients greater transparency on executable prices on-screen, clearing the risk rather than…
Managing ‘data risk’ for bond traders
If data is mismanaged on the trading desk, it can trigger individual trading errors or even flash crashes. Jon Williams, head of fixed income at Refinitiv, identifies key stages of risk management for data including getting the right amount of information; assessing whether it will be consumed by human or…
Could trading become fully transparent?
Total transparency might intimidate some traders, but honesty creates better performance, says Paul Squires, head of trading EMEA equities and Henley fixed interest at Invesco. Data analytics is a crucial skill for tomorrow’s traders, and increasingly importance in building confidence amongst investors, portfolio managers and the trading team itself, where…
Regulators need to rethink leverage ratio for repo markets
If balance sheet restraints prevent banks from providing repo liquidity, but asset managers are labelled ‘shadow bankers’ for peer-to-peer repo – what do regulators want? Roelof van der Struik, manager for Treasury Trading & Commodities at pension fund manager, PGGM sees a backstop to accessing central bank liquidity as one option.…
Fixing the repo market while the sun is shining
The repo markets are a marked cause for concern amongst market participants, regulators and central banks today. They offer a route for generating returns on assets, sourcing collateral and providing short-term liquidity, however, recent disruptions have raised the levels of concern around liquidity shortfalls and price spikes, creating a structural…
Review and analysis of a market event
Following a rate decision by a central bank, or an election, the process that investment managers took to approaching the event and then engaging with it need careful scrutiny in order to optimise both trading and portfolio decision making in the future. James Athey of Aberdeen Standard Investments, Sean George…
Trading through a market event
How can traders manage risk and opportunity during a market event? While portfolio managers will take positions prior to the event itself, traders may either seek opportunities – such as misalignments in pricing – or manage risks that are created, for example if the market moves in an unexpected direction.…
Bracing for impact: What if you are misinformed ahead of a market event?
When an interest rate decision looms, portfolio managers (PMs), traders and dealers build a matrix of possible outcomes, decide their expectation and work out how to maximise their upside, while minimising their downside. That hinges upon an understanding of the market’s view, and its likely reaction to an outcome, to…
Full episode: Trader TV Live – trading around market events
In light of ongoing uncertainty around interest rate decisions, elections and economic data outputs, we held a live discussion about the buy- and sell-side firms trade around market events. Joining us were Sean George, chief investment officer at Strukturinvest, James Athey senior portfolio manager at Aberdeen Standard, and Mattias Remnefjord,…