It was an honour to be joined by female pioneers of trading on the 50th anniversary of women being allowed onto the London trading floor, as The TRADE hosted a memorable evening to celebrate and support diversity across the industry.
In a discussion around how to upskill your desk to remain competitive, speakers from BlackRock, LSEG, MarketAxess and Euronext argued that while coding is important, trading expertise remains paramount.
Refinitiv’s diversity and inclusion index found that banking and investment services were the most diverse industries, with BlackRock leading the way.
Following a major win at The TRADE’s Leaders in Trading awards ceremony, Hayley McDowell sits down with Jeremy Ellis, head of European equity trading at T. Rowe Price, and the trading desk to discuss the biggest market structure changes impacting execution.
John runs through what you can find in the latest issue of The TRADE, now available to read online.
Speakers at TradeTech FX Europe highlight a shift to team-based portfolio management and the demystification of the industry as key diversity drivers.
Stefanie Holtze-Jen, chief currency strategist at DWS Group, talks to The TRADE about the need for greater diversity in FX and how this will help further the revolution in data analytics.
Since joining Royal London Asset Management in early 2018, the firm’s head of dealing, Cathy Gibson, has been busy establishing and running a new centralised trading desk. Gibson talks to John Brazier about building a desk on the foundation of diversity in the face of increasing market complexity and evolving trading conditions.