Buy-Side

Buy-side looking to go it alone

Direct buy-side membership of a clearing house is not risk-free itself; new models of direct membership are being explored to shake off fears about clearing brokers.

Profile: Paul Squires, Axa Investment Managers

Fresh from collecting his lifetime achievement award at the 2015 Leaders In Trading Awards, Paul Squires details his route to the top and the challenges ahead...

Thinking big

As investors consider a different approach to returns, Coalface Capital believes the time is right to put traders centre stage.

What’s good for the goose…

As Asian fund managers weigh up research and commission payments, Joe McGrath asks Allianz Global Investors’ Pan Yu Ming whether international fund houses should adopt global standards

The BIG Idea: A vision of the future

While fund firms re-evaluate their corporate structures, trading desks are doing the same in an attempt to bring consistency to execution across asset classes.