A provider of outsourced trading services for a decade, JonesTrading’s global head of outsourced trading, Jeff LeVeen, outlines what a service needs to include to truly replicate what an internal execution trader does as the space evolves to a point where differentiating the service offerings is becoming critical for managers.
Anthony DeMonte, managing director, head of equity finance, Cantor Fitzgerald, explains how the firm is helping clients respond to market challenges.
Outsourcing execution can mean firms focus on parts of their business where they feel they can add the most value, whether that be the investment process, clients or other key areas of differentiation.
Jack Seibald, managing director and co-head, prime brokerage & outsourced trading at TD Cowen reviews the current challenges facing prime brokerage clients and how primes can help them address some of the broader challenges of doing business in a more constrained market.
As the prime brokerage landscape continues to shift significantly, the importance of client service, technology and agility among providers is coming to the fore.
Pete Bergman, senior vice president, custody solutions manager at UMB Bank, assesses the potential impact of the proposed SEC custody rule on the investment market.
As we approach May 2024, the alternative investment management industry joins the rest of financial services in bracing for the most significant change to the settlement cycle in years.
As institutional investors look to optimise returns in competitive markets, how can outsourced trading help maintain efficiencies while focusing on outcomes aligned with their strategies?
State Street took great care to understand the needs of one of Australia’s largest super funds as it entered the next phase of integration, transformation and growth, following the successful completion of its merger, and that approach earned it a landmark mandate, which Global Custodian recognised as Asset Servicing Deal of the Year for Asia Pacific.
Swift Securities View won the highly coveted Best New Asset Servicing Project award at Leaders in Custody in London recognising the rapid uptake from the industry, significant potential and timelines of a launch which could go on to be a staple service for market participants in the future. Simon A.X. Daniel, securities product manager at Swift, talks to Global Custodian about the new service.