Britain has shot up to the fourth largest exporter in the world, proving the doomsters, gloomsters and the ever-dwindling band of Remoaners were wrong.
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By Matt Hodgson, CEO, Mosaic Smart Data
The drive for more productivity amongst FICC-trading financial services institutions has never been greater than in todayâs challenging market conditions.
Itâs little secret that FICC businesses in many banks are struggling to achieve profitability and ROC, while dealing with increased regulatory burdens, cost pressures and the impact of COVID-19.
Against this backdrop, banks must do everything in their reach to improve performance and get the most out of their sales and trading teams â and a recent survey shows they are indeed stepping up their game in this regard.
The survey, conducted by PwC, found that an overwhelming number of financial institutions recognize that they must accelerate productivity efforts if they are to create sustainable business models. 72% stated they were planning to implement specific productivity measures, compared to 53% in 2018.
Traders Magazine
Liquidnet appointed
John Emmert as Head of Trading Desk for the Americas. The agency-only Trading Desk operates within Liquidnet’s Execution and Quantitative Services group. In his new role, Emmert will focus on developing a new trading experience that brings together specialized institutional expertise and insight, unique liquidity search tools, and real-time analytics across the desk’s algorithmic program and single-stock trading capabilities. Based in New York, he reports directly to Liquidnet’s Head of Execution and Quantitative Services, Americas, Mike Capelli. Emmert has more than two decades of trading and client relationship building experience. Most recently, he worked at ITG as Director on the Global Portfolio Trading team, previously, Emmert worked for 10 years at Deutsche Bank Securities as Director in the Global Program Sales and Trading Group and held senior level trading and sales positions at Société Générale, Susquehanna Internationa