Talking heads
Our annual interview series, this year focusing on the people and firms shaping the future of global equity markets.
Talking Heads 2024: All eyes on US equities
How the tech-driven S&P 500 surge has impacted thinking at five market participants
Inside Nomura’s European equities rebuild
Talking Heads: Global chief Simon Yates also addresses US crowding and Japan’s prospects post-carry trade
AB’s faith in ‘magnificent others’ starts to pay off
Talking heads: Hybrid quant and fundamental approach proves its mettle as mega-cap magic begins to tarnish
Chicago pits power IMC’s institutional options push
Talking Heads: IMCX lures 100 asset managers, while Dash partnership bolsters retail execution
Finland’s Ilmarinen goes back to basics
Talking Heads: Once one of the few funds that would enter bank risk recycling trades, recent overcrowding has seen it pivot to listed equities
Supply chain decoupling fires up alpha focus at BofA
Talking Heads: Stock dispersion sees funds gross up on long/short baskets, while US structured notes come of age
Talking Heads 2023
Talking Heads 2023: A turf war in credit markets
Banks are looking to reclaim territory they previously ceded to market-makers and private funds
Flow Traders bullish about threat from big banks
Talking Heads 2023: Non-bank market-maker remains confident of its edge in small-ticket corporate credit
How Chenavari is adapting to an uncertain macro regime
Talking Heads 2023: Fund chief Loic Fery eyes rebalancing between public and private credit strategies
Citi is building a central risk book for credit
Talking Heads 2023: Putting CDSs, ETFs and bonds into the same pot will result in better pricing, says credit head Bhatia
Inside Blackstone’s $150bn private credit business
Talking Heads 2023: Alts giant has around 10% of global market and hopes to expand its reach by porting quant insights from liquid credit
JPM’s new-look credit unit primed for market uncertainty
Talking Heads 2023: Leaders of merged business explain plans for new equity-credit combo, and why bank’s “biggest opportunity” lies in direct lending
Talking Heads 2022
Talking Heads 2022: Rates market ruckus
Inaugural interview series looks at how sell-side traders are adapting to a world of surging inflation and rates
StanChart tackles US-China rates divergence
Talking Heads 2022: Policy changes have upended correlations in emerging markets, says rates head Lettich
A child of inflation: BNPP’s new macro trading unit
Talking Heads 2022: Currency and rates traders join forces at French bank as it plans to bring FX algos to US Treasury bonds
Barclays confronts ‘implausible’ macro risks
Talking Heads 2022: Bank is reaping rewards of sticking with its trading businesses, says macro head Lublinsky
Goldman’s rates traders have been crowd-watching
Talking Heads 2022: Steepener unwinds in sterling were “canary in the coalmine”, says rates trading co-head
How Citi is handling topsy-turvy rates markets
Talking Heads 2022: Rate hikes and inflation have forced a rethink of the US bank’s hedging strategies