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[ I N - D E P T H | 5 0 T H I S S U E ] experiments with traders crossing into various asset classes to im- prove working relationships within his team. The experiment has been a success, according to Oreve who explained to The TRADE in April this year: ”Our productivity ratio has grown amazingly and I’m very proud of that, but it’s reached a point where we have to hire.” His top priorities at the moment of course includes reinforcing his multi-asset integration, but also finding liquidity more efficient- ly, minimising trading costs and improving performance across portfolios. Brad Katsuyama Anyone who has read Michael Lewis’ Flash Boys will have heard of Brad Katsuyama. He began his career at the Royal Bank of Canada in 2001 as a program trader and over 10 years, he worked his way up to become global head of electronic sales and trading for the bank. Katsuyama was tasked with leading the stock trading business and understanding the equity mar- ket structure. He hit headlines after claiming US markets were ‘rigged’ and then founded the Investors Exchange (IEX) in 2011. Following a rigorous and controversial process, IEX was officially registered as a trading Fabien Oreve community. He currently heads up global trading for the €100 billion asset management firm, Candriam Investors Group, centralising or- ders from different business units and various locations in Europe across asset classes. Oreve spent 16 months in Mo- rocco before joining Cheuvreux in 1996, working within the securi- ties lending department during the time the firm could trade as a principal. He soon joined the front 36 TheTrade Winter 2016 “Since joining Candriam, Oreve has built up a multi-asset desk that experiments with traders crossing into various asset classes to improve working relationships within his team.” office helping to create a program trading division, armed with a technical background and sound knowledge of managing data. Since joining Candriam, Oreve has built up a multi-asset desk that venue by the US financial regula- tor. Citadel, the New York Stock Exchange and Bats Global were among the large institutions that slammed IEX for its introduction of speed bumps and ‘ploy’ to slow