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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
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“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