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IN-DEPTH
EDITORIAL
Peer pressure at its best 3
NEWS
ROUND-UP 8
B U Y-S I D E
INTERVIEW
Sascha Becker,
Allianz Global Investors 14
Nick Cox, JP Morgan
Asset Management 36
Our recently crowed Trader of the Year,
speaks about the rise of technology on
the trading desk, the impacts of regulation
and the secrets behind his success.
JPM AM’s head of fixed income trading
discusses the explosion of bond
trading platforms and more.
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Spring 2017
Trade like a girl 22
Revival of the sales trader 28
Accelerating the buy-
side connection 44
Women on buy-side trading desks are uniting
to encourage others to join the sector, in a
sector traditionally dominated by men.
As markets become more complicated and
liquidity continues to be strained good sales
trader are more in demand than ever.
There has been a major rise in buy-
side-to-buy-side trading, but will
the trend continue and evolve?