A new chapter
[ MEET THE DESK | RBC BLUEBAY ASSET MANAGEMENT ’ S LONDON FIXED INCOME DESK ]
for RBC BlueBay Asset Management ’ s London-based fixed income trading desk
ANNABEL SMITH sits down with RBC BlueBay Asset Management ’ s newly reabsorbed London-based fixed income trading desk to talk counterparty relationships , technology , liquidity dynamics , as well as what the future might hold for the formerly boutique firm , now part of a global one .
UK-based boutique fixed income trading desk BlueBay Asset Management is beginning a new chapter in its life . Now , officially known as the London-based fixed income trading desk of RBC BlueBay Asset Management - the non-North American arm of RBC Global Asset Management which manages US $ 419 billion in assets - the desk was reabsorbed by RBC at the end of last year moving it from a quaint office based in Mayfair to the lofty heights of the City ’ s 100 Bishopsgate .
The move has opened up swathes of synergy opportunities for the pure fixed income asset manager , with its traders now working directly alongside RBC BlueBay Asset Management ’ s equities desk . For head of trading for the RBC BlueBay Asset Management London-based fixed income trading desk , Stuart Campbell , the institution ’ s combined size
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