Left to right : Michael Silk , Anita Kaur , Mark Harrison , Deepe Raja , Jo Morris , Ben Thompson , Philip Steel , David Watling , Stuart Campbell , Daniel Grimstead
“ When you embed yourself into a bigger organisation , you can somewhat eliminate some of those cost pressures with synergies .”
is a new strength .
“ Rather than us coming to a technology vendor as BlueBay plus RBC GAM , we can go in as one and that can maybe make your bargaining position a bit stronger ,” he says . “ In asset management , cost pressures are not going away . When you embed yourself into a bigger organisation , you can somewhat eliminate some of those cost pressures with synergies .”
STUART CAMPBELL
Headed up by Campbell , the London-based fixed income trading desk consists of 11 traders and is split by developed and emerging markets . The desk has had extremely low turnover thus far , and many of the team have sat in their seats for well over a decade .
Central to its specialism is the close-knit relationship between RBC BlueBay ’ s trading and investment teams . A bit like a multi-strategy house , BlueBay was once a hedge fund and long only shop and home to as many as eight investment teams with dedicated traders working on
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