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ANNABEL SMITH sits down with M & G Investments’ London-based equities dealing team – 2024 winners of the coveted Trading Desk of the Year award – to unpack their development, and the importance of adaptability and evolution to ensure continued success in the markets.
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Nestled off Fenchurch Street, beside the Gherkin, is one of the largest asset managers in Europe. M & G Investments needs little introduction. The firm now manages around £ 315 billion globally. So, what’ s the secret to its success? Well, like many of its peers, those steering the asset manager have realised that in order to excel in this industry, firms must adapt to their surroundings.

M & G has done just this, continuously evaluating and evolving its processes and the instruments it trades in order to maintain its place on the street. Said evolution could be held responsible for the double win that M & G Investments’ London-based equities dealing team saw at Leaders in Trading 2024, taking home the coveted Trading Desk of the Year Award and seeing senior equities dealer Laura Mould being