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L-R Anuj Thakur, Rolf Mølkjær, Kasper Folke, Kamilla Müller, Eugene Seo
“ When people really enjoy the work and the team around them, energy becomes self-reinforcing. It ' s one of our internal superpowers: people stay because they ' re challenged, trusted and keep learning.”
ROLF MØLKJÆR, CO-HEAD OF GLOBAL TRADING
in hand, and I think it shows in the quality of the decisions we make every day.”
That human expertise is further amplified by data and technology, adds Folke, who shares an insight into the team’ s way of working. High touch equity and fixed income traders work closely with portfolio managers to align trading intent with market liquidity, helping minimise spread and market impact.
Meanwhile, the desk’ s quant team continuously feeds transaction cost analysis and trading analytics back into the workflow, enabling traders to make increasingly informed decisions. Around 80 % of equity orders are analysed and executed automatically through algo wheels, with the remainder handled by high touch traders.
Crucially, Folke stresses that“ the systematic and the human parts aren’ t in competition – they
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